Ph.D. Training in Neuroscience

我们建议继续联合赞助的神经科学博士前培训计划，这是支持博士学位早期学生的主要来源。哈佛大学神经科学专业。这个跨部门的博士学位的目标。1981年成立的哈佛大学神经科学研究计划的目的是：（1）将哈佛医学院、附属医院和哈佛学院的神经科学家组织成一个单一的培训教师队伍;（2）培训对心理健康、神经系统疾病和大脑基本机制感兴趣的研究科学家和教师。该培训计划旨在为有才华的学员提供广泛而全面的神经科学背景，并指导他们在神经科学的重要领域进行原创和严谨的研究。在第一年，学生提供了初步的准备，在定量的方法，以科学的努力。接下来是为期一年的课程，神经科学学科，它提供了综合和严格的概念培训，这些概念对我们在细胞信号传导，电路计算和行为生成等层面上理解神经系统的发育，功能和疾病至关重要。所有的学生都参加了神经科学统计方法的额外课程，神经解剖学课程和两门选修课。学生还通过三个不同的实验室在第一年轮换。在完成课程作业、实验室轮换和初步考试后，学生开始全职的、有导师指导的论文研究。在该计划期间，学生还参与其他正在进行的培训活动，包括期刊俱乐部，研讨会，务虚会，技能研讨会和数据演示。目前有102名研究生就读于神经科学计划;这项补助金支持14名学生在研究生教育的第一年或第二年。有141名教师在神经科学计划; 74名教师谁是目前最积极参与研究生教育的培训导师在这一建议。相当大的努力已经进入使这个程序一个高度互动的群体与学生和教师之间广泛的正式和非正式接触。该计划的毕业生继续在生物医学研究的杰出职业生涯，并为神经科学的不断增长的理解做出了重大贡献。

We propose to continue a Jointly Sponsored Predoctoral Training Program in Neurosciences that is the major source of support for early year students in the Ph.D. Program in Neurosciences at Harvard University. The goals of this interdepartmental Ph.D. program, established in 1981, are (1) to organize the neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School, its affiliated hospitals, and Harvard College into a single training faculty cohort; and (2) to train research scientists and teachers who are interested in mental health, diseases of the nervous system, and fundamental mechanisms of the brain. The training program is designed to provide talented trainees with a broad and thorough background in neuroscience and to mentor them in performing original and rigorous research in important areas of neuroscience. During the first year, students are provided with initial preparation in quantitative approaches to scientific endeavors. This is followed by a year long course, The Discipline of Neuroscience, which provides integrated and rigorous training in concepts central to our understanding of the development, function, and diseases of the nervous system at the levels of cellular signaling, circuit computations, and behavior generation. All students take an additional course in Statistical Approaches to Neuroscience, a neuroanatomy course and two electives. Students also rotate through three different laboratories during the first year. Following the coursework, laboratory rotations, and a preliminary examination, students begin full time, mentored dissertation research. During the program, students are also involved in other ongoing training activities including journal clubs, seminars, retreats, skill workshops, and data presentation. There are currently 102 graduate students enrolled in the Program in Neuroscience; this grant supports 14 students in the first or second year of graduate education. There are 141 faculty in the Program in Neuroscience; the 74 faculty who are currently most actively involved in graduate education are training mentors on this proposal. Considerable effort has gone into making this program a highly interactive group with extensive formal and informal contacts between students and faculty. Graduates of this program go on to distinguished careers in biomedical research and make substantial contributions to a growing understanding of neuroscience.