Training Future Imaging Scientists for Biomedicine

描述（由申请人提供）：培养未来的生物医学成像科学家该项目旨在培养医学成像技术和医学应用的成像科学家。医学成像可以作为许多医学创新发展的中心，但要实现这一点，医学成像科学家不仅要了解医学成像技术，还要了解基础医学、生物学和化学。对这些人员的培训应提供专门知识，以开发新的成像方法，甚至是基于我们对细胞和分子生物学的日益了解的模式。该计划将包括1)博士预科奖学金-这些学生将从密歇根大学接受的学位授予项目中选出，这些学生对医学成像有特殊兴趣。除了论文导师外，这些学生还将被指派一名共同导师，以发展他们在与其研究课题相关的基本医学问题方面的专业知识。这是一个为期三年的项目，包括特定的必修和个性化的教学内容。2)博士后奖学金a)医学博士奖学金-这些奖学金将颁发给拥有医学博士学位并参加医学成像专门培训的住院医师项目的个人。这些受训者将由一名医生和一名基础科学家共同指导，后者将为他们的研究经验提供额外的技术成分。该奖学金为期两年，其中至少有21个月的培训时间和特定的强制性和个性化教学内容。b)博士奖学金-这些奖学金将颁发给拥有博士学位并希望在医学成像或相关领域进行具体培训的个人。这种培训可以针对那些在成像方面有重要背景的人，额外的培训将是在特定的成像领域或基础科学领域，支持成像研究。另外，该奖学金可以授予具有基础科学学位的个人，这些学位可以通过该奖学金提供的医学成像教育机会为成像领域做出贡献。这是一个为期两年的项目，包括具体的必修和个性化的教学内容。具有医学和基础科学背景的教师和学员的结合为协同作用提供了机会，并改善了对未来成像科学家所需的医学博士和博士的培训。此外，医学博士和博士的共同培训为同侪教学和合作提供了机会，这将促进受过类似培训的成像科学家之间更密切的工作关系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Training Future Imaging Scientists for Biomedicine This program is designed to produce imaging scientists that are trained both the technology and medical application of medical imaging. Medical imaging can serve as a hub for the development of many medical innovations but for this to occur, the medical imaging scientists must understand not only the technology of medical imaging but also the underlying medicine, biology and chemistry. The training of such personnel should provide the expertise to develop new imaging methods and even modalities that are based on our increasing understanding of the cellular and molecular biology. The program will include 1) Predoctoral Fellowships - These students would be selected from those accepted to degree granting programs at the University of Michigan that have specific interests in medical imaging. Such students would be assigned a co-mentor in addition to their dissertation advisor to develop their expertise in the fundamental medical issues associated with their research topic. This is a three-year program including specific compulsory and individualized didactic components. 2) Postdoctoral Fellowships a) MD Fellowships - These fellowships would be awarded to individuals holding an MD and participating in residency programs with specific training in medical imaging. These trainees would co-mentored by both a physician and basic scientist who will provide the additional technological component to their research experience. This fellowship will occur over a two-year period with a minimum of 21 months of training time and specific compulsory and individualized didactic components. b) PhD Fellowships - These fellowships would be awarded to individuals holding a PhD and desiring specific training in medical imaging or a related area. This training could be for those individuals with significant background in imaging where the additional training would be in a specific imaging area or an area of basic science that underpins imaging research. Alternatively, the fellowship could be awarded to individuals with degree(s) in a basic science that could contribute to the imaging field with the educational opportunity in medical imaging afforded by this fellowship. This is a two-year program including specific compulsory and individualized didactic components. The combination of faculty and trainees with backgrounds in medicine and basic science provides opportunities for synergy and improves the training of MDs and PhDs necessary for imaging scientists of the future. Also, training of MDs and PhDs together provides opportunities for peer teaching and collaboration that will foster a closer working relationships among imaging scientists who are similarly trained.