Training Program in Neuroengineering

描述（由申请人提供）：我们提出了一个博士前培训计划，为神经科学和工程接口的研究生提供教育和研究环境。培训计划将强调一般生物科学和神经科学的严格教育。 课程工作范围从分子和细胞神经科学到系统和临床神经科学。此外，学生培训将包括数学，计算和工程系统的严格课程。该计划的学生将在我们的机构有丰富的研究机会，无论是在神经系统的基础研究，以及疾病诊断和治疗的临床方面。工程研究机会包括仪器开发，信号和信息处理，成像和计算神经科学的问题。该计划通过提供高素质的申请人库，非常有选择性的录取过程以及申请人对该领域的浓厚兴趣而得到加强。我们的机构通过严格的课程和大量具有高水平同行评审资金和优秀实验室资源的实验室提供了非常高质量的培训环境。该计划的一个独特元素是来自基础科学和临床科学的研究人员的参与。最后，培训计划将强调追求跨学科和合作研究的自由，并鼓励来自不同学科的学生参与。虽然我们的计划到目前为止有一个良好的记录，招聘，留住和培训这些候选人有一些机构的努力，以进一步刺激少数民族候选人的参与。总体而言，该培训计划的重点是招募和选拔高素质的候选人，并为他们提供严格和全面的学术和研究培训。我们的长期目标是培养一个教育，培训和研究环境，将产生未来的科学家和教育工作者谁将对基础和临床神经科学产生重大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a pre-doctoral training program providing an educational and research environment for graduate students at the interface of neurosciences and engineering. The training program will emphasize rigorous education in biological sciences in general and neurosciences in particular. The course work will range from molecular and cellular neurosciences to systems and clinical neurosciences. In addition, the student training will include rigorous coursework in mathematical, computational and engineering systems. The students in the program will have a wealth of research opportunities at our institution, both in basic research on the nervous system, and in clinical aspects of disease diagnosis and therapy. The engineering research opportunities include problems in instrumentation development, signal and information processing, imaging and computational neurosciences. The program is strengthened by the availability of a highly qualified applicant pool, very selective admission processes, and a very strong interest in the field among the applicants. Our institution provides a commensurately high quality training environment through a demanding curriculum and a large number of laboratories that have high levels of peer reviewed funding and outstanding laboratory resources. A unique element of this program is the participation of research faculty from both the basic sciences and the clinical sciences. Finally, the training program will emphasize the freedom to pursue interdisciplinary and collaborative research and encourage participation by students from diverse disciplines. Although our program so far has a good track record of recruiting, retaining and training these candidates there are a number of institutional efforts underway to further stimulate participation from minority candidates. Overall, this training program focuses on recruiting and selecting high quality candidates and providing them rigorous and comprehensive academic and research training. Our long-term goal is to foster an educational, training and research environment that will produce future scientists and educators who will make strong impact on basic and clinical neurosciences.