Short Term Training in Neuroscience

描述（由申请人提供）： 该培训计划的目标是鼓励德克萨斯大学休斯顿分校的医学生从事神经科学研究。 PI 将监督实习生的招聘和选拔，然后监控他们的进度。在第一年的暑假期间，学生将参加暑期研究项目，该项目自 1985 年以来一直得到 NIH 的支持，并由 Co-Pi 指导。关键人员是 NINDS 资助的 Pi 和由其他机构支持的研究人员，他们从事支持 NINDS 任务的研究。在第一年的春天，学生们选择导师，导师提出研究课题并帮助准备描述项目的提案，该项目可能是支持 NINDS 使命的临床、转化或基础研究。然后，教师咨询委员会会对提案进行评估，并根据提案的质量颁发津贴。该计划首先举办强制性研讨会，内容涉及实验室安全、生物伦理学和负责任的研究行为、研究中使用人类受试者的相关法规以及实验动物的正确使用和护理。每周，学员还需要参加描述职业选择的研究研讨会和强化课程。主要活动是在导师的指导下进行为期10周的全职研究。除了导师实验室的空间和设备外，还有许多核心设施可用于支持学生的研究。邀请学员参加神经病学、儿科神经病学和神经外科的大型查房，并鼓励学员参加基础神经科学的研究研讨会。受训者准备一份摘要和一张海报来总结他们的成果，并在第二年秋季展示。有些还在全国会议和合着出版物上展示他们的研究结果。鼓励希望继续研究培训的学生选择研究作为选修课，从医学院休学一年或申请攻读医学博士/博士学位。程序。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this training program is to encourage medical students of the University of Texas, Houston to pursue research in Neuroscience. The PI will oversee recruitment and selection of trainees and then monitor their progress. During the summer following their first year, students will participate in a Summer Research Program, which has been supported by NIH since 1985 and is directed by the Co-Pi. The key personnel are the Pi's of NINDS grants and investigators supported by other agencies who do research that supports the NINDS mission. In the spring of their first year, students select mentors, who suggest research topics and help prepare a proposal describing the project, which may be clinical, translational or basic research that supports the mission of the NINDS. The proposals are then evaluated by a Faculty Advisory Committee, and stipends are awarded based on the quality of the proposals. The program begins with mandatory workshops in laboratory safety, bioethics and the responsible conduct of research, regulations related to the use of human subjects in research, and the proper use and care of experimental animals. Each week, trainees are also required to attend research seminars and enrichment sessions describing career options. The major activity is full-time research for 10 weeks with guidance from the mentors. In addition to the space and equipment available in the laboratories of the mentors, there are many core facilities available to support student research. Trainees are invited to attend grand rounds in neurology, pediatric neurology and neurosurgery and encouraged to attend research seminars in basic neuroscience. Trainees prepare an abstract and a poster summarizing their results and present them during the fall of their second year. Some also present their results at national meetings and co-author publications. Students who wish to continue their research training are encouraged to select research as an elective, to take a year off from medical school or to apply for admission to the M.D./Ph.D. program.