Training in Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）： 该培训计划的目标是提供一个坚实的基础，在此基础上建立一个富有成效的， 再生医学生物力学（BiRM）这一目标是通过一个 高度协调和指导的跨学科培训计划， 选修课程，研究活动和专业培训机会。拟议的培训计划包括来自匹兹堡大学生物工程，机械工程，整形外科，血管外科，泌尿外科和McGowan再生医学研究所的教师，以及来自卡内基梅隆大学机械和生物医学工程系的教师。这种培训教师的研究兴趣和课程的结合将为学生提供丰富的教育经验和更多的培训机会，而不是在单个大学部门内获得。此外，跨越各种生理系统（心血管，肌肉骨骼，泌尿系统）的研究领域的广度允许一个独特的机会，培养学生成为高技能的问题解决者，同时避免过度专业化。由于BiRM培训计划不是任何一个部门的中心，其结构允许学生有更广泛的选择，以追求组织生物工程和再生博士学位。在当前研究生教育的部门重点，一个部门的博士生希望在另一个部门的实验室进行论文研究，发现他/她的道路上有许多部门为基础的行政障碍。BiRM计划消除了这些障碍，并允许不断增加的教育选择， 学生和研究合作。课程包括密集的生命科学，生物力学是用来为学生提供一个彻底的接地在这两个领域。在这些课程中获得的技能在以后的课程和受训者的研究中结合起来。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this training program is to provide a solid foundation upon which to build a productive and independent career in Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine (BiRM). This goal is accomplished via a highly coordinated and mentored interdisciplinary training program with a combination of required and elective courses, research activities, and specialized training opportunities. The proposed Training Program incorporates faculty from the Departments of Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Urology, and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh, as well as faculty from the Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Departments from Carnegie Mellon University. This combination of training faculty research interests and coursework will provide a rich educational experience and more numerous training opportunities for the students than could be obtained within the individual university departments. Moreover, the breadth of research areas that span various physiological systems (cardiovascular, musculo-skeletal, urological) allows for a unique opportunity to train students to become highly skilled problem' solvers while avoiding over specialization. Since the BiRM training program is not central to any one department, its structure permits the student a much wider choice of options with which to pursue a PhD in tissue bioengineering and regeneration. In the current departmental focus of graduate education, a PhD student in one department that wishes to perform thesis research in a laboratory in another department finds many departmental based administrative roadblocks in his/her path. The BiRM program eliminates these roadblocks and permits ever increasing educational options for the students and research collaborations. Coursework includes intensive life science, and biomechanics is utilized to provide the students with a thorough grounding in both areas. Skills acquired in these courses are combined in later courses and the trainees' research.