Comprehensive training in Neuroimaging Fundamentals and Applications

描述（由申请人提供）：我们寻求美国国立卫生研究院的赞助，以支持一个新的和创新的计划，在神经影像学的基础和应用。我们相信，未来的神经科学家可能需要在他们的工作中掌握神经成像方法和原则，以解决日益增长的神经疾病负担，并进行最能促进我们对人类行为和认知的理解的研究。该应用程序包括我们的博士前学生的T-90和R-90组件。加州大学洛杉矶分校综合神经成像培训计划（NITP）旨在培养博士前学生的神经成像的基本原则-常见的大多数或所有神经成像-在认识到已经发生的快速变化，并将继续在成像技术。他们将接触到从细胞到全脑，从结构到动态的一系列异常完整的成像方法，包括先进的多模态成像。我们的学生将在加州大学洛杉矶分校神经科学跨部门计划的充分参与者，但将受益于额外的专业课程工作和经验。NITP将是对UCLA已经建立的神经科学和计算生物学现有项目的补充和参与。学生将受益于大型和经验丰富的神经影像学教师和新开发的课程。为了响应短期课程的机会，NITP将赞助一年一度的为期一周的功能性神经成像奖学金和一个外展计划，教师和学员将向当地学校提供内容。我们还将举办一个年度研讨会，主要针对外行观众，旨在教育公众的结果和重要的限制神经影像学。这些短期课程中的每一个都将为NITP学生提供重要的教育目标，他们将担任促进者和讲师。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We seek sponsorship from the NIH to support a new and innovative program in the fundamentals and applications of neuroimaging. It is premised on the belief that neuroscientists of tomorrow are likely to require mastery of neuroimaging methods and principles in their work to address the growing burden of neurological disease and to perform the studies that will best advance our understanding of human behavior and cognition. This application includes both T-90 and R-90 components for our pre-doctoral students. The UCLA Comprehensive Neuroimaging Training Program (NITP) seeks to train pre-doctoral students in principles of neuroimaging that are fundamental - common to most or all neuroimaging - in recognition of the rapid changes that have occurred and will continue in imaging technology. They will be exposed to an unusually complete range of imaging approaches from cellular to whole brain, from structural to dynamic and inclusive of advanced multi-modality imaging. Our students will be full participants in the neurosciences interdepartmental program at UCLA, but will benefit from additional specialized course work and experience. The NITP will be both complementary to, and participatory in, existing programs in neurosciences and computational biology already well-established at UCLA. The students will benefit from the large and experience neuroimaging faculty and from courses newly-developed for this program. Responsive to the Short Course opportunities the NITP will sponsor an annual one-week fellowship in functional neuroimaging and an outreach program where the faculty and trainees will deliver content to local schools. We also will hold an annual seminar, directed principally to the lay audience, intended to educate the public on the results and important limitations of neuroimaging. Each of these short course programs will serve important educational objectives for the NITP students, who will serve as facilitators and instructors.