Sleep Medicine Neurobiology and Epidemiology

描述(由申请人提供)： 凯斯西储大学睡眠医学、神经生物学和流行病学研究培训基金培养出在神经生理学和临床流行病学研究的设计和实施方面具有专业知识的研究人员和研究生。该项目的目标是睡眠和时间生物学，这是一个多学科领域，没有一个主要的家庭学术部门，并招募和培训学员，为睡眠医学领域竞争激烈的研究职业做准备。最近和现在的受训者讨论了睡眠对心血管疾病的影响，新生儿睡眠阶段的预测，睡眠对小学教育的影响，以及在多导睡眠图中量化心肺事件的新方法。Kingman P.Strohl医学博士和一个指导委员会管理该项目，批准该项目的录取，并使用形成性和学员委员会评估来监控学员的进步。一个新兴的感兴趣的领域是功能遗传学，以及睡眠及其障碍和临床流行病学的生物图谱的创建。我们还拥有临床决策和关键教育干预评估方面的专业知识，以传授有关睡眠的知识。该计划利用了34名研究导师、培训师和顾问，他们来自克利夫兰医学院、克利夫兰大学医院和克利夫兰退伍军人医学中心，代表着CWRU的10个项目。这笔助学金将资助两名研究生实习生、两名研究生博士生和两名暑期本科生。需要为那些拥有临床博士学位的人提供进入硕士学位项目(CWRU临床研究学者项目)的资源，以便在从事主要研究项目的同时快速发展高水平技能。每个实习生都将接受有监督的实践培训，定期接触道德和法律问题、赠款准备和职业发展。虽然学位授予部门决定课程工作和研究生学员的晋升，但睡眠医学培训项目的培训师/导师始终是博士委员会的成员。所有受训人员都有一系列自我评估的工作，这是培训委员会每两年进行一次评估的基础。有每周一次的研讨会，以及包括外部顾问、顾问和教职员工在内的年度务虚会。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research training grant in Sleep Medicine Neurobiology and Epidemiology at Case Western Reserve University produces research investigators and graduate students who demonstrate expertise in the design and implementation of studies on neurophysiology and clinical epidemiology. The program targets sleep and chronobiology, a multidisciplinary field without a major home academic department, and recruits and prepares trainees for competitive research careers in the field of sleep medicine. Recent and current trainees address issues of sleep's impact on cardiovascular disease, the forecasting of sleep stages in the neonate, the impact of sleep on elementary school education, and novel methods to quantify cardiopulmonary events in polysomnography. Kingman P. Strohl M.D. and a steering committee manages the program, approves admission to the program, and monitors trainees' progress using formative and trainee committee assessments. An emerging area of interest is functional genetics and the creation of a biologic map for sleep and its disorders and clinical epidemiology. We also have expertise in clinical decision-making and critical evaluation of educational interventions to transfer knowledge about sleep. The program utilizes 34 research mentors, trainers, and advisors in the School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and the Cleveland VA Medical Center, representing ten CWRU programs. The grant will support two post-graduate trainees, two graduate Ph.D. trainees, and two summer undergraduate students. Resources are requested for those with clinical doctoral degrees to enter a Master's Degree program (the CWRU Clinical Research Scholars Program) to rapidly develop high level skills while working on a primary research project. Each trainee will experience supervised, hands-on training with regular exposure to ethical and legal issues, grant preparation, and career development. While the degree-granting department determines course work and promotion of graduate trainees, a trainer/mentor from the Sleep Medicine Training Program is always a member of the Ph.D. committee. All trainees maintain a portfolio of work with self-assessments that forms one basis for bi-annual evaluation by the training committee. There are weekly seminars, and an annual retreat that includes outside advisors, consultants, and faculty. (END OF ABSTRACT)