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主要目标是将残疾人的健康相关问题引起美国最好的科学家的注意，以利用生物，行为和工程科学中发生的无数进步。为了实现这一目标，培养一流的康复科学家势在必行。该补助金将通过为来自不同背景的学生提供运动科学方面的高度跨学科的博士前和博士后培训（每年4个博士前和1个博士后名额）来支持优秀康复科学家的培训。该培训计划，而在物理治疗方案内行政安置，是强烈的跨学科。目前，我们超过一半的博士前学员和我们所有的博士后学员来自非PT背景（例如，生物医学工程、运动科学、运动机能学、神经科学、职业治疗、舞蹈、物理学）。华盛顿大学医学中心的环境非常适合这种培训，因为它将一流的医学院与强大的研究基础设施和包括世界一流康复中心的医院系统相结合。我们的培训计划利用来自整个大学的优秀研究人员的专业知识，为学术和研究活动提供跨学科指导。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。该计划积极参与了许多相关领域的备受尊敬和建立的研究人员，包括神经科学，生物医学工程，机械工程，骨科手术，放射学，医学（生理学）和心理学。对整合基础科学和疾病和损伤的临床表现感兴趣的既定研究人员的参与导致了康复领域高质量的跨学科研究。我们的学员的成功证明了这一点，他们在培训期间平均发表6篇同行评审的出版物。完成学位的平均时间是4.6年的全日制博士预科课程，现在已经有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，并在获得校外资金，发表康复领域的研究成果，以及培训康复相关领域的其他科学家和专业人员方面取得成效。

 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.