Predoctoral Training in Integrative Neuroscience

在神经科学跨学科计划（IPN）在乔治敦大学是一个基础广泛，非 该部门计划导致神经科学博士学位。IPN成立于1994年， 从2001年到2015年。该培训计划的主要目标是培养“ 训练学生在整合神经科学研究的学术追求。25核心 培训教师和19个支持教师在这个应用程序中来自9个临床和基础科学 在主校区和医疗中心的部门，在华盛顿，DC相邻的校园。的IPN 教师跨越调查的广度;核心教师在细胞/分子和认知之间平均分配 科学，与几个研究人员在这些学科合作。IPN的学生非常成功， 平均发表论文4.7篇，其中第一作者2.3篇。学生平均5.3 5年，中位时间为5年。要求提供培训补助金，以支持假设 培训（第一年和第二年各有4个名额），而乔治敦大学支持更多的学生， 预科培训（第一年和第二年各4个名额）。在过去两年中， 多年来，在没有培训补助金的情况下。机构支助还包括招聘、系列研讨会、 计划务虚会，和桥梁基金的论文学生。两个NIH培训赠款提供额外的论文 研究训练。IPN由40-50名论文和预论文学生组成。侵略性地招募 来自代表性不足的种族和族裔群体的申请人获得了成功（目前占学生总数的32%）， 并将继续成为首要任务。IPN的学生受益于我们教师的协作性质：超过70%的 学生出版物有一个以上的IPN教员。最近神经科学系的招聘 进入药理学和生理学，心理学，神经学和生物学部门已经扩大了 设备，设施和教师的专业知识提供给培训计划。培训计划包括 基础广泛的教学课程，更加强调探究的定量方面和 科学方法。受训人员参加一系列研讨会、国家专业会议、期刊 俱乐部，密集的实验室研究，以及几项基本专业技能（写作和评论）的培训 手稿、学位、指导、教学、解决冲突、职业选择、口头报告）， 他们的道德层面。学生们也非常积极地参与IPN的管理。机会进一步探讨 职业选择在整个研究生职业生涯中发展，特别是随着新的 职业战略和专业发展研究生办公室。毕业后，60-70%的IPN学生 追求博士后研究培训;其中11人（自2005年以来）已获得终身教职（与 在研究活动轨道上进展更快）。大约15%的人从事与科学有关的职业 政策和管理，主要基于我们在国家首都的位置和NIH的邻近。

The Interdisciplinary Program in Neurosciences (IPN) at Georgetown University is a broad-based, non- departmental program that leads to a PhD in Neuroscience. The IPN was established in 1994 and supported by the NIH from 2001 to 2015. The primary goal of this training program is to develop “Stewards of the Discipline” by training students in the scholarly pursuit of research in integrative neuroscience. The 25 core training faculty and 19 supporting faculty in this application are drawn from nine clinical and basic science departments on the Main Campus and Medical Center, contiguous campuses in Washington, DC. The IPN faculty span a breadth of inquiry; the core faculty are split evenly between cellular/molecular and cognitive sciences, with several researchers collaborating across these disciplines. IPN students are very successful, publishing an average of 4.7 papers from their thesis training, with 2.3 as first author. Students average 5.3 years to defense, with a median time of 5 years. Training Grant funds are requested to support prethesis training (4 slots each for first and second years), while Georgetown University supports additional students in prethesis training (4 slots each for first and second years). The support was greatly increased over the last two years in the absence of training grant funding. Institutional support also covers recruitment, a seminar series, a program retreat, and bridge funds for thesis students. Two NIH training grants provide additional thesis research training. The IPN consists of 40-50 thesis and prethesis students. Aggressive recruitment of applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups have been successful (currently 32% of students), and continues to be a top priority. IPN students benefit from the collaborative nature of our faculty: over 70% of student publications have more than one IPN faculty member. The recent recruitments of neuroscience faculty into the Departments of Pharmacology & Physiology, Psychology, Neurology, and Biology have expanded the equipment, facilities and faculty expertise available to the training program. The training program includes broad-based didactic coursework with increased emphasis on quantitative aspects of inquiry and the rigor of scientific approaches. The trainees participate in a seminar series, national professional meetings, journal clubs, intensive laboratory research, and training in several essential professional skills (writing and reviewing manuscripts, grantsmanship, mentorship, teaching, conflict resolution, career choices, oral presentations) and their ethical dimensions. Students are also very active in governance of the IPN. Opportunities to explore career options are developed throughout the graduate career, particularly with the establishment of a new graduate Office of Career Strategy and Professional Development. Upon graduation, 60-70% of IPN students pursue post-doctoral research training; 11 of them (since 2005) have earned tenure track faculty positions (with more progressing quickly on research active tracks). Approximately 15% go into careers related to science policy and administration, based largely on our location in the nation's capital and the proximity of the NIH.