Training Program in Neuroengineering

神经工程培训计划

• 批准号: 7631843
• 负责人: NITISH VYOMESH THAKOR
• 金额: $ 35.58万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7631843
• 关键词: Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our goal is to develop educational and research programs to train scientists and educators in an interdisciplinary training program in Neuroengineering. This program is based on more than 50 years of educational experience in Biomedical Engineering, and a collaborative research environment made possible by our unique and integrated presence in both the engineering and medical schools. The past 4 years' effort has resulted in a program that is both rigorous and comprehensive. The students get in depth educational experiences in biological sciences, neurosciences, and engineering. The rigor is derived from the core curriculum in neurosciences (biological science in general but with focus on basic and clinical neurosciences) and engineering (with focus on quantitative, computational, and emerging technologies). They also gain a requisite teaching experience. Our students have access to mentors not only in Biomedical Engineering, but other engineering programs, our Mind-Brain Institute, and various clinical departments (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Radiology). Our sponsored research base remains exceptionally strong with funding from diverse sources. We continue to draw applicants from a highly competitive national pool, and are able to maintain very high standards of selectivity. We are about to graduate the first batch of outstanding doctoral candidates. We now enter the next, maturing phase of this training program with the priority to prepare and place our students in the best and most exciting scientific careers. To expand the research opportunities, we have added two new focus areas: Neuroimaging and Clinical Neuroengineering with the inclusion of a number of highly regarded faculty. The signature aspects of our program still remain the strong presence in the medical school and the opportunity to work with an outstanding group of clinical neuroscientists to use engineering approaches to solve clinical problems. Although our program so far has a good track record of recruiting, retaining and training underrepresented minorities there are a number of institutional efforts underway to further stimulate recruiting and participation. A hallmark of our program is the NeuroEngineering Training Initiative (NETI) that has spawned several exciting local mentoring and outreach activities. Our other plans are to develop a formal placement program for our graduates, make our educational and research program a national benchmark by contributing to curriculum development and research symposia, and develop innovative approaches to fostering entry by high school students as well as under-represented minorities into the field of Neuroengineering. The training program is being developed to support and train predoctoral candidates with educational and research interests in the field of Neuroengineering. The broad relevance stems from the opportunity to produce workforce of the future in this emergent, critically important scientific field with the expectation that these trainees will contribute to future scientific and academic advancements.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们的目标是开发教育和研究计划，以培训科学家和教育工作者在神经工程的跨学科培训计划。该计划基于50多年的生物医学工程教育经验，以及我们在工程和医学院的独特和综合存在所带来的合作研究环境。过去4年的努力产生了一个既严格又全面的方案。学生在生物科学，神经科学和工程方面获得深入的教育经验。严格性来自神经科学（一般生物科学，但重点是基础和临床神经科学）和工程（重点是定量，计算和新兴技术）的核心课程。 他们还获得了必要的教学经验。我们的学生不仅可以获得生物医学工程方面的导师，还可以获得其他工程项目，我们的大脑研究所和各个临床部门（神经科，神经外科，放射科）。我们赞助的研究基础仍然非常强大，资金来自不同来源。我们继续从竞争激烈的国家人才库中吸引申请人，并能够保持非常高的选择标准。第一批优秀博士生即将毕业。我们现在进入了这个培训计划的下一个成熟阶段，优先准备并将我们的学生置于最好和最令人兴奋的科学事业中。为了扩大研究机会，我们增加了两个新的重点领域：神经影像学和临床神经工程，包括一些备受推崇的教师。我们计划的标志性方面仍然是在医学院的强大存在，并有机会与临床神经科学家的优秀团队合作，使用工程方法来解决临床问题。尽管我们的项目迄今为止在招募、留住和培训代表性不足的少数民族方面有着良好的记录，但仍有一些机构正在努力进一步刺激招募和参与。我们计划的一个标志是神经工程培训计划（NETI），它已经催生了几个令人兴奋的本地指导和推广活动。我们的其他计划是为我们的毕业生制定一个正式的安置计划，通过促进课程开发和研究研讨会，使我们的教育和研究计划成为国家基准，并开发创新方法，以促进高中生以及代表性不足的少数民族进入神经工程领域。该培训计划正在开发，以支持和培训在神经工程领域的教育和研究兴趣的博士前候选人。广泛的相关性源于在这个新兴的，至关重要的科学领域产生未来劳动力的机会，期望这些受训人员将有助于未来的科学和学术进步。