Sleep Medicine Neurobiology and Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）： 凯斯西储大学睡眠医学神经生物学和流行病学的这项研究培训补助金产生了研究调查人员和研究生，他们在神经生理学和临床流行病学研究的设计和实施方面表现出专业知识。该计划的目标是睡眠和时间生物学，这是一个多学科领域，没有一个主要的家庭学术部门，并招募和准备学员在睡眠医学领域的竞争性研究事业。最近和目前的学员解决睡眠对心血管疾病的影响，新生儿睡眠阶段的预测，睡眠对小学教育的影响，以及多导睡眠图中量化心肺事件的新方法。金曼·P·斯特罗医学博士指导委员会管理该计划，批准该计划的录取，并使用形成性和学员委员会评估来监控学员的进展。一个新兴的感兴趣的领域是功能遗传学和睡眠及其障碍和临床流行病学的生物图谱的创建。我们还拥有临床决策和教育干预的批判性评估方面的专业知识，以转移有关睡眠的知识。该计划利用34名研究导师，培训师和顾问在医学院，克利夫兰大学医院和克利夫兰VA医疗中心，代表10个CWRU计划。该补助金将支持两名研究生学员，两名研究生博士。实习生和两名暑期本科生。要求那些具有临床博士学位的人进入硕士学位课程（CWRU临床研究学者计划），以便在从事主要研究项目的同时快速发展高水平技能。每个学员将经历监督，动手培训，定期接触道德和法律的问题，赠款准备和职业发展。虽然学位授予部门决定课程工作和毕业学员的晋升，但睡眠医学培训计划的培训师/导师始终是博士学位授予部门的成员。以马克思所有受训人员都有一套自我评估的工作，作为培训委员会一年两次评价的基础。有每周研讨会，并每年务虚会，包括外部顾问，顾问和教师。(END（见摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research training grant in Sleep Medicine Neurobiology and Epidemiology at Case Western Reserve University produces research investigators and graduate students who demonstrate expertise in the design and implementation of studies on neurophysiology and clinical epidemiology. The program targets sleep and chronobiology, a multidisciplinary field without a major home academic department, and recruits and prepares trainees for competitive research careers in the field of sleep medicine. Recent and current trainees address issues of sleep's impact on cardiovascular disease, the forecasting of sleep stages in the neonate, the impact of sleep on elementary school education, and novel methods to quantify cardiopulmonary events in polysomnography. Kingman P. Strohl M.D. and a steering committee manages the program, approves admission to the program, and monitors trainees' progress using formative and trainee committee assessments. An emerging area of interest is functional genetics and the creation of a biologic map for sleep and its disorders and clinical epidemiology. We also have expertise in clinical decision-making and critical evaluation of educational interventions to transfer knowledge about sleep. The program utilizes 34 research mentors, trainers, and advisors in the School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and the Cleveland VA Medical Center, representing ten CWRU programs. The grant will support two post-graduate trainees, two graduate Ph.D. trainees, and two summer undergraduate students. Resources are requested for those with clinical doctoral degrees to enter a Master's Degree program (the CWRU Clinical Research Scholars Program) to rapidly develop high level skills while working on a primary research project. Each trainee will experience supervised, hands-on training with regular exposure to ethical and legal issues, grant preparation, and career development. While the degree-granting department determines course work and promotion of graduate trainees, a trainer/mentor from the Sleep Medicine Training Program is always a member of the Ph.D. committee. All trainees maintain a portfolio of work with self-assessments that forms one basis for bi-annual evaluation by the training committee. There are weekly seminars, and an annual retreat that includes outside advisors, consultants, and faculty. (END OF ABSTRACT)