Interdisciplinary Biomedical Imaging Training Program

跨学科生物医学影像培训项目

• 批准号: 8136167
• 负责人: DAVID Lynn WILSON
• 金额: $ 25.48万
• 依托单位: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8136167
• 关键词: Training Programs; bioimaging

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Interdisciplinary Biomedical Imaging Training Program will prepare predoctoral trainees to become leaders in organism-level, biomedical imaging research. Multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, physicists, biologists, and clinicians are required to advance biomedical imaging, especially with the advent of in vivo cellular and molecular imaging. We will create the next generation of interdisciplinary biomedical imaging scientists and engineers who will contribute to and lead such teams. Our training program will build upon recent research infrastructure awards and institutional investments totaling - $37M in biomedical imaging. In addition to the creation of state-of-the-art imaging facilities, the number of imaging faculty members has increased from 3 in 1999 to 20. A training grant award will place students squarely in the center of on-going interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary research programs. Trainees will use new imaging facilities in the Case Small Animal Imaging Research Center, which includes 4 MRIs, micro-SPECT/CT, micro-PET, 3 bioluminescence, in vivo fluorescence, etc. Predoctoral trainees will be from the highly-rated departments of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, both of which have a long history of training in biomedical imaging. Trainees will conduct research projects combining enabling technologies in imaging with biomedical research. Each trainee will have a primary mentor who specializes in enabling technologies, or applications, and one or more co-mentors who specialize in biomedical research. A steering committee, realistic rules, and a student portfolio will ensure suitable research experiences. A comprehensive educational program will include a portfolio of imaging courses, including Cellular and Molecular Imaging and Interdisciplinary Imaging Discovery Group, a new course specially designed for interdisciplinary education. We will promote a culture of interdisciplinary research in a series of diverse activities during a designated Imaging Hour. Despite our successes with fund-raising, a predoctoral imaging training grant is sorely needed because none exists and because first-year support of graduate students has recently been eliminated at our university due to financial constraints. A training grant will help make graduate students cost effective as compared to post docs and ensure training of domestic PhD's in this area of critical need. Relevance to Public Health. Biomedical imaging enables early detection, assessment of therapy, and minimally-invasive treatment of disease. Especially with the advent of cellular and molecular imaging, biomedical imaging research requires persons with strong interdisciplinary training.

描述(由申请人提供)： 跨学科生物医学成像培训计划将培养博士前实习生成为生物体水平的生物医学成像研究的领导者。需要由工程师、物理学家、生物学家和临床医生组成的多学科团队来推动生物医学成像，特别是随着活体细胞和分子成像的出现。我们将培养下一代跨学科的生物医学成像科学家和工程师，他们将为这些团队做出贡献并领导他们。我们的培训计划将建立在最近的研究基础设施奖和机构投资的基础上--总计3700万美元的生物医学成像。除了创建最先进的成像设备外，成像教员的数量从1999年的3人增加到20人。培训补助金将把学生直接置于正在进行的跨学科/多学科研究计划的中心。学员将在凯斯小动物影像研究中心使用新的成像设备，其中包括4个磁共振成像、微型SPECT/CT、微型PET、3个生物发光、体内荧光等。博士前学员将来自高度评价的生物医学工程和物理系，这两个系都有很长的生物医学成像培训历史。学员将开展将成像技术与生物医学研究相结合的研究项目。每个学员将有一名主要导师，专门从事使能技术或应用，以及一名或多名共同导师，专门从事生物医学研究。指导委员会、现实的规则和学生档案将确保适当的研究经验。一项全面的教育计划将包括一系列成像课程，包括细胞和分子成像以及跨学科成像发现小组，这是一门专门为跨学科教育设计的新课程。我们将在指定的成像时间内，通过一系列不同的活动来促进跨学科研究的文化。尽管我们在筹款方面取得了成功，但我们迫切需要博士前成像培训补助金，因为根本不存在，而且我们大学最近由于资金紧张而取消了对研究生的第一年资助。与博士后相比，培训补助金将有助于使研究生具有成本效益，并确保在这一迫切需要的领域培训国内博士。与公共卫生的相关性。生物医学成像使疾病的早期发现、治疗评估和微创治疗成为可能。特别是随着细胞和分子成像的出现，生物医学成像研究需要具有很强的跨学科训练的人。