Mentored Research Training in Rehabilitation Science

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议计划的目标是为博士后研究员提供指导研究培训，为他们在医疗康复研究中担任独立调查员做好准备。三名博士后研究员，包括两名博士和一名医学博士，将开始在第一年的培训，为期两年，在这个多学科的计划，旨在生产院士谁能够竞争联邦赠款和指导下一代的调查人员在康复研究。一个培训教师代表外部资助的基础科学和临床研究人员从贝勒医学院，得克萨斯大学休斯顿健康科学中心和赖斯大学的各个部门，将指导研究员在两个集中领域的假设驱动项目中的研究，包括（1）神经可塑性和神经成像，以及（2）医疗康复和临床试验。该方案反映了（a）目前的疾病、残疾、康复和健康模式;（B）强调神经可塑性作为恢复和对治疗反应的媒介的研究趋势;（c）残疾人与环境的相互作用;（d）开发和评估创新干预措施，以减轻损伤并发症，提高与健康有关的生活质量。培训方案的核心包括康复研究和研究道德行为课程，以及学员选定的重点领域的选修课和其他教学活动。一对一的指导将强调在方法学，项目管理，准备手稿，沟通技巧，良好的科学公民，并制定有竞争力的赠款申请的技能的学员的收购。受训人员将从医学康复和博士谁是在生物工程，神经心理学，神经科学和卫生服务研究等领域的培训所有专业领域的选择。提出了对培训计划的监督以及对学员和导师的评价方法。贝勒医学院物理医学和康复系制定了招聘合格候选人的程序，这些候选人是代表性不足的少数民族和/或残疾人。PI认为，拟议的培训教师，课程和制度环境将产生富有成效和道德的调查人员，他们将推进医疗康复研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the proposed program is to provide postdoctoral fellows with mentored research training to prepare them for careers as independent investigators in medical rehabilitation research. Three postdoctoral fellows, including two Ph.D.s and one M.D., will begin training in year 1 over a two-year period in this multidisciplinary program designed to produce academicians who are capable of competing for Federal grants and mentoring the next generation of investigators in rehabilitation research. A training faculty representing externally funded basic science and clinical investigators drawn from various departments at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Rice University, would mentor the research of fellows in hypothesis-driven projects in two areas of concentration, including (1) neuroplasticity and neuroimaging, and (2) medical rehabilitation and clinical trials. The program reflects (a) current models of illness, disablement, and rehabilitation and health; (b) trends in research emphasizing neuroplasticity as a mediator of recovery and response to therapy; (c) interaction of the person with disability and the environment; and (d) the development and evaluation of innovative interventions to mitigate complications of injury and improve health-related quality of life. The core of the training program includes courses in Rehabilitation Research and the Ethical Conduct of Research with elective coursework in the trainee's selected area of concentration and other didactic activities. One-to-one mentoring will be emphasized in the trainee's acquisition of skills in methodology, project management, preparation of manuscripts, communication skills, good citizenship in science, and developing competitive grant applications. Trainees will be selected from all professional areas of medical rehabilitation and Ph.D.s who are trained in fields such as bioengineering, neuropsychology, neuroscience, and health services research. Oversight of the program and methods for evaluation of the trainees and the mentors are proposed. The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine has established procedures for recruitment of qualified candidates who are underrepresented minorities and/or persons with disabilities. The PIs believe that the proposed training-faculty, curriculum, and institutional environment will produce productive and ethical investigators who will advance medical rehabilitation research.