Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program

NISTP：神经影像科学培训计划 这项机构拨款要求为跨学科培训的五个博士后职位提供资金。 以及神经成像的研究。本课程将重点介绍两大类神经影像：放射性示踪剂和 核磁共振。具体的成像方法由以下首字母缩写描述： PET(正电子发射断层扫描)，MRI(磁共振成像)，包括功能磁共振(功能性 磁共振成像)和DTI(扩散张量成像)以及MRS(磁共振 光谱学)。这些成像方法为扩大临床应用提供了真正的希望。 神经影像在诊断、治疗和了解药物滥用的病理生理学中的作用 和依赖。然而，这些新的方法通常源自复杂的、多学科的 科学，从而对其进一步发展和发展造成了具有挑战性的信息障碍 在医疗实践中的应用。拟议方案的目的如下： -为博士后研究员提供正规课程培训，重点是成像和临床研究 方法论和对其基础多学科科学的指导。 -为研究员提供指导培训，以将这些新方法应用于我们的跨学科发展 了解大脑在健康、药物滥用和其他精神疾病中的功能。 -为研究员提供成像应用和 方法论。所有博士后研究员将被要求完成至少一个研究项目，并具有 一个是应用程序导师，另一个是培训期间的方法论导师。 本组织将加强方法学和成像应用方面的培训一体化 作为两个大小大致相同的互动轨道：方法论和应用。我们 预计方法论领域的大多数博士后研究员将拥有博士学位，以及 申请者，主要是神经科学或行为科学的医学博士学位或博士学位。 每个研究员将有一名初级和二级教师导师代表这两个轨道。

NISTP: NEUROIMAGING SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAM This institutional grant requests funds for five postdoctoral positions for interdisciplinary training and research in neuroimaging. Two general classes of neuroimaging will be emphasized: radiotracer and nuclear magnetic resonance. The specific imaging methods are described by the following acronyms: PET (positron emission tomography, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), including fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and DTI (diffusion tensor imaging), and MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy). These imaging methodologies offer real promise for the expanded clinical utility of neuroimaging in the diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of the pathophysiology of substance abuse and dependence. However, these new methodologies typically derive from complex, multidisciplinary sciences, which thereby create a challenging information barrier to their further development and application in medical practice. The purposes of the proposed program are the following: - Provide formal course training to postdoctoral fellows, with an emphasis on imaging and clinical research methodology, and instruction in their underlying multidisciplinary sciences. - Provide mentored training for fellows to apply these new methods to the interdisciplinary advance of our understanding of the function of the brain in health, substance abuse, and other psychiatric diseases. - Provide an integrated research experience for the fellows both in imaging applications and in methodology. All postdoctoral fellows will be expected to complete at least one research project with an applications mentor and one with a methodology mentor during their training period. The integration of training in methodology and imaging applications will be enhanced by the organization of this program as two interactive tracks of approximately equal size: Methodology and Application. We expect that the majority of postdoctoral fellows in the Methodology track will have Ph.D. degrees, and those in the Application track, primarily M.D. degrees or Ph.D. in neurosciences or behavioral sciences. Each fellow will have a primary and secondary faculty mentor to represent the two tracks.