RESEARCH IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION AND ITS DISORDERS

 描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求支持在男孩镇国家研究医院（BTNRH）的人类交流及其障碍领域的多学科研究培训计划中的三个博士后职位。在BTNRH的培训计划，目前在其第34个年头，已经提供了博士后培训，以大量的高素质的科学家谁是目前在沟通障碍领域的工作。该计划的目的是满足两个基本的培训需求：1）为申请人谁是语音和听力，通信科学或语言相关的博士课程的应届毕业生先进的研究培训，和2）培训申请人与收到博士学位在科学，技术，工程或数学的相关领域谁将受益于额外的研究经验，在合作，研究密集型的环境。该培训计划主要由学员直接参与行为和临床转化研究，由一名或多名经验丰富的独立科学家担任该计划的教师。BTNRH的研究在广泛的学科和实验室进行，从临床听力学到语言发展，重点是有关人类交流及其障碍的机制问题。BTNRH研究环境的培训计划的独特优势包括：1）由13名行为，临床和转化临床科学家组成的教师担任导师; 2）研究学员的临界质量，由各种机制资助，包括T32，F32，COBRE和R 01赠款; 3）能够接触到大量不同的儿科和成人患者群体的临床工作人员; 4）现代化，设备齐全的实验室和诊断诊所; 5）跨单个研究实验室的研究领域的刺激组合; 6）获得一个新的视听核心设施;和7）促进合作，多学科研究的条件。 受训者是从博士，DSc的，和MD的相关领域正在进行的研究计划在BTNRH的基础上，他们的研究能力和他们的互动与培训教师富有成效的可能性选择。特别注意确定并邀请代表性不足的少数民族候选人和残疾候选人申请参加该方案。尽一切努力加强博士后培训方案的多样性，并最终加强从事与国家防治荒漠化和干旱研究所使命有关的研究的科学家群体的多样性。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for three postdoctoral positions in a multidisciplinary research training program in the area of human communication and its disorders at Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH). The training program at BTNRH, currently in its 34th year, has provided postdoctoral training to a substantial number of highly qualified scientists who are presently working in the field of communication disorders. The purpose of the program is to fulfill two basic training needs: 1) advanced research training for applicants who are recent graduates of speech and hearing, communication sciences or language-related doctoral programs, and 2) training for applicants with a received doctorate in a related field of science, technology, engineering or mathematics who would benefit from additional research experience in a collaborative, research-intensive environment. The training program consists primarily of direct participation by trainees in behavioral and clinical translational research under the sponsorship of one or more experienced, independent scientists serving on the program faculty. Research at BTNRH is conducted in a wide range of disciplines and laboratories from clinical audiology to language development, with the focus on questions concerning the mechanisms underlying human communication and its disorders. The unique advantages of the BTNRH research environment for the training program include: 1) a faculty consisting of 13 behavioral, clinical and translational clinical scientists who serve as mentors; 2) a critical mass of research trainees, funded by a variety of mechanisms, including T32, F32, COBRE and R01 grants; 3) a clinical staff with access to a large and varied pediatric and adult patient population; 4) modern, well-equipped laboratories and diagnostic clinics; 5) a stimulating mix of areas of research across individual research laboratories; 6) access to a new auditory- visual core facility; and 7) conditions that foster collaborative, multi-disciplinary research. Trainees are selected from PhD's, DSc's, and MD's in areas relevant to ongoing research programs at BTNRH on the basis of their research capabilities and the likelihood of their interacting productively with training faculty. Particular attention is paid to identifying and inviting applications to the program from under- represented minority candidates and candidates with a disability. Every effort is made to enhance diversity in the postdoctoral training program and eventually in the group of scientists performing research related to the mission of the NIDCD.