Training in Hearing & Communication Neuroscience

请参阅说明)： 南加州大学神经科学研究生项目(DSC NGP)和众议院耳 该研究所(HEI)共同提议建立一个独特的博士后、博士后、博士后和博士后培训计划， 和研究生内科科学家学者：南加州大学/高等教育听力和沟通神经科学 培训计划。该计划汇集了广泛的科学家，以加强跨学科 沟通，并提供独特的优势，提供研究培训机会， 具有临床听力和通信应用的基础科学。该计划将进一步巩固 Keck文理学院科学家之间的研究和培训互动 医学院、DSC维特比工程学院和HeI。该计划将结合 一群杰出的研究人员的优势集中在听力和交流的基本方面， 南加州大学神经科学和高等学校研究生项目的资源和临床专业知识 耳鼻咽喉科的卓越表现。这项提议的基本原理是让博士后、博士后和 医生-科学家在高度互动的多学科培训体验中接受培训，培训范围从CELL 从生物学到认知神经科学和语言学，不受传统部门障碍的束缚， 并积极促进他们作为独立科学家的发展。我们推荐四名博士后和两名博士后 博士后学者每年为任何一位学者提供最多两年的资助。其中一个 博士后学者可以是从高等学校临床研究奖学金或 南加州大学耳鼻咽喉科住院医师计划。博士后实习生通常会在 研究生培训的第二年，而参加 计划会有所不同。所有受训人员将接受与听力和沟通有关的所有方面的培训 研究和实践技能，这将使他们为独立资助的研究、教育、 和工业。让学员直接接触基础科学和前沿研究的能力 正在进行的临床研究和应用是该计划的主要和独特的优势。 相关性(请参阅说明)： 这项建议侧重于与言语和语言障碍直接相关的研究和培训 以及人类的沟通障碍。这一培训计划将帮助一批科学家做好准备 解决与听力和发声交流有关的基本问题。这些人不会 只是促进了我们对广谱听觉-发声的生物学和行为基础的理解 它不仅可以治疗沟通障碍，而且还将产生创新的诊断和治疗应用。

See instructions): The University of Southern California Neuroscience Graduate Program (DSC NGP) and the House Ear Institute (HEI) together propose to establish a unique research training program for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and postgraduate physician-scientist scholars: the USC/HEI Hearing and Communication Neuroscience Training Program. The program brings together a broad spectrum of scientists to enhance inter-disciplinary communication, and offers the unique advantage of providing research training opportunities that bridge basic science with clinical hearing and communications applications. The program will further solidify the research and training interactions between scientists in the College of Letters Arts & Sciences, the Keck School of Medicine, the Viterbi School of Engineering at DSC, and HEI. The program will combine the strengths of an outstanding group of researchers focused on basic aspects of hearing and communication, the resources of the USC Graduate Program in Neuroscience and the HEI,and the expertise in clinical otologic excellence of the HEI. The rationale of this proposal is to engage predoctoral, postdoctoral, and physician-scientist trainees in a highly interactive and multidisciplinary training experience ranging from cell biology to cognitive neuroscience and linguistics that is unfettered by conventional departmental barriers, and actively facilitates their development as independent scientists. We propose four predoctoral and two postdoctoral scholars per year for a maximum of two years support for any one scholar. One of the postdoctoral scholars can be a physician-scientist recruited from the HEI Clinical Research Fellowship or the USC Otolaryngology Residency Program. Pre-doctoral trainees will typically join the program during the second year of their graduate training, whereas the level of seniority of post-doctoral trainees participating in the program will vary. All trainees will receive training in all aspects of hearing- and communication-related research and practical skills that will prepare them for careers in independently-funded research, education, and industry. The ability to expose trainees directly to both cutting-edge research in basic science as well as ongoing clinical research and applications is a major and unique strength of the program. RELEVANCE (See instructions): This proposal focuses on research and training that are directly relevant to speech and language disorders and communication disabilities in humans. This training program will help prepare a cadre of scientists to address fundamental questions pertaining to hearing and vocal communication. These individuals will not only advance our understanding of biologic and behavioral bases of a broad spectrum of auditory-vocal communication disorders, but will also generate innovative diagnostic and therapeutic applications.