Epilepsy Research Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 这份修订后的材料要求重新支持机构博士后培训计划，以便能够每年招聘和教育四名受训人员，从事与神经生物学、人类癫痫的并存和治疗有关的研究领域的职业。拟议的培训将在来自五个部门的12名教官的实验室进行，将包括针对方案的课程和临床翻译实地考察，以及研讨会、讨论小组和专题讨论会。该项目的前四年取得了丰硕的成果，八名项目毕业生都留在了学术界：两名现在是终身教职的助理教授，一名是教员讲师，两名是UCI部分独立职位的教员，还有两名正在寻求额外的博士后奖学金，以完成他们在癫痫研究方面的教育。到目前为止，总共招收了12名优秀的受训人员，其中包括两个代表性不足的群体、一名医学博士和七名妇女。这些初步的结果数据，再加上该计划的全面重组，增加了专门针对该计划的课程和以临床为导向的实地考察，以及最近在神经外科提供了一个MD实习生人才库，将使该计划能够为与癫痫相关的研究职业提供一个有组织的、具有成长性的培训环境。虽然癫痫是第三种最常见的慢性大脑疾病，但对它的研究仍然相对较少，目前的项目是美国仅有的两个专注于癫痫的博士后培训项目之一。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised submission requests renewed support for an Institutional Postdoctoral Training Program, to enable recruitment and education of four Trainees per year for careers in research areas germane to the neurobiology, co-morbidities and cure of human epilepsy. The proposed training will take place in the laboratories of 12 preceptors from five departments, and will include Program-specific courses and clinical-translational field trips, as well as seminars, discussion groups and symposia. The first four years of this Program have been rewarding, as the eight Program graduates all remain in Academia: Two are now Assistant Professors in the tenure track, one is a faculty instructor, two are faculty in partially-independent positions at UCI, and two are pursuing additional post-doctoral fellowships to round out their education in epilepsy research. Altogether, twelve excellent Trainees have been enrolled to date, including two of under-represented groups, one MD and seven women. These initial outcome data, together with the comprehensive restructuring of the Program, the addition of Program-specific courses and clinic-oriented field trips, and the recent availability of an MD trainee pool in the Department of Neurosurgery, will enable this Program to provide postdoctoral PhDs and MDs with a structured and nurturing training environment for careers in research relevant to epilepsy. Although epilepsy is the third most common chronic brain disorder, it remains relatively understudied, and the current Program is one of only two epilepsy-focused postdoctoral Training Programs in the U.S.