UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering

项目总结摘要 这项提案旨在为学生获得培训补助金和相关支持。 在加州大学伯克利分校/加州大学伯克利分校生物工程研究生项目的头两年。 在过去的31年里，该项目共毕业了357名博士 学生们。这一支持是加州大学旧金山分校/加州大学伯克利分校独特结构的支柱， 要求学生在头两年有经济支持。这两个开头的 多年的准备工作包括工程学和生物医学方面的密集课程 科学，以及三个实验室轮换，是学生在选择 合适的学位论文研究课题。在晚些时候，学生们会得到经济支持 通过他们的研究导师。 加州大学伯克利分校/加州大学伯克利分校生物工程项目架起了两所领先的加州大学 优势互补的加州大学校园：加州大学旧金山分校是领先的健康 科学机构和加州大学伯克利分校的工程学院是全国物理领域的领先者 科学。为学生提供的培训环境的广度和深度是 订单数量超过了一个部门所能提供的数量。我们的教职员工分布在22个系。 超过两个校区和他们的实验室包括一系列最先进的设施。 学术和智力环境促进了物质和知识之间的无缝互动 生命科学，训练学生解决复杂的生物问题，重点是 翻译研究的需求量很大。加州大学伯克利分校/加州大学伯克利分校研究生项目 生物工程已经建立了这种整合的记录，以及广泛的机会 因为协作是该项目被构建为让学生 在交付之前，两年专注于各种实验室轮换和课程工作 他们的论文项目。 随着加州大学旧金山分校最近生物工程研究和教育项目的扩大 和加州大学伯克利分校，培养研究生的能力增加了，规模 学生人数已发展到176人。这笔培训赠款是支助的一个重要组成部分。 因此，它对学生来说变得越来越重要 确保它们在目前的竞争环境中蓬勃发展。因为有资格 申请者远远超过可被该项目录取的学生数量，我们是 请求增加下一个供资周期内的空位数 推荐水平为17名学生。生物工程师整合原理的独特能力 从不同的领域，从而跨越基础科学和临床进步之间的差距 利用将受过该领域培训的人员置于推动翻译的关键时刻 NIH内部的新组织最近强调了这一研究议程。

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT This proposal aims to secure training grant stipends and associated support for students during their first two years in the UCSF/UC Berkeley Graduate Program in Bioengineering. Over the past 31 years, the program in bioengineering has graduated a total of 357 Ph.D students. This support is the backbone for the unique UCSF/UC Berkeley structure, which requires that students have financial support during their first two years. These initial two years of preparation include intensive course work in engineering and the biomedical sciences, as well as three laboratory rotations, are essential to the students in selecting appropriate dissertation research topics. In later year the students receive financial support through their research mentor. The UCSF/UC Berkeley Program in Bioengineering bridges two leading University of California campuses that possess complementary strengths: UCSF is a leading Health Sciences institution and UC Berkeley’s Engineering School is a national leader in the physical sciences. The breadth and depth of the training environment offered to students is of an order larger than a single department could provide. Our faculty are based in 22 departments over two campuses and their laboratories include an array of state-of-the art facilities. An academic and intellectual environment fosters seamless interaction between physical and life sciences and that trains students to solve complex biological problems with an emphasis on translational research is in high demand. The UCSF/UC Berkeley Graduate Program in Bioengineering has an established record of such integration, and the breadth of opportunity for collaboration is one of the reasons that the program is structured to have students spend two years concentrating on a variety of laboratory rotations and course work prior to committing to their dissertation project. With the recent expansion of Bioengineering research and educational programs at UCSF and UC Berkeley, the capacity for training graduate students has increased and the size of the student body has grown to 176. This training grant is a critical component of the support package that students are offered, and it has therefore become increasingly important for ensuring that they flourish in the present competitive environment. Because qualified applicants far exceed the number of students that can be admitted into the program, we are requesting an increase in the number of slots during the next funding cycle from the current recommended level of 17 students. The unique ability for bioengineers to integrate principles from diverse fields and thereby span the gap between advances in basic science and clinical utilization places individuals trained in this field at a critical point in advancing a translational research agenda that has been recently highlighted by new organizations within the NIH.