Comprehensive training in Neuroimaging Fundamentals and Applications

描述(由申请者提供)：我们寻求来自美国国立卫生研究院的赞助，以支持神经成像基础和应用方面的一个新的创新项目。它的前提是相信，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理，以应对日益增长的神经系统疾病的负担，并进行最能促进我们对人类行为和认知的理解的研究。此应用程序包括T-90和R-90组件，适用于我们的博士前学生。加州大学洛杉矶分校的综合神经成像培训计划(NITP)旨在对博士前学生进行神经成像基本原理的培训--这些原理是大多数或所有神经成像的共同原理--以认识到成像技术已经发生并将继续发生的快速变化。他们将接触到异常完整的成像方法，从细胞到整个大脑，从结构到动态，并包括先进的多模式成像。我们的学生将是加州大学洛杉矶分校神经科学跨部门项目的正式参与者，但将受益于额外的专业课程工作和经验。NITP将是对加州大学洛杉矶分校已有的神经科学和计算生物学现有项目的补充和参与。学生将受益于庞大和经验丰富的神经成像教员，以及为该项目新开发的课程。为了响应短期课程的机会，NITP将赞助为期一周的功能神经成像年度奖学金和一个外展计划，教职员工和受训人员将向当地学校讲授内容。我们还将每年举办一次研讨会，主要面向非专业观众，旨在教育公众有关神经成像的结果和重要限制。这些短期课程计划中的每一个都将为NITP学生提供重要的教育目标，他们将担任辅导员和讲师。

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.