COBRE: UVM: CORE D: TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING

COBRE：UVM：核心 D：转化神经科学培训

• 批准号: 8168058
• 负责人: FELIX P ECKENSTEIN
• 金额: $ 14.91万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8168058
• 关键词: Adverse effects; Advertising; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Anatomy; Autistic Disorder; Centers of Research Excellence; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Clinical; Clinical Research; Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects Database; Country; Dementia; Development; Disease; Educational process of instructing; Effectiveness; Elderly; Faculty; Fellowship Program; Funding; Goals; Grant; Institution; Literature; Medical; Medical Research; Medical Students; Mental disorders; Mentors; Minority Groups; Molecular; Monitor; Multiple Sclerosis; Neurobiology; Neurology; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Parents; Parkinson Disease; Participant; Positioning Attribute; Psychiatry; Psychology; Reading; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Support; Resources; Schizophrenia; Schools; Source; Students; Time; Training; Translational Research; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Washington; Woman; career development; design; experience; graduate student; lectures; nervous system disorder; programs; translational neuroscience

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. One of the original goals of the COBRE Center was the creation of a Translational Core to: (a) facilitate interactions between basic and clinical neuroscientists to enhance translational research, and (b) support research experiences for undergraduate students, medical students and residents. In 2003, we initiated an in-depth summer research experience for undergraduate students, the Summer Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program. A major responsibility of the Translational Core each year is to organize and present a didactic course, which focuses on a specific neurological disease or psychiatric disease. The course is designed to illustrate the progress of translational neuroscience research, which is focused on a particular disease entity. The disease to be covered changes every year. In prior grant periods, the disease entities covered included Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Schizophrenia, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Cerebrovascular Diseases and Autism. This past year, the course focused on Dementia of the Elderly and consisted of 12 weekly sessions ranging from clinical research to basic molecular approaches. Faculty from the Departments of Neurology, Psychology, and Psychiatry collaborated in this team-taught course. In addition, two outside speakers, Drs. Brad Hyman (Harvard Uuniversity) and John Morris (Washington University) contributed lectures this past year. The course is attended by graduate students, residents and faculty. During this past grant period, no medical students elected to gain research experience through the Translational Core year-out medical research program even though the program was well advertised. We will continue efforts to actively recruit second year medical students for this research opportunity next grant year. The Summer Undergraduate Neuroscience Research Fellowship (SNURF) program continues to be very successful. Since its inception, 8 students have participated in this summer research program each year. We have been able to attract students from across the country and have included young women and students from underrepresented groups each year. Both basic and clinical neuroscience faculty participate as student mentors and a side effect of the interaction of different neuroscience faculty has been an enhancement of translational research activities. Undergraduates perform 10 weeks of research, read primary literature and attend lectures given by COBRE faculty. This past summer, the Translational Core provided stipend and lodging support for nine students participating in our Summer Neuroscience Undergraduate Fellowship program. Matching support was obtained from faculty research grants and through operating funds from the Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Neurology. Three of the nine students were from underrepresented minority groups. This past year, we also received supplemental funding (Supplement 3P20 RR016435-09S1 -- see subproject page) to enhance this undergraduate research program. The supplemental funds allowed us to support an additional 10 students last summer. We will use the remaining supplemental funds and parent COBRE funds to support 17 students in this program this upcoming summer. We continue to contact students periodically after they graduate from the summer research program in order to monitor their career development and our effectiveness in assisting them. In the six years the program has been in existence, the majority of past participants have gone on to medical or graduate school, including two who are currently students in our Neuroscience Graduate Program. Others have elected to take time out from their schooling to accept technical positions, two at UVM. We are pleased that the experience gained here has significantly helped many of our past students in their professional development.

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 COBRE中心的最初目标之一是创建一个翻译核心：（a）促进基础和临床神经科学家之间的互动，以加强翻译研究，（B）支持本科生，医学生和居民的研究经验。 在2003年，我们发起了一个深入的本科生暑期研究经验，暑期神经科学本科研究奖学金计划。 翻译中心每年的主要职责是组织和介绍一门教学课程，重点是特定的神经疾病或精神疾病。 该课程旨在说明转化神经科学研究的进展，重点是特定的疾病实体。 所承保的疾病每年都在变化。 在以前的赠款期间，所涵盖的疾病实体包括帕金森病，多发性硬化症，精神分裂症，肌萎缩侧索硬化症，脑血管疾病和自闭症。 在过去的一年里，该课程的重点是老年痴呆症，包括12个每周一次的会议，从临床研究到基本的分子方法。 来自神经病学，心理学和精神病学系的教师在这个团队授课的课程中合作。 此外，两名外部演讲者，布拉德海曼博士（哈佛大学）和约翰莫里斯（华盛顿大学）贡献了讲座在过去一年。 该课程由研究生，居民和教师参加。 在过去的资助期间，没有医学生选择通过翻译核心全年医学研究计划获得研究经验，尽管该计划做了很好的宣传。 我们将继续努力，积极招募二年级医学生为这个研究机会下一个赠款年度。 夏季本科神经科学研究奖学金（SNURF）计划继续非常成功。 自成立以来，每年有8名学生参加这个夏季研究计划。 我们已经能够吸引来自全国各地的学生，并包括年轻妇女和学生从代表性不足的群体每年。 基础和临床神经科学教师作为学生导师参与，不同神经科学教师之间的互动的副作用是提高了转化研究活动。 本科生进行10周的研究，阅读主要文献，并参加COBRE教师的讲座。 在过去的这个夏天，翻译核心提供了助学金和住宿支持，为九名学生参加我们的暑期神经科学本科奖学金计划。 匹配的支持是从教师的研究赠款金，并通过从解剖学和神经生物学和神经病学部门的运营资金。 九名学生中有三名来自代表性不足的少数群体。 在过去的一年里，我们还收到了补充资金（补充3 P20 RR 016435 - 09 S1-见子项目页），以加强这一本科研究计划。 补充资金使我们能够支持去年夏天额外的10名学生。 我们将使用剩余的补充资金和家长COBRE基金，以支持17名学生在这个计划即将到来的夏天。 我们继续定期联系学生，他们从夏季研究计划毕业后，以监测他们的职业发展和我们在帮助他们的有效性。 在该计划已经存在的六年中，大多数过去的参与者已经进入医学或研究生院，其中包括两名目前正在我们的神经科学研究生课程的学生。 其他人选择从学校抽出时间接受技术职位，其中两人在UVM。 我们很高兴在这里获得的经验，大大帮助了我们过去的许多学生在他们的专业发展。