Training Program in Translational Research in Imaging

影像转化研究培训计划

• 批准号: 8306568
• 负责人: ELLIOT R MCVEIGH
• 金额: $ 31.75万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8306568
• 关键词: Image; Training Programs; Translational Research

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is to establish the pre-doctoral Training Program for Translational Research in Imaging (TPTRI) at Johns Hopkins University. Innovation in imaging technology has transformed diagnostic and therapeutic medicine. In order continue the development and application of these technologies, a firm understanding of the underlying physics and engineering is required; also, in order to understand the primary clinical needs, an equally deep understanding of the practice of medicine is required. Most often, this combination of backgrounds and skills are found in a team of people rather than a single person. In this program, both clinical residents and pre-doctoral biomedical engineers will gain experience working together to become innovators in medical imaging. The purpose of this training program is to create mentorship teams for PhD trainees in Biomedical Engineering that will produce imaging scientists who are able to invent new techniques and translate those techniques into clinical use. The mentorship structure of this program will include three mentors for each PhD candidate: an Engineering Mentor (most likely from BME, EE, Comp Science, Radiology etc.), a Clinician Mentor who is a clinician scientist, and a Clinical Peer who is a resident or fellow in a department in which imaging is a core resource. A comprehensive list of courses is available, and a curriculum for each student will be crafted to teach the most advanced imaging and signal processing techniques. Trainees will also attend the introductory lecture courses given to new residents and fellows in Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology etc. The trainees will also obtain training in translational research techniques and cost containment from the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) at Johns Hopkins. The TPTRI program will build on the strong imaging research community that exists at Johns Hopkins, and the superb PhD program that currently exists at Hopkins BME. Many previous BME trainees have found successful careers in medical imaging sciences after pursuing a PhD at Johns Hopkins involving mentorship from both engineering and clinical investigators. This new TPTRI program will help in three ways: (1) galvanize the existing large research community into a coherent training program, (2) attract the top students into the imaging sciences, and (3) bring the attention of industrial partners onto the applications research carried out at JHU. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): Imaging is becoming a necessary technique in an increasing number of fields within medicine, and a critical surrogate endpoint in otherwise prohibitively expensive clinical trials. It has never been more essential for imaging scientists and engineers to understand the subtleties of clinical needs; and to understand how engineering ingenuity and innovation can translate great ideas into practical techniques. This program will help accelerate the use of imaging in diagnosis treatment and therapy evaluation.

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在约翰霍普金斯大学建立影像学转化研究（TPTRI）博士前培训项目。成像技术的创新改变了诊断和治疗医学。为了继续开发和应用这些技术，需要对基础物理和工程学有深刻的理解;此外，为了了解主要的临床需求，需要对医学实践有同样深入的理解。大多数情况下，这种背景和技能的组合是在一个团队中发现的，而不是一个人。在该计划中，临床住院医师和博士前生物医学工程师将获得共同工作的经验，成为医学成像的创新者。该培训计划的目的是为生物医学工程博士生创建导师团队，培养能够发明新技术并将这些技术转化为临床应用的成像科学家。该计划的导师结构将包括每个博士候选人的三位导师：一位工程导师（最有可能来自BME，EE，Comp Science，Radiology等），临床医师导师（临床医师科学家）和临床同行（影像学为核心资源的科室的住院医师或研究员）。一个全面的课程列表是可用的，并为每个学生的课程将被精心制作，以教最先进的成像和信号处理技术。学员还将参加为放射科、心脏科、肿瘤科等新住院医师和研究员举办的介绍性讲座课程。学员还将从约翰霍普金斯大学临床和转化研究所（ICTR）获得转化研究技术和成本控制方面的培训。TPTRI计划将建立在强大的成像研究社区，存在于约翰霍普金斯，和高超的博士课程，目前存在于霍普金斯BME。许多以前的BME学员在约翰霍普金斯攻读博士学位后，在医学成像科学领域找到了成功的职业生涯，其中包括工程和临床研究人员的指导。这个新的TPTRI计划将在三个方面提供帮助：（1）激励现有的大型研究社区成为一个连贯的培训计划，（2）吸引顶尖学生进入成像科学，（3）将工业合作伙伴的注意力吸引到JHU进行的应用研究上。 公共卫生相关性（由申请人提供）：成像正在成为越来越多的医学领域的必要技术，也是昂贵的临床试验的关键替代终点。对于成像科学家和工程师来说，了解临床需求的微妙之处，以及了解工程独创性和创新如何将伟大的想法转化为实用技术，从来没有像现在这样重要。这一计划将有助于加速成像在诊断、治疗和治疗评价中的应用。