Translational Research in Communication Sciences & Disorders

项目描述（由申请人提供）：本项目旨在培养在交流障碍领域进行转化研究的在读前、博士后和aud博士研究生。正常的沟通依赖于几个相互关联的过程的健康运作，包括听觉和感知、认知、运动计划和执行。大多数沟通障碍同样反映了这些过程的多个组成部分的中断。本转化研究培训项目旨在培养学员对沟通障碍的广泛理解；考虑沟通的各个方面-感觉处理，语言和认知因素，以及运动过程-如何在正常和紊乱的功能中相互作用，以及我们对正常过程的最新理解如何帮助设计治疗过程。该培训计划由15名来自美国国立卫生研究院资助的传播科学与疾病系的教师领导，将结合我们博士项目的传统课程，如实验设计和方法以及博士研讨会，以及新的组成部分，如基于案例的演讲和翻译研讨会。后两种体验由一学年轮换的教师小组讲授，将涉及对正常和无序沟通过程的广泛讨论，使具有基础或应用研究背景的学员探索将其研究扩展到临床问题解决方案的方法。学员将学习如何开发和评估新的治疗程序和治疗方法。根据参加演讲和研讨会所获得的知识和经验，学员将撰写一份NRSA研究计划，重点是将基础研究转化为对沟通障碍的理解。研究伦理将贯穿始终。该项目将培养年轻的研究人员，他们不仅在基础和临床研究方面熟练，而且还知道如何设计实验来解决与该疾病相关的问题。博士预科学员将在全国范围内招募，来自CSD部门和西北大学跨部门神经科学项目。博士后研修生将在全国范围内通过名单和广告招聘。AuD- phd培训生将从我们的AuD项目中招募。所有受训者必须表现出对转化研究的承诺。计划广泛开展外联活动，以招募人数不足的少数民族受训人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this proposal is to train pre- and postdoctoral students as well as AuD-PhD students to conduct translational research in communication disorders. Normal communication relies on the healthy functioning of several inter-related processes, including hearing and perception, cognition, motor planning and execution. Most communication disorders similarly reflect disruption of multiple components of these processes. This translational research training program aims to foster trainees' understanding of communication disorders from a broad perspective; to consider how all aspects of communication- sensory processing, linguistic and cognitive factors, and motor processes-interact in normal and disordered functioning and how our latest understanding of normal processes helps to design treatment processes. The proposed training program, led by 15 NIH-funded faculty members from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, will combine traditional courses in our Ph.D. program, such as experimental design and methods and doctoral seminars, with new components such as case-based presentations and a translational seminar. The latter two experiences, taught by a rotating group of faculty throughout the academic year, will involve extensive discussion of both normal and disordered communication processes, allowing trainees with a background in basic or applied research to explore ways to extend their research to the solution of clinical problems. Trainees will be taught how to develop and assess new treatment procedures and treatments. Based on knowledge and experiences gained from participation in the presentations and seminars, trainees will write an NRSA research proposal, focused on translation of basic research to the understanding of communication disorders. Research ethics will be emphasized throughout. This program will produce young investigators who are not only skilled in basic and clinical research, but who also know how to design experiments to solve problems related to that disorder. Pre-doctoral trainees will be recruited nationally, from the CSD Department, and the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program. Post-doctoral trainees will be recruited nationally from list-servs and advertisements. AuD-PhD trainees will be recruited from our AuD program. All trainees must demonstrate a commitment to translational research. Extensive outreach is planned to recruit under-represented minority trainees. RELEVANCE: There is a dearth of well-trained researchers in the field of CSD, particularly for those capable of translational research. Thus, there is a strong demand for future research investigators who are able to apply our newest knowledge of normal function to development of treatments for clinical problems, which impact the well-being and quality of life of individuals with communication disorders. Well-trained investigators are needed in this field to address increasing demands for services at all age levels.