Curriculum for Imaging Sciences at Washington University (RMI)

简介(由申请人提供)：华盛顿大学(吴)是一所70多年来一直是核化学、放射化学和核医学成像研究的卓越中心的机构。20世纪70年代初，S的一个团队设计并制造了第一台正电子发射断层扫描仪。在过去的20多年里，吴仪在磁共振成像方面取得了重大进展。最近，吴已经成为计算机断层扫描(CT)、超声波和光学成像领域的关键研究机构。在这些研究领域对许多代科学家的培训是在该大学几个系的几个不同的研究生项目下进行的。我们建议在这些诊断成像模式的综合经验的基础上，开发成像科学方面的特定课程，以培训研究生、医学生、博士后研究员以及医学住院医师和研究员。目前在美国，成像科学的某些方面都有研究生课程，如生物医学物理、生物医学工程、分子药理学和放射科学，但据我们所知，还没有涵盖整个成像科学学科的全面培训课程。随着分子成像的出现，许多研究人员正在进行跨学科的研究，涉及不止一种成像模式，涉及化学家、物理学家、生物学家和临床医生的合作。为了培养未来一代的成像科学家，我们计划开发一门课程，其中包括核心课程(特定目标1)，然后是途径(特定目标2)，以允许学员专门从事成像科学的一个或多个领域。有几门课程已经在许多吴系教授。除了新开发的课程外，这些现有的课程将被纳入课程。一旦制定了研究生方案的课程，将对其进行修改，以培训研究生学员和为其他机构的人员提供远程学习(具体目标3)。影像科学的高度跨学科性质的培训将涉及吴的三所学校和几个系。由于协调这样一个多学科项目的复杂性，具体目标4将集中在未来成像科学研究生项目的行政组织上。为研究生课程设计的培训范围和本提案中描述的研究生培训将向该项目的毕业生开放在顶尖学术机构以及生物技术和制药公司工作的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Washington University (WU) is an institution that for over 70 years has been a center of excellence in nuclear chemistry, radiochemistry, and Nuclear Medicine Imaging research. A group at WU designed and built the first positron emission tomography (PET) scanner in the early 1970's. Over the past 20 or more years, significant advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been developed at WU. More recently, WU has become a key institution for research in the areas of computed tomography (CT), ultrasound and optical imaging. The training of many generations of scientists in these areas of study has been carried out under several different graduate programs in several departments at the University. We propose to build upon the strengths of our combined experience in these diagnostic imaging modalities to develop a specific curriculum in the Imaging Sciences towards the training of graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral fellows and medical residents and fellows. Currently in the United States, there are graduate programs in certain aspects of Imaging Sciences, such as Biomedical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology and Radiological Sciences; however, to the best of our knowledge, there is no comprehensive training program that covers the whole discipline of Imaging Sciences. With the advent of "Molecular Imaging", many investigators are doing interdisciplinary research that involves more than one imaging modality and involves collaborations between chemists, physicists, biologists and clinicians. In order to train future generations of imaging scientists, we plan to develop a curriculum that includes core courses (Specific Aim 1) followed by pathways (Specific Aim 2) to allow trainees to specialize in one or more areas of Imaging Sciences. There are several courses already being taught in many WU Departments. In addition to the newly developed courses, these existing courses will be incorporated into the curriculum. Once the curriculum for a graduate program is developed, it will be modified for training of post-graduate trainees and distance learning for people at other institutions (Specific Aim 3). The highly interdisciplinary nature of training students in Imaging Sciences will involve three schools and several departments at WU. Due to the complexity of coordinating such a multi-discipline program, Specific Aim 4 will be focused on the administrative organization of a future graduate program in the Imaging Sciences. The breadth of the training from the curriculum designed for the Graduate Program and the post-graduate training described in this proposal will open up to graduates of the program opportunities for careers in top academic institutions and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.