Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

描述(由申请者提供)：本提案旨在为耶鲁大学跨系神经科学项目(INP)内的研究生继续培训提供支持。六名一年级和六名二年级研究生需要学费和津贴支持。INP是耶鲁大学范围内授予神经科学博士学位的项目。在其第17年，INP由来自文理学院(FAS)和耶鲁医学院(YMS)系的80名教职员工组成，拥有46名研究生，其中39名来自美国或是永久居民。INP有两名联合董事，黑格·凯希希安和查尔斯·格里尔，并由一个代表耶鲁神经科学领域的执行委员会监督。黑格·克什希安是INP共同赞助的NIH博士前培训项目的项目主任。INP得到了强有力的大学支持，包括一名受薪行政人员、办公场所、8份奖学金和津贴补充。它定期接受省级学术审查。学生通过一个统一的神经科学招生委员会录取，该委员会是耶鲁大学生物和生物医学科学(BBS)项目的一部分。在加入INP后，学生将一直留在跨部门项目中，直到毕业。每年有超过90名美国/永久居留学生申请入学，其中约25人被录取，入学人数为8-10人(2004级：7名美国学生)。INP积极参与教育来自代表性不足的族裔和/或种族群体的学生。自2000年以来，15%的进入美国/永久居留的神经科学学生来自这些群体。学生由联席董事、执行委员会和咨询委员会监督。所有INP学生都参加了四门神经科学和生物伦理学的核心研究生课程，三门高级选修课，以及两次一年级的研究轮换。他们参加应邀的研讨会、进行中的研究讲座和年度务虚会。在第二年，学生从参与的教职员工中选择一名博士生导师。他们还参加博士资格考试，包括辅导、笔试和口试。学生们在第三年为招股说明书辩护后，进入了博士候选人的行列。向所有学生提供旅费，让他们参加国家会议并在会上介绍他们的工作。INP授予毕业生神经科学博士学位。与公共健康相关：INP培训计划支持对下一代神经科学研究科学家的教育。INP毕业生继续在大学、研究机构和行业担任领导职务，在那里他们为我们理解神经系统的基本原理做出贡献，并为困扰社会的神经系统紊乱开发实用的解决方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is for continued graduate student training support within the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) of Yale University. Tuition and stipend support is requested for six 1st year and six 2nd year graduate students. The INP is Yale's university-wide degree granting doctoral program in the Neurosciences. In its 17th year, the INP consists of 80 faculty from departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and the Yale Medical School (YMS), with 46 graduate students, of which 39 are from the US or are permanent residents. The INP has two coDirectors, Haig Keshishian and Charles Greer, and is supervised by an executive committee representing a cross-section of the neurosciences at Yale. Haig Keshishian serves as program director for the INP's Jointly Sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program. The INP receives strong university support, including a salaried administrator, office space, 8 fellowships, and stipend supplementation. It undergoes regular provostial-level academic review. Students are admitted through a unified neuroscience admissions committee that is part of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) program of Yale. Upon affiliating with the INP the students remain within the interdepartmental program until graduation. Annually over 90 US/permanent resident students apply, with about 25 offered admission, for an entering class of 8-10 students (2004 class: 7 US students). The INP is actively involved in educating students from underrepresented ethnic and/or racial groups. Since 2000 15% of the entering US/permanent resident neuroscience students were from these groups. Students are supervised by the coDirectors, the executive committee, and advisory committees. All INP students take four core graduate classes in neuroscience and bioethics, three advanced electives, and two 1st year research rotations. They attend invited seminars, research in progress talks, and an annual retreat. In the 2nd year the students select a doctoral advisor from the pool of participating faculty. They also take the doctoral qualifier examination, which has tutorial, written, and oral components. The students advance to candidacy for the PhD upon defending a prospectus in the 3rd year. All students are provided travel funds to attend and present their work at national meetings. A PhD in Neuroscience is awarded to graduates by the INP. Relevance to public health: The INP training program supports the education of the next generation of neuroscience research scientists. INP graduates go on to leading positions in universities, research institutes, and industry, where they contribute to our understanding of the basic principles of the nervous system, as well as develop practical solutions for the disorders of the nervous system that afflict society.