NKU LEAD FACULTY

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心，不一定是研究者所在机构。领导教师将协调NKU内的KY-BRIN活动，以及NKU与其他KY-BRIN组织之间的活动，招募新教师加入BRIN计划，并支持教师和本科生在生物医学科学方面的研究。还将雇用一名兼职数据库/网站管理员。这个人将开发和维护与NKU KY-BRIN研究相关的数据库，以及一个提供NKU KY-BRIN项目信息的网站。该网站也将作为KY-BRIN研究人员和NKU学生的资源。该申请的资金将有助于加强NKU BRIN计划的存在，并提高NKU教师和学生在生物医学研究中的意识和参与。研究方法：为PI提供脱产时间和补偿工资，以实现上述目标，并为数据库/网站管理员招聘和维护一名合格人员。结果如下：1）PI自2006年7月以来参加了所有计划的KY-BRIN相关会议，并打算参加其他会议（俄亥俄州生命科学谷联盟），以将NKU的生物医学科学与更大的区域生物医学科学界联系起来。2)一名数据库/网站管理员启动了NKU KY-BRIN（ky-brin.nku.edu）网站，并每周对其进行维护。3)NKU将在2006年5月之前在生物科学系雇用一名对动物行为有研究兴趣的终身教职员工。4)PI于2005年秋季在NKU开始了本科神经科学辅修课程。5)私家侦探？的2，500平方英尺的实验室/动物设施进行了全面翻新（成本=约60，000美元），以支持KY-BRIN资助的研究。讨论内容：我们在提高认识方面取得了合理的进展，教师和学生参与生物医学科学，特别是在神经科学领域，在NKU，并期望继续我们的进步步伐进入第3年的补助金。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The lead faculty will coordinate KY-BRIN activities within NKU and between NKU and other KY-BRIN organizations, recruit new faculty into the BRIN program, and support faculty and undergraduate research in the biomedical sciences. A part-time database/website administrator will also be hired. This person will develop and maintain databases pertinent to KY-BRIN research at NKU and a website that will provide information about the KY-BRIN program at NKU. This website will also serve as a resource for KY-BRIN researchers and students at NKU. The funding of this application will help strengthen the presence of the BRIN program at NKU and increase the awareness and involvement of NKU faculty and students in biomedical research. Methods: Provide release time and compensatory salary to PI to implement the goals listed above, as well as recruit and maintain a qualified individual for the database/website administrator. Results: 1) The PI has attended all scheduled KY-BRIN related meetings since July 2006 and intends to attend other meetings (Ohio Valley Alliance for the Life Sciences) to network biomedical science at NKU into the larger regional biomedical science community. 2) A database/website administrator has launched the NKU KY-BRIN (ky-brin.nku.edu) website and maintains it on the weekly basis. 3) NKU will hire a tenure-track faculty member with research interests in animal behavior in the Department of Biological Sciences by May 2006. 4) The PI started an undergraduate neuroscience minor at NKU in Fall 2005. 5) The PI?s 2,500 sq ft laboratory/animal facility was completely renovated (costs = approx. $60,000) to support KY-BRIN-funded research. Discussion: We have made reasonable progress in increasing awareness of, and faculty and student involvement in biomedical science, especially in the area of neuroscience, at NKU and expect to continue our pace of progress into year 3 of the grant.