University of Wisconsin Voice Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：华盛顿大学语音研究培训计划的总体长期目标是培养语音科学领域未来领导者的翻译研究技能。我们将为有前途的博士生和博士后提供全面的实验室和临床研究经验，以及临床试验、基于假设的研究设计、管理、伦理和数据分析等课程。这是一个新颖的培训项目，通过整合基础科学导师和二级临床导师来解决转化研究教育和经验的需求。此外，该培训项目还为医学生提供了一个短期的暑期研究机会，以鼓励未来的临床医生成为语音研究领域的内科科学家。所有受训者都将接触到一个独特的项目，这在博士项目中是不常见的。目前大多数教育中心的情况是，对声音感兴趣的喉科医生和语言病理学家正在接受单独的培训，这为弥合翻译研究中必要的差距创造了人为障碍。培训项目包括耳鼻喉科医生、语言病理学家和基础科学家，他们在课程和研究上紧密合作。将语音科学培训与多学科重点和转化应用相结合，将为未来几代科学家做出贡献。与威斯康星大学（包括临床和转化研究所）提供的培训要素合作，丰富了拟议的培训计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall long term goal of the UW Voice Research Training Program is to foster the development of translational research skills in future leaders in the field of voice science. We will provide promising predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows with comprehensive laboratory and clinical research experiences, as well as exposure to a curriculum in clinical trials, hypothesis-based research design, management, ethics, and data analysis. This is a novel training program that addresses the need for translational research education and experience by integration of both a basic science mentor and a secondary clinical mentor. In addition, the training program offers medical students a short-term summer research opportunity, to encourage future clinicians to become physician-scientists in the field of voice research. All trainees will be exposed to a unique program not typically found in doctoral programs. The current situation in most education centers is that laryngologists and speech pathologists interested in voice are getting separate training creating an artificial obstacle to bridge the gap necessary in translational research. The training program includes otolaryngologists, speech pathologists and basic scientists working closely together in curriculum and research. The combination of training in voice science with a multidisciplinary focus and translational application will make a contribution to future generations of scientists. The proposed training program is enriched by collaboration with training elements offered by the University of Wisconsin, including the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. RELEVANCE: Disruptions in voice are found in approximately 7.5 million Americans. Voice disorders are often debilitating, resulting in communicative impairment, lost income, and reductions in quality of life or occupational/scholastic achievement. According to estimates, approximately 28,000,000 workers in the US experience daily voice problems, many of whom perceive them to have a negative impact on their work and their quality of life. The overall goal of the UW Voice Research Training Program is to foster the development of translational research skills in future leaders in the field of voice science.