Multidisciplinary Engineering Training in Musculoskeletal Research

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的肌肉骨骼研究多学科工程培训计划的基本目的是为博士前学员提供生物医学工程科学和技术的极好基础，这是肌肉骨骼研究的关键组成部分，同时也教他们与临床医生和生物医学科学家在这个广泛领域的沟通和合作的语言。肌肉骨骼研究是一个丰富的多学科领域，其中一些最令人兴奋的进展发生在临床，生物和工程科学之间的接口。然而，在每一个学科中，都存在着非常广泛的次级专业。当一个团队的肌肉骨骼研究人员走到一起，最佳的协同互动是最有可能发生的，如果每个成员带来了最好的和最广泛的专业知识水平，从他/她的纪律表，同时仍然是熟悉的领域，其他团队成员。因此，本申请中提出的培训计划旨在为学员提供生物力学、细胞和组织工程以及生物医学成像方面的广泛的生物医学工程基础，以实现肌肉骨骼研究人员的跨学科团队的卓越和领导，采用最先进的工程科学、技术以及理论、计算和实验技术，在研究各种软组织和硬组织的肌肉骨骼系统。该计划将利用哥伦比亚大量活跃的肌肉骨骼研究人员，他们广泛的专业知识和广泛的可用资源。该方案将平均每年招收3名新学员，在项目的5年期间总共招收15名学员。每个学员将获得两年的资助，然后在一名或多名导师的指导下过渡到现有的赞助项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The basic purpose of the proposed program for Multidisciplinary Engineering Training in Musculoskeletal Research is to provide predoctoral trainees with a superb foundation in the biomedical engineering sciences and technologies that are a critical component of musculoskeletal research, while also teaching them the language of communication and collaboration with clinician and biomedical scientists in this broad field. Musculoskeletal research is a rich multidisciplinary field where some of the most exciting advances occur at the interface between the clinical, biological and engineering sciences. However, within each of these disciplines, a very broad range of sub-specializations exists. When a team of musculoskeletal researchers comes together, an optimal synergistic interaction is most likely to occur if each member brings the best and broadest level of expertise from his/her discipline to the table, while still being conversant in the areas of other team members. Thus, the training program proposed in this application is intended to provide trainees with a broad set of biomedical engineering foundations in biomechanics, cell and tissue engineering, and biomedical imaging, to enable excellence and leadership on interdisciplinary teams of musculoskeletal researchers, employing state-of-the-art engineering science, technology, and theoretical, computational and experimental techniques, in the study of the various soft and hard tissues of the musculoskeletal system. The program will capitalize on the large number of active musculoskeletal researchers at Columbia, their broad range of expertise, and extensive available resources. The program will recruit 3 new trainees per year on average, for a total of 15 trainees over the 5 year period of the project. Each trainee will be supported on this grant for two years, then transition to existing sponsored projects under the direction of one or more mentors.