Neurological Sciences Academic Development at CNMC

描述（由申请人提供）：美国国家儿童医学中心（CNMC）神经病学部门提出了一项神经科学学术发展（NSADA）培训计划，以支持儿科神经学家的职业发展，从而实现研究独立性。该项目提高了进入儿童神经病学领域的培训生的临床、基础和转化研究技能，鼓励这些有前途的年轻儿童神经学家将精力集中在儿童神经病学的重要问题上，培养年轻的研究人员，他们将成为儿童神经病学研究的未来领导者，并能够成功地竞争外部资助支持。这项NSADA培训资助将重点关注CNMC已建立良好的多学科专业知识的儿童神经系统疾病，包括神经肿瘤疾病、癫痫和神经遗传学。该计划概述了一个高度整合，精心开发的教学培训计划，重点是成功学术生涯所需的基本信息，包括人类受试者保护，研究知识和能力发展，研究方法和使用CNMC最先进的核心设施的研究经验。培训的第二阶段包括有重点的研究活动，由愿意参与这项工作的导师支持，以及他们过去的成就，包括在儿童神经科学的重要领域进行研究的证明能力和过去有效的指导记录。CNMC在制定和实施个人或机构职业发展奖励方面拥有丰富的经验，包括神经科学方面的奖励。CNMC神经学奖学金计划的潜在申请者和其他机构的申请者将被寻求。神经内科由21名神经学家组成，其中大多数从事学术研究，拥有强大的培训计划，在培养学术儿童神经学家方面有着良好的记录，并培养了多名少数民族研究员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Division of Neurology at the Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) proposes a Neurological Sciences Academic Developmental (NSADA) training program to support the career development of pediatric neurologists, leading to research independence. The program promotes clinical, basic, and translational research skills of trainees entering child neurology, encourages these promising young child neurologists to focus their efforts on important problems in child neurology, and develops young investigators who will become future leaders in pediatric neurology research and be able to successfully compete for extramural grant support. This NSADA training grant will focus on pediatric neurologic disorders where CNMC has well established multidisciplinary expertise, including neuro-oncologic diseases, epilepsy, and neurogenetics. The program outlined has a highly integrated, carefully developed didactic training program focused on basic information needed for a successful academic career, including training in human subjects' protection, research knowledge and proficiency development, research methodology, and research experience using state-of-the-art core facilities available at CNMC. The second phase of training includes focused research activities supported by mentors selected for their willingness to be part of this effort, and their past accomplishments including proven ability to pursue research in important areas of childhood neuroscience and a record of past effective mentorship. CNMC has extensive experience in developing and implementing individual or institutional career development awards, including those in neuroscience. Candidates who are potential applicants are already in place in the CNMC Neurology Fellowship Program and applicants from other institutions will be sought. The Department of Neurology, staffed by 21 neurologists, the majority of whom are pursuing academic research, has a strong training program, a proven record of developing academic child neurologists and has trained multiple minority fellows.