University of Rochester Child Neurology Academic Development Program

描述（由申请人提供）：项目概述：罗切斯特大学儿童神经学职业发展计划将为有前途的儿童神经学初级教师提供正式的基于计划的职业发展支持。我们的目标是：1）给初级教师在这个程序的机会，从指导学员过渡到临床和/或基础神经生物学研究的独立调查员;（二）培养思维能力和知识基础，使受支持的候选人能够应用基本的神经生物学原理来实现对疾病的机械理解，以便他们能够将其转化为发育中神经系统疾病的治疗和诊断选择; 3）通过提供必要的指导和框架进行科学合理的，道德的和临床相关的研究在神经生物学与指导必要的长期决策和职业规划作为未来的领导者在学术儿童神经学促进这些初级教师的学术生涯。这些目标将在为期3年的计划中实现，该计划为候选人提供必要的技能，以制定与疾病相关的研究计划，并在已证明研究成功和指导卓越的教师的指导下设计实施策略。所有支持的候选人将参加研究道德，职业发展，资助写作和科学交流的正式培训。我们的目标是为支持初级教师提供必要的技能，以建立在神经科学的研究生涯，并走向独立的资金作为一个研究人员与蓬勃发展的承诺。 寻求为3个职位提供支助，每个职位的支助期为3年。培训设施包括：在神经病学、儿科学、神经生物学与解剖学、生理学与药理学、脑与认知科学以及神经发育和疾病中心的实验室中进行。该计划将充分利用UR临床和转化研究所的资源和职业发展基础设施，包括获得生物统计学，流行病学和临床研究专业知识以及在学术和行业孵化器环境中开发的尖端新技术。 公共卫生相关性：吸引、培养和维持一批儿童神经学家越来越困难，他们的兴趣是发展知识的转化体系以及实验室工作台和诊所之间的对话。该计划将支持有才华的个人致力于学术研究职业研究人员在神经科学和儿童神经学之间的接口的职业发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary: The University of Rochester Child Neurology Career Development Program will provide formal program- based career development support for promising junior faculty in child neurology. Our aims are: 1) to give junior faculty in this program the opportunity to transition from mentored trainees to independent investigators in clinical and/or basic neurobiology research; 2) to foster thinking skills and a knowledge base that will allow supported candidates to apply basic neurobiological principles to achieve a mechanistic understanding of disease so they can translate them into therapeutic and diagnostic options for disorders of the developing nervous system; 3) to foster the academic careers of these junior faculty by providing the guidance and framework necessary for the conduct of scientifically sound, ethical, and clinically relevant research in neurobiology with the mentoring necessary for long-term decision-making and career planning as future leaders in academic child neurology. These goals will be achieved during a 3-year program that provides the candidates with the necessary skills to formulate a research plan relevant to disease and design an implementation strategy under the guidance of faculty who have demonstrated research success and mentoring excellence. All supported candidates will participate in formal training in research ethics, career development, grant writing, and scientific communication. The goal is to provide the supported junior faculty members with the skills necessary to establish a research career in neurological science and to move toward independent funding as an investigator with the promise of vigorous professional growth. Support is sought for 3 positions, each for a three year period of support. Training facilities include: laboratories in the departments of Neurology, Pediatrics, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, and the Center for Neural Development and Disease. The program will take full advantage of the resources and career development infrastructure of the UR Clinical and Translational Research Institute, including access to biostatistical, epidemiologic, and clinical research expertise and cutting-edge novel technologies developed in both academic and industry incubator settings. Public Health Relevance: It is increasingly difficult to attract, foster, and maintain a cadre of child neurologists whose interests are in the development of a translational body of knowledge and the dialogue between the laboratory bench and the clinic. This program will support the career development of talented individuals dedicated to academic research careers researchers at the interface between neurological sciences and child neurology.