Training in Fundamental & Translational Neuroscience

描述(由申请人提供)： 基础神经科学和翻译神经科学博士后培训。这项申请的目标是为杜克大学的博士后奖学金培训计划获得资金，该计划将有助于完成NINDS的使命--“减轻神经疾病的负担”。这项任务的关键是对年轻神经科学家进行出色的博士后培训。这份申请描述了一个旨在促进完成这一使命的项目，该项目旨在培训基础神经学家和翻译神经学家。这种方法的理由很简单。在我们看来，许多基础神经科学家没有充分认识到他们的工作对人类疾病的影响，因此错过了可能揭示疾病机制或更有效的治疗方法的科学方向的机会。相反，许多翻译神经学家未能完全掌握基础神经科学的一些原理和技术，从而限制了他们科学方法的卓越。这里描述的项目旨在促进基础神经科学家和翻译神经科学家的博士后培训，使这两类受训人员受益，从而使每一名受训人员为成为一名富有成效的独立研究人员做好准备。在我们看来，杜克大学神经科学的这个新时代为实施这一新颖的培训计划提供了一个绝佳的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Postdoctoral Training in Fundamental and Translational Neuroscience. The goal of this application is to obtain funding for a postdoctoral fellowship training program at Duke University that will facilitate accomplishing the mission of NINDS - "to reduce the burden of neurological disease." Critical to this mission is outstanding postdoctoral training of young neuroscientists. This application describes a program designed to facilitate accomplishing this mission, a program that seeks to train both fundamental and translational neuroscientists. The rationale for this approach is straightforward. In our view, many fundamental neuroscientists fail to fully appreciate the implications of their work for human disease and as a result miss opportunities for scientific directions that may shed light on mechanisms of disease or more effective therapy. Conversely, many translational neuroscientists fail to fully grasp some of the principles and techniques of fundamental neuroscience, thereby limiting the excellence of their scientific approaches. The program described herein seeks to promote the postdoctoral training of both fundamental and translational neuroscientists in ways that will benefit both types of trainees and thereby prepare each trainee for a productive career as an independent investigator. In our view, this new era in neuroscience at Duke University provides an outstanding opportunity to implement this novel training program.