Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案描述了心血管生物医学工程的跨学科培训计划，致力于培养博士前学生。学生将接受生物和工程学科的多学科教育，重点是心血管健康。该计划的一个主要目标是满足不断增长的生物医学工程领域和跨学科劳动力的需求。该计划利用了亚利桑那大学在生物工程和心血管生物学方面的强大专业知识。专业领域包括：生物力学、生物材料、光学、分子遗传学、血管生理学、放射学、成像、组织工程、基因工程和生物计算。培训教师是独立的研究人员，共同致力于研究生培训。教师有很强的支持记录，并积极参与合作研究活动。临床和工业经验将促进学员转化研究项目的发展。该计划中的培训包括实验室和教学经验。教学部分包括核心生物医学工程研究生课程，许多选修研究生课程和定期安排的论坛和研讨会的可用性。学生参加非正式讨论小组，并有多种机会以口头和海报形式展示他们的研究。学员的进度由学员的导师、他们各自的研究生课程、培训补助金计划委员会和顾问委员会监督。学生在参与实验室进行研究轮换和项目，重点是：微血管工程，血管生物力学，血管建模，光学血管成像，血管灌注的超声和磁共振成像，心血管仪器，心血管设备，心脏电生理学，血管基因组学和血管组织的分子诊断。这是一个更新申请的重新提交;从过去10年这个培训计划的毕业生现在从事博士后培训，并采取了在生物医学行业的领导地位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal describes an interdisciplinary training program in Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering dedicated to training predoctoral students. Students will receive a multidisciplinary education in the biological and engineering disciplines focusing on cardiovascular health. A major goal of this program is to meet the demands of a growing biomedical engineering field and interdisciplinary workforce. This program takes advantage of the strong expertise in bioengineering and cardiovascular biology present at the University of Arizona. Areas of expertise include: biomechanics, biomaterials, optics, molecular genetics, vascular physiology, radiology, imaging, tissue engineering, genetic engineering, and biocomputing. Training faculty are independent researchers with a shared commitment to graduate training. The faculty have a strong record of support and are actively involved in collaborative research activities. Clinical and industrial experiences will foster the development of translational research projects for trainees. Training within this program involves laboratory and didactic experience. The didactic component includes the core biomedical engineering graduate curriculum, the availability of numerous elective graduate courses and regularly scheduled forums and seminars. Students participate in informal discussion groups and have multiple opportunities to present their research in oral and poster form. Progress of the trainees is monitored by the trainee's mentor, their respective graduate program, a training grant program committee, and an advisory board. Students perform research rotations and projects in participating laboratories that are focused on: microvascular engineering, vascular biomechanics, vascular modeling, optical vascular imaging, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging of vascular perfusion, cardiovascular instrumentation, cardiovascular devices, cardiac electrophysiology, vascular genomics and molecular diagnostics of vascular tissues. This is a resubmission of a renewal application; graduates of this training program from the last 10 years are now engaged in post-doctoral training and have taken positions of leadership in the biomedical industry.