Advanced Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Grant

描述(由申请者提供)：为了达到这一目标，我们提出了一个要求严格的跨学科研究生培训计划，以及一个强化的短期研究教育计划。这项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马萨诸塞州总医院阿辛努拉·A·马蒂诺斯生物医学成像中心的教职员工之间的跨学科合作。这一培训计划联合了背景包括定量、工程、物理和化学科学以及生物医学和生物科学的学员，旨在培养新一代科学家，他们的广泛研究生培训包括基础神经科学、活体神经成像的技术和分析方法，以及这些技术的应用，以了解神经科学中的关键问题。功能磁共振成像(FMRI)、脑磁图(MEG)、脑电(EEG)、正电子发射断层扫描(PET)和近红外光谱分析(NIRS)已成为认知神经科学的核心工具。通过培训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配备必要的工具和知识，以解决现代神经科学最紧迫的问题。博士前培训计划的学生将从哈佛和麻省理工学院的部门和由参与教师代表的项目中挑选出来，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，参加由教员联合教授的研究研讨会，并参与实验室轮换，实践研究经验。这些要求的目标是传授既广泛又深刻的知识，并将为神经科学研究带来新的视角和新的方向，利用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，学生将得到哈佛或麻省理工学院教职员工和马蒂诺斯中心的共同建议。短期研究教育计划将提供一个关键的共同点，为处于职业发展不同阶段的科学家提供外展教育机会。研究教育的核心部分将是与一名高级神经成像研究人员的指导，以及长期停留从事实践研究体验的机会。

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.