Training in Neuroendocrinology

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目旨在培养具有广泛知识和研究技能的优秀博士研究生，为神经内分泌学的独立研究项目提供必要的基础。申请资助3名预科生和2名博士后。这个项目的一个特点是，它联合了来自两个研究生项目的学员和教师，提供了一个比单一项目更广阔的视角。建议的训练包括从行为，到生理，到细胞，到分子的多层次分析。博士预科学员在完成各自研究生课程的具体课程要求后，在第三年进入该项目。每个学生选择一位主要指导老师和一位联合指导老师。主要指导老师的角色与论文指导老师的传统角色类似。联合顾问确保培训的多学科性质。受训者将花部分时间在联合指导老师的实验室里，使用在他们自己的实验室里没有的技术和方法来解决与他们自己的论文研究密切相关的问题。资助博士后研修生2年。博士后培养的主要重点是建立一个强有力的研究记录。博士后受训者还将积极指导培养口头陈述，拨款写作和教学技能，这对确保和保持独立的学术地位至关重要。所有受训者都将积极参加每月的会议，参加会议的实验室将在会上介绍他们的研究。一系列教师和特邀演讲者将参加年度研讨会和期刊俱乐部，让学员了解神经内分泌研究的新发展、历史方面、伦理问题和转化方面。实践研讨会将让学员和教师接触到尖端技术。最后，一年一度的研讨会将向来自美国各地的神经内分泌学家介绍受训人员。神经内分泌学的培训与人类健康有关，因为激素功能障碍与许多神经和行为障碍有关，例如，产后抑郁症，睡眠和饮食失调，以及退行性疾病的进展，如阿尔茨海默病。神经内分泌学也可以解释常见的环境污染物如何破坏激素与大脑的相互作用，从而导致生育问题、智力迟钝和癌症。一些导师有与这些问题直接相关的研究项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This program aims to provide excellent pre- and postdoctoral trainees with the breadth of knowledge and research skills essential to develop successful independent research programs in neuroendocrinology. Funds are requested for three pre- and two postdoctoral students. A hallmark of this program is that it unites trainees and faculty from two graduate programs to provide a perspective far broader than what could be obtained through a single program. The proposed training embraces multiple levels of analysis, from behavioral, to physiological, to cellular, to molecular. Predoctoral trainees enter the program in their third year, after finishing the specific course requirements of their respective graduate programs. Each student chooses both a primary advisor and a co-advisor. The role of the primary advisor is similar to the traditional role of the thesis advisor. The co-advisor ensures the multidisciplinary character of the training. Trainees will spend part of their time in the laboratory of the co-advisor, using techniques and approaches not available in their home laboratory to address questions intimately related to their own thesis research. Postdoctoral trainees will be supported for two years. The primary focus of the postdoctoral training is to build a strong research record. Postdoctoral trainees will also be actively mentored to foster skills in oral presentation, grant writing, and teaching, essential to secure and hold an independent academic position. All trainees will actively participate in monthy meetings in which the participating laboratories present their research. A lineup of faculty and invited speakers will participate in annual seminars and journal clubs that will expose trainees to new developments, historical aspects, ethical issues, and translational aspects of neuroendocrine research. Hands-on workshops will expose the trainees and faculty to cutting-edge technology. Finally an annual symposium will introduce trainees to neuroendocrinologists from across the U.S.A. Training in Neuroendocrinology is relevant to human health as hormone dysfunction is linked to a host of neurological and behavioral disorders, e.g., postpartum depression, sleep and eating disorders, and progress of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer. Neuroendocrinology can also explain how common environmental pollutants disrupt hormone-brain interactions, thereby causing, e.g., fertility problems, mental retardation, and cancer. Several of the preceptors have research programs directly related to these issues.