Mentored merging of psychobiology and neonatology

描述（由申请人提供）：PI长期研究啮齿动物的行为发育，并对胎儿感觉功能、围产期行为、接触行为（蜷缩）、哺乳、能量稳态和亲子互动的基本知识做出了贡献。这个K18项目将提供指导临床方法和观点在妇科学。在辛辛那提儿童医院的NIDCAP认证课程的培训序列，从早产儿的婴儿喂养技术的领导者的监护，并与博士结构化的互动。导师和他们的团队欢迎心理生物学方法与他们的合并，并提出了一个初始序列的假设检验措施，作为探讨喂养开始在早产儿的独特的发展模式的新研究。该项目承诺在基础研究和潜力，以促进一个重大的医疗挑战，新生儿重症监护新的综合方法。 公共卫生相关性：该提案旨在为具有动物发育专业知识的研究人员提供动物学方面的指导，以合并两种具有相同行为主题的对比条件。 早产儿喂养的起始是一个长期存在的问题，将成为综合研究方法的焦点问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The PI has long studied behavioral development in rodents and contributed to basic knowledge of fetal sensory function, perinatal behavior, contact behavior (huddling), suckling, energy homeostasis, and parent-offspring interactions. This K18 project would provide mentoring in clinical approaches and perspectives in neonatology. A training sequence in the Cincinnati Children's Hospital's NIDCAP certification course, tutelage from a leader in infant feeding techniques for premature infants, and structured interactions with Drs. Steven Hoath and Marty Visscher (clinical and research neonatologists) are outlined. The mentors and their team welcome a merging of psychobiological methods with theirs; and an initial sequence of hypothesis-testing measures are proposed as probes into new studies of feeding onset in the unique developmental model of the prematurely born infant. The project promises new integrative approaches in basic research and potential to contribute to a significant healthcare challenge in neonatal intensive care. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal is to provide mentoring in neonatology to a researcher with expertise in animal development, to enable a merging of two contrasting conditions that share behavior topics. The onset of feeding, a persistent problem with prematurely-born infants, will be the focal problem for the integrated research methods.