NIDCD T32 Interdisciplinary Training Program in Hearing Research

NIDCD T32 听力研究跨学科培训项目

• 批准号: 10438538
• 负责人: Raju Metherate
• 金额: $ 29.72万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10438538
• 关键词: Hearing; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Research; Training Programs

Project Summary Progress towards understanding mechanisms of hearing, and the treatment of hearing deficits, requires an integrated effort from multiple disciplines. The Center for Hearing Research (CHR) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) maintains an interdisciplinary training program that takes advantage of the breadth and depth of hearing research at UCI to train new scientists broadly across multiple disciplines and deeply in one. The 21 training faculty in CHR span six departments in five Schools (primary appointments in Biological Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences and Education; joint appointments in Engineering) with research interests that cover a broad range of levels (genes, molecules, cells, systems and behavior) and experimental approaches (cell and molecular biology, neurophysiology, psychoacoustics, computation, human imaging, human learning, medical device engineering). Thus, CHR is ideally positioned to offer interdisciplinary training. We request support for three predoctoral students and two postdoctoral researchers including medical residents. The didactic core of the training program is a course in Auditory Neuroscience, which covers the auditory system from cells to psychoacoustics, cochlea to cortex, and basic to clinical sciences. Mandatory features of the training program that encourage interdisciplinary interactions are participation in all CHR activities (e.g., seminar series, journal club and annual conferences), presentations to scientifically diverse audiences, and regular meetings with basic and clinical scientists. The normal period of support for trainees is two years. Predoctoral trainees normally enter the program in their second year of graduate study and are required to take a course on grant writing and prepare an NRSA proposal. The program is managed by the Program Director and an Executive Committee, and will foster development of trainees’ intellectual, technical and professional skills needed to pursue successful careers in hearing research.

项目摘要 理解听力机制和治疗听力缺陷的进展需要一个 多学科的综合努力。听力研究中心（Center for Hearing Research），位于University of 加州尔湾（UCI）保持跨学科的培训计划，利用的广度和 在UCI的听力研究深度，以培养新的科学家广泛跨越多个学科和深入一个。 21个培训教师在剑桥跨越六个部门在五个学校（主要任命在生物学 科学、医学、社会科学和教育;在工程学方面的联合任命），具有研究兴趣 涵盖广泛的水平（基因，分子，细胞，系统和行为）和实验 方法（细胞和分子生物学，神经生理学，心理声学，计算，人类成像， 人类学习、医疗器械工程）。因此，该中心是提供跨学科培训的理想场所。 我们请求支持三名博士前学生和两名博士后研究人员，包括医学研究人员。 居民培训计划的教学核心是听觉神经科学课程，其中包括 听觉系统从细胞到心理声学，从耳蜗到皮层，从基础到临床科学。强制性 鼓励跨学科互动的培训计划的特点是参与所有的课程， 活动（例如，研讨会系列、期刊俱乐部和年度会议），向科学多样性 观众，并定期与基础和临床科学家会议。对受训人员的正常支助期为 两年博士前学员通常在研究生学习的第二年进入该计划， 要求参加一门关于赠款写作的课程，并准备一份NRSA提案。该计划由 项目主任和执行委员会，并将促进学员的智力，技术 以及在听力研究领域追求成功所需的专业技能。