DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN MOVEMENT SCIENCE

 描述(由申请人提供)：国家医疗康复研究中心的一个主要目标是让美国最优秀的科学家注意到残疾人的健康相关问题，以便利用生物、行为和工程科学中发生的无数进展。为了实现这一目标，我们必须培养一流的康复科学家。这笔赠款将通过向来自不同背景的学生提供高度跨学科的运动科学博士前和博士后培训(每年4个博士前和1个博士后时段)，支持对杰出康复科学家的培训。虽然该培训计划是在物理治疗计划的管理范围内进行的，但它具有很强的跨学科性质。目前，我们超过一半的博士后实习生和所有博士后实习生都来自非PT背景(例如，生物医学工程、运动科学、运动学、神经科学、职业治疗、舞蹈、物理)。华盛顿大学医学中心的环境非常适合这种培训，因为它结合了一所一流的医学院和强大的研究基础设施，以及包括世界级康复中心在内的医院系统。我们的培训计划利用来自整个大学的杰出研究人员的专业知识，在学术和研究活动中提供跨学科指导。博士课程建立在运动系统的概念上，包括三个核心领域：生物控制、生物力学和生物能量学。该计划在神经科学、生物医学工程、机械工程、整形外科、放射学、医学(生理学)和心理学等多个相关领域得到了备受尊敬和公认的研究人员的积极参与。对整合疾病和损伤的基础科学和临床表现感兴趣的知名研究人员的参与，导致在康复方面产生高质量的跨学科研究。这一点在我们学员的成功中得到了证明，他们在培训期间平均发表了6本同行评议的出版物。全日制博士前项目平均完成学位的时间为4.6年，目前已有25年的成功历史，毕业率超过90%。所有培训补助金资助的毕业生都在学术环境中就业，在获得外部资金、发表康复领域的研究以及培训与康复相关领域的其他科学家和专业人员方面富有成效。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A primary goal of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research is to bring the health-related problems of people with disabilities to the attention of America's best scientists in order to capitalize upon the myriad advances occurring in the biological, behavioral, and engineering sciences. To achieve this goal, it is imperative tha we train top-notch rehabilitation scientists. This grant will support training of outstanding rehabilitation scientists by providing highly interdisciplinary predoctoral and postdoctoral trainig (4 predoctoral and 1 postdoctoral slots per year) in Movement Science to students from diverse backgrounds. The training program, while administratively housed within the Program in Physical Therapy, is strongly interdisciplinary. At present, over half of our predoctoral trainees and all of our post-doctoral trainees are from non-PT backgrounds (e.g., biomedical engineering, exercise science, kinesiology, neuroscience, occupational therapy, dance, physics). The environment at Washington University Medical Center is ideally suited for this training because it combines a premiere medical school with a strong infrastructure for research and a hospital system that includes a world-class rehabilitation center. Our training program utilizes the expertise of outstanding investigators from throughout the University to provide interdisciplinary guidance in academic and research activities. The PhD curriculum is built on the concept of the movement system and encompasses three core areas: biocontrol, biomechanics, and bioenergetics. The program has active involvement from well-respected and established investigators in many related fields including Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery, Radiology, Medicine (Physiology), and Psychology. The engagement of established investigators with an interest in integrating basic science and clinical manifestations of disease and injury results in the production of top quality, interdisciplinary research in rehabilitation. This is evidenced in the success of our trainees, who average 6 peer-reviewed publications during their training. Average time to completion of degree is 4.6 years in the full time pre-doctoral program, which now has a 25-year history of success and a graduation rate of over 90%. All training grant funded graduates are employed in academic settings and productive in obtaining extramural funding, publishing research in the area of rehabilitation, and training other scientists and professionals in rehabilitation related fields.