Training in Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine

再生医学生物力学培训

• 批准号: 7477280
• 负责人: Michael S Sacks
• 金额: $ 23.81万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7477280
• 关键词: Biomechanics; Regenerative Medicine; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this training program is to provide a solid foundation upon which to build a productive and independent career in Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine (BiRM). This goal is accomplished via a highly coordinated and mentored interdisciplinary training program with a combination of required and elective courses, research activities, and specialized training opportunities. The proposed Training Program incorporates faculty from the Departments of Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Urology, and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh, as well as faculty from the Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Departments from Carnegie Mellon University. This combination of training faculty research interests and coursework will provide a rich educational experience and more numerous training opportunities for the students than could be obtained within the individual university departments. Moreover, the breadth of research areas that span various physiological systems (cardiovascular, musculo-skeletal, urological) allows for a unique opportunity to train students to become highly skilled problem' solvers while avoiding over specialization. Since the BiRM training program is not central to any one department, its structure permits the student a much wider choice of options with which to pursue a PhD in tissue bioengineering and regeneration. In the current departmental focus of graduate education, a PhD student in one department that wishes to perform thesis research in a laboratory in another department finds many departmental based administrative roadblocks in his/her path. The BiRM program eliminates these roadblocks and permits ever increasing educational options for the students and research collaborations. Coursework includes intensive life science, and biomechanics is utilized to provide the students with a thorough grounding in both areas. Skills acquired in these courses are combined in later courses and the trainees' research.

描述(由申请人提供)： 本培训计划的目标是提供坚实的基础，在此基础上建立一个高效和 在生物力学和再生医学(BIRM)领域独立工作。这一目标是通过一个 高度协调和指导的跨学科培训计划，将所需和 选修课程、研究活动和专业培训机会。拟议的培训计划包括匹兹堡大学生物工程、机械工程、整形外科、血管外科、泌尿外科和麦高恩再生医学研究所的教员，以及卡内基梅隆大学机械和生物医学工程系的教员。这种培训教师、研究兴趣和课程的结合将为学生提供丰富的教育经验和更多的培训机会，而不是在单个大学院系内可以获得的培训机会。此外，研究领域的广度跨越不同的生理系统(心血管、肌肉骨骼、泌尿科)，为培养学生成为高技能的问题解决者提供了独特的机会，同时避免过度专业化。由于BIRM培训计划不是任何一个系的核心，它的结构允许学生有更广泛的选择来攻读组织生物工程和再生博士学位。在当前的院系研究生教育中，一个院系的博士生希望在另一个院系的实验室进行论文研究，他/她发现许多基于院系的行政障碍阻碍了他/她的道路。BIRM计划消除了这些障碍，允许不断增加的教育选择 学生和研究合作。课程包括密集的生命科学，并利用生物力学为学生在这两个领域提供全面的基础。在这些课程中学到的技能将在以后的课程和学员的研究中结合起来。