Advanced Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：为了实现这一目标，我们提出了一个要求很高的跨学科研究生培训计划，以及一个密集的短期研究教育计划。这一神经成像培训计划依赖于哈佛大学心理学系、哈佛医学院神经科学项目、麻省理工学院脑与认知科学系和健康科学与技术项目以及麻省总医院阿蒂努拉·a·马蒂诺斯生物医学成像中心教员之间的跨学科合作。该培训计划将具有定量、工程、物理和化学科学以及生物医学和生物科学背景的学员联合起来，旨在培养新一代的科学家，他们的研究生培训基础广泛，包括基础神经科学、体内神经成像技术和分析方法，以及这些技术在理解神经科学关键问题方面的应用。功能磁共振成像（fMRI）、脑磁图（MEG）、脑电图（EEG）、正电子发射断层扫描（PET）和近红外光谱（NIRS）已经成为认知神经科学的核心工具。通过训练学生了解这些神经成像方法的基础，并有效地应用它们来解决神经科学的基本原理，我们的目标是为整个研究人员提供必要的工具和知识，以解决现代神经科学中最紧迫的问题。博士前培训项目的学生将从哈佛和麻省理工学院的院系和项目中抽取，并由参与的教师代表，并将被期望满足他们所注册的特定项目的要求。此外，学生实习生将参加团队授课课程，参加由教师联合授课的研究研讨会，并参与实验室轮岗，包括实践研究经验。这些要求的目标是传授既广泛又深入的知识，并将为神经科学研究产生新的视角和新的方向，这些研究将发挥来自看似不同学科的个人的集体专业知识。在整个培训过程中，学生将由哈佛大学或麻省理工学院和马蒂诺斯中心的教师共同指导。短期研究教育项目将为处于不同职业发展阶段的科学家提供一个重要的共同基础，为他们提供拓展教育的机会。研究教育部分的核心将是与高级神经影像学研究员进行配对指导，并有机会长期停留，参与实践研究经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A demanding program of interdisciplinary graduate training, together with an intensive short-term research education program, is proposed to meet this goal. This plan for Training in Neuroimaging rests on interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty members in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, the Program in Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School, the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Health Sciences and Technology Program at MIT, and the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. This training program that unites trainees whose backgrounds include quantitative, engineering, physical and chemical sciences as well as biomedical and biological sciences aims to prepare a new generation of scientists whose broad-based graduate training comprises fundamental neuroscience, the technologies and analytic methods of in vivo neuroimaging, and the application of those technologies for understanding crucial questions in neuroscience. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG), positron emission tomography (PET), and near-infrared spectrography (NIRS) have emerged as central tools in cognitive neuroscience. By training students to understand the bases of these neuroimaging methods and apply them effectively to address the fundamental principles of neuroscience, our goal is to arm an entire spectrum of researchers with the tools and knowledge necessary to address those issues most pressing for modern neuroscience. Students in the pre-doctoral training program will be drawn from the Harvard and MIT departments and programs represented by the participating faculty, and will be expected to fulfill the requirements of the specific program in which they are enrolled. In addition, student trainees will take team taught courses, take part in a research seminar jointly taught by faculty, and engage in laboratory rotations involving hands-on research experiences. The goal of these requirements is to impart knowledge that is at once both broad and deep, and will engender new perspectives on and new directions for neuroscience research that play upon the collective expertise of individuals from seemingly disparate disciplines. Throughout their training, students will be co-advised by faculty at Harvard or MIT and the Martinos Center. The short-term research education program will provide a key common ground to provide outreach educational opportunities for scientists at various stages of career development. Central to the research education component will be paired mentorship with a senior neuroimaging researcher, and opportunities for extended stays to engage in hands-on research experiences.