TRAINING IN BIOBEHAVIORAL NURSING RESEARCH

描述(申请人提供)：拟议的培训补助金的目的是培训四名博士后研究员和四名博士后研究员，在神经行为和心肺健康/疾病的实质性领域进行生物行为护理研究。将使用生物行为护理研究的生态模型来指导科学。该培训计划将培养护士研究人员，以研究神经行为和心肺健康；研究与不良健康相关的神经行为和心肺因素；确定健康中神经行为和心肺变化的潜在机制；以及研究改善神经行为和心肺健康的干预效果。研究员将从生物行为护士研究人员的独特视角接受培训，检查跨越生物、经验和行为维度的现象。博士前研究员将在现有的博士生项目中学习核心课程，其中包括强大的行为科学元素。此外，他们将被要求选修研究生水平的生理学和医学生物化学，他们还将选修生物、行为和护理科学。博士后工作将由一个跨学科的研究人员团队指导，并根据每个研究员的研究需求进行构建。所有受训人员将在生物行为功能的不同层面，从细胞到完整的人类，开发和实施神经行为和心肺健康/疾病的研究项目。该培训计划将培养成熟的生物行为护士研究人员，以解决神经行为和心肺健康/疾病方面的复杂健康问题。生物行为护理研究(BBNR)计划由32名教师赞助，他们在神经行为和心肺健康/疾病方面拥有积极的研究计划和专业知识。BBNR计划还得到了护理学院一流的实验室设施的进一步支持，包括一个能够测量许多生化/生物标记物的生物核心实验室；两个心肺动物实验室；一个神经科学实验室；以及一个人类表现和呼吸功能实验室。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the proposed training grant is to train four predoctoral and four postdoctoral fellows in biobehavioral nursing research in the substantive areas of neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary components of health/illness. An ecological model of biobehavioral nursing research will be used to guide the science. The training program will prepare nurse researchers to study neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health; study neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary factors associated with adverse health; identify mechanisms underlying neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary alterations in health; and study effects of interventions to improve neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health. Fellows will be trained from the unique perspective of a biobehavioral nurse researcher examining phenomena that span the biological, experiential, and behavioral dimension. Predoctoral fellows will take core courses in the existing doctoral program, which includes a strong element of behavioral science. In addition, they will be required to take graduate-level physiology and medical biochemistry, and they will take electives in the biologic, behavioral, and nursing sciences. Postdoctoral work will be guided by an interdisciplinary team of researchers and constructed to meet the research needs of each fellow. All trainees will develop and implement research projects of neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health/illness at various levels of biobehavioral functioning, from the cell to the integrated human. This training program will prepare sophisticated biobehavioral nurse researchers to address complex health problems in neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health/illness. The Biobehavioral Nursing Research (BBNR) program is supported by 32 faculty sponsors with active research programs and expertise in neurobehavioral and cardiopulmonary health/illness. The BBNR program is further supported by excellent laboratory facilities in the College of Nursing, including a biological core laboratory able to measure many biochemical/biological markers; two cardio-respiratory animal laboratories; a neuroscience laboratory; and a human performance and respiratory function laboratory.