TRAINING IN BIOBEHAVIORAL NURSING RESEARCH

描述（由申请人提供）：拟建的培训资助的目的是在健康/疾病的神经行为和心肺成分的实质性领域培养四名生物行为护理研究的博士生和博士后。生物行为护理研究的生态模型将用于指导科学。该培训计划将为研究神经行为和心肺健康的护士研究人员做好准备；研究与不良健康相关的神经行为和心肺因素；确定健康中神经行为和心肺改变的潜在机制；并研究干预措施对改善神经行为和心肺健康的影响。研究员将从生物行为护士研究人员的独特视角进行培训，研究跨越生物，经验和行为维度的现象。博士前研究员将学习现有博士项目的核心课程，其中包括很强的行为科学元素。此外，他们将被要求学习研究生水平的生理学和医学生物化学，他们将选修生物学、行为学和护理科学。博士后工作将由一个跨学科的研究团队指导，并根据每个研究员的研究需求进行构建。所有受训者将开发和实施神经行为和心肺健康/疾病的研究项目，涉及从细胞到整体人类的各种生物行为功能。该培训计划将为复杂的生物行为护士研究人员做好准备，以解决神经行为和心肺健康/疾病中的复杂健康问题。生物行为护理研究（BBNR）项目由32位教师赞助，他们在神经行为和心肺健康/疾病方面有积极的研究项目和专业知识。护理学院优秀的实验室设施进一步支持BBNR计划，包括能够测量许多生化/生物标记物的生物核心实验室；两个心肺动物实验室；神经科学实验室；以及人体机能和呼吸功能实验室。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the proposed training grant is to train four predoctoral and four postdoctoral fellows in biobehavioral nursing research in the substantive areas of neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary components of health/illness. An ecological model of biobehavioral nursing research will be used to guide the science. The training program will prepare nurse researchers to study neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health; study neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary factors associated with adverse health; identify mechanisms underlying neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary alterations in health; and study effects of interventions to improve neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health. Fellows will be trained from the unique perspective of a biobehavioral nurse researcher examining phenomena that span the biological, experiential, and behavioral dimension. Predoctoral fellows will take core courses in the existing doctoral program, which includes a strong element of behavioral science. In addition, they will be required to take graduate-level physiology and medical biochemistry, and they will take electives in the biologic, behavioral, and nursing sciences. Postdoctoral work will be guided by an interdisciplinary team of researchers and constructed to meet the research needs of each fellow. All trainees will develop and implement research projects of neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health/illness at various levels of biobehavioral functioning, from the cell to the integrated human. This training program will prepare sophisticated biobehavioral nurse researchers to address complex health problems in neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health/illness. The Biobehavioral Nursing Research (BBNR) program is supported by 32 faculty sponsors with active research programs and expertise in neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health/illness. The BBNR program is further supported by excellent laboratory facilities in the College of Nursing, including a biological core laboratory able to measure many biochemical/biological markers; two cardio-respiratory animal laboratories; a neuroscience laboratory; and a human performance and respiratory function laboratory.