Auditory Neuroscience Traning Program

项目摘要 华盛顿大学(UW)有着长期致力于研究的历史 听力、平衡、言语、语言和交流的正常和紊乱区域。此外, 它有一个杰出的跨学科社区的研究人员在所有子学科的基础 神经科学。在这些社区的交叉点上，存在着一个多样化和高生产率的群体 研究听力和听力的基本神经机制的研究人员 沟通。威斯康星大学听神经科学界的一项重要使命是指导 将从事这一领域的研究并提高我们在该领域的知识的学员 未来。听神经科学培训计划成立于2002年，帮助培训基础 神经科学研究人员，他们的工作将构成临床学科研究的基础。 因此，它补充了现有的威斯康星大学耳鼻咽喉科临床培训计划 在《言语和听力科学》上提出。在威斯康星大学的培训经验目前包括五个 博士前培训时段，因为这是在早期阶段得到大力支持的领域 培训是最关键的，为那些过渡到听觉的人提供三个博士后培训职位 来自其他学科的神经科学。受训人员参加积极的研究项目 神经解剖学、发育、遗传学、细胞和分子生物学、神经药理学和 外周和中枢听觉系统的电生理学以及心理声学、语言 感知和处理，以及交流行为。他们也有机会联合起来 通过合作努力在多个领域进行研究。通过课程、杂志俱乐部和 在静修期间，项目实习生将接触到广泛的研究技术，使他们能够 进行概念上和技术上复杂的研究计划。重要的是，继续 通过培训方案提供的支持应极大地增强UW吸引和留住 来自代表性不足群体的高素质实习生，并为他们未来的研究职业生涯做好准备 听觉神经科学。

Project Summary The University of Washington (UW) has a long-standing history of commitment to research in the areas of normal and disordered hearing, balance, speech, language and communication. In addition, it has an outstanding interdisciplinary community of investigators in all of the subdisciplines of basic neuroscience. At the intersection of these communities lies a diverse and highly productive group of investigators who study the fundamental neural mechanisms that underlie hearing and communication. One important mission of the auditory neuroscience community at UW is to mentor the trainees who will carry on this line of research and advance our knowledge of the field in the future. The Auditory Neuroscience Training Program, established in 2002, helps train the basic neuroscience researchers whose work will form the foundation for research in the clinical disciplines. It therefore complements the existing UW clinical training program in Otolaryngology and one proposed in Speech and Hearing Sciences. The training experience at UW currently includes five predoctoral training slots since this is the area in which strong support during the early stages of training is most crucial, and three postdoctoral training positions for those transitioning to auditory neuroscience from other disciplines. Trainees participate in active research programs in neuroanatomy, development, genetics, cell and molecular biology, neuropharmacology, and electrophysiology of the peripheral and central auditory system as well as psychoacoustics, language perception and processing, and communication behavior. They also have the opportunity to combine research in more than one area through collaborative efforts. Through courses, journal clubs and retreats, program trainees are exposed to a wide range of research techniques, enabling them to conduct conceptually and technologically sophisticated research programs. Importantly, continued support through the training program should greatly enhance the ability of the UW to attract and retain high-caliber trainees from underrepresented groups and prepare them for future research careers in auditory neuroscience.