Doctoral Training Program in Movement Science

描述(由申请人提供)：国家医疗康复研究中心的一个主要目标是让美国最好的科学家注意到残疾人的健康相关问题，以便利用生物、行为和工程科学中发生的无数进展。这笔培训补助金的目的是继续培养优秀的康复科学家，向来自跨学科学院的卫生专业人员提供运动科学方面的博士前和博士后培训(每年3个博士前和1个博士后时段)。作为这一成功的运动科学计划的扩展，私人投资机构要求增加一个博士后名额和一个博士后名额。该培训项目位于物理治疗项目中，但它是一个跨学科的项目，目前一半的博士前实习生和所有博士后学员都来自非PT背景(即生物医学工程、运动科学、运动学、神经科学、职业治疗)。华盛顿大学医学中心的环境非常适合这种培训，因为它结合了一所一流的医学院和强大的研究基础设施，以及包括世界级康复中心在内的医院系统。该培训计划利用杰出研究人员的专业知识，在学术和研究活动中提供跨学科指导，并以生物控制、生物力学和生物能量学为核心。该项目得到了许多相关领域的知名研究人员的积极参与，包括神经科学、医学、整形外科、生物医学工程、放射学和心理学。使用有兴趣整合疾病和损伤的基础科学和临床表现的知名研究人员，是在康复领域产生高质量、跨学科研究的有效手段。在其存在的21年中，全日制博士前课程的平均培训时间为4.5年。受资助的受训人员很有成效(平均有6份同行评审的与培训有关的出版物)，辍学率很低(12%)。培训补助金资助的毕业生都在学术环境中就业(100%)，并在获得外部资金、发表康复领域的研究以及培训与康复相关领域的其他科学家和专业人员方面取得了丰硕成果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A primary goal of the National Center of Medical Rehabilitation Research is to bring the health related problems of people with disabilities to the attention of America's best scientists in order to capitalize upon the myriad advances occurring in the biological, behavioral, and engineering sciences. The purpose of this training grant is to continue to produce outstanding rehabilitation scientists by providing pre- and post-doctoral training (3 pre- and 1 post-doctoral slots per year) in Movement Science to health professionals from an interdisciplinary faculty. As an expansion of this successful Movement Science Program, the PIs are requesting one additional pre-doctoral slot and one post-doctoral slot. The training program is administratively housed in the Program in Physical Therapy but it is an interdisciplinary program and currently half of its pre-doctoral trainees and all of its post-doctoral trainees are from non-PT backgrounds (i.e., biomedical engineering, exercise science, kinesiology, neuroscience, occupational therapy). The environment at Washington University Medical Center is ideally suited for this training because it combines a premiere medical school with a strong infrastructure for research and a hospital system that includes a world-class rehabilitation center. The training program utilizes the expertise of outstanding investigators to provide interdisciplinary guidance in academic and research activities and is built on a core of biocontrol, biomechanics, and bioenergetics. The program has active involvement from well-respected and established investigators in many related fields including the Neurosciences, Medicine, Orthopedics, Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, and Psychology. The use of established investigators with an interest in integrating basic science and clinical manifestations of disease and injury is an effective means of producing high quality, interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation. The average duration of training has been 4.5 years in the full time pre-doctoral program over its 21 years of existence. Funded trainees are productive (average 6 peer reviewed publications associated with training) and have a low drop-out rate (12%). Training grant funded graduates are all employed in academic settings (100%) and have gone on to be productive in obtaining extramural funding, publishing research in the area of rehabilitation, and training other scientists and professionals in rehabilitation related fields.