Training in Hearing, Balance, and Spatial Orientation

听力、平衡和空间定向训练

• 批准号: 8484378
• 负责人: Shawn D. Newlands
• 金额: $ 31.62万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8484378
• 关键词: Equilibrium; Hearing; Space Perception; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Training future generations of scientists and clinicians is necessary to provide for the health of our population while improving our understanding of, as well as treatments and outcomes for, the myriad diseases that affect us. We propose a new training program specifically targeted toward hearing, balance, and spatial orientation, all key areas within the mission of the NIDCD. Research on the senses of the inner ear confronts complex systems where the physical and biological worlds interact, and inherently require multidisciplinary approaches to achieve success and advancement. This proposal is founded on 4 principles: 1) the ideal training for investigators entering research careers in hearing, balance and spatial orientation cuts across lines of departments and disciplines; 2) the training of future academic clinicians and scientists is facilitated by a common interactive path that combines different strengths, interests, and approaches to solve common problems; 3) our targeted areas of research are particularly well suited for trainees with a background in both neurobiology and engineering; and 4) medical trainees most likely to succeed in research are those who have demonstrated a substantial commitment in both time and energy to research training, most clearly exemplified by M.D./Ph.D. students. Based on these principles, we propose an integrated training program that cuts across departmental lines, includes resident, pre-doctoral, and post-doctoral trainees, and focuses on multidisciplinary approaches to understanding hearing, balance, and spatial orientation, as well as disorders afflicting those systems. Trainees will include M.D./Ph.D. students, otolaryngology residents with demonstrated research interests, and pre- or post-doctoral trainees with graduate or undergraduate degrees in engineering pursuing biological research. A graduate course in hearing, balance, and spatial orientation will be the didactic cornerstone of the educational experience and regular interactions between trainees is reinforced through monthly research progress meetings. This proposal builds upon the existing research and clinical infrastructure around hearing, balance and spatial orientation at the University of Rochester - particularly the P30-funded Center for Navigation and Communication Sciences, with 24 independent researchers from 7 departments. Around this core group of investigators and resources, we now add educational and research opportunities to create an extensive, integrated environment for the conduct of research and training in these crucial areas of the NIDCD mission.

描述（由申请人提供）：培训未来几代科学家和临床医生是必要的，以提供我们人口的健康，同时提高我们的理解，以及治疗和结果，影响我们的无数疾病。我们提出了一个新的培训计划，专门针对听力，平衡和空间定位，所有的关键领域内的NIDCD的使命。对内耳感官的研究面临着物理和生物世界相互作用的复杂系统，并且本质上需要多学科方法才能取得成功和进步。该建议基于4个原则：1）对进入听力，平衡和空间定位研究职业的研究人员进行理想的培训跨越部门和学科; 2）未来学术临床医生和科学家的培训由一个共同的互动路径促进，该路径结合了不同的优势，兴趣和解决共同问题的方法; 3）我们的目标研究领域特别适合具有神经生物学和工程学背景的学员; 4）最有可能在研究中取得成功的医学学员是那些在时间和精力上都表现出对研究培训的实质性承诺的人，最明显的例子是医学博士。博士学生基于这些原则，我们提出了一个跨部门的综合培训计划，包括居民，博士前和博士后学员，并侧重于多学科的方法来理解听力，平衡和空间方向，以及困扰这些系统的疾病。学员将包括医学博士/博士学生，具有研究兴趣的耳鼻喉科住院医师，以及具有从事生物研究的工程学研究生或本科学位的博士前或博士后实习生。听力，平衡和空间定向的研究生课程将成为教育经验的教学基石，学员之间的定期互动将通过每月的研究进展会议得到加强。该提案建立在罗切斯特大学现有的听力，平衡和空间定向研究和临床基础设施的基础上-特别是P30资助的导航和通信科学中心，拥有来自7个部门的24名独立研究人员。围绕这一核心调查人员和资源，我们现在增加了教育和研究机会，为在NIDCD使命的这些关键领域进行研究和培训创造一个广泛的综合环境。