Auditory Neuroscience Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：华盛顿大学（UW）长期致力于研究正常和紊乱的听力，言语，语言和沟通领域。此外，它在基础神经科学的所有子学科中都有杰出的跨学科研究人员。在这些社区的交叉点上，有一个多样化和高效的研究小组，他们研究听觉和交流的基本神经机制。在华盛顿大学的听觉神经科学界的一个重要使命是指导学员谁将进行这条线的研究和推进我们的知识领域的未来。听觉神经科学培训计划，成立于2002年，帮助培训基础神经科学研究人员，他们的工作将形成在临床学科的研究基础。因此，它补充了耳鼻喉科和言语和听力科学的UW临床培训计划。华盛顿大学的培训经验目前包括六个博士前培训名额，因为这是在培训的早期阶段提供强有力的支持是最关键的领域，以及三个为那些过渡到听觉神经科学的博士后培训职位。 其他学科。受训人员参加神经解剖学，发育，遗传学，细胞和分子生物学，神经药理学，外周和中枢听觉系统的电生理学以及心理声学，语言感知和处理以及沟通行为的积极研究计划。他们也有机会通过合作努力将联合收割机的研究结合在一个以上的领域。通过课程，期刊俱乐部和务虚会，计划学员接触到广泛的研究技术，使他们能够进行概念和技术复杂的研究计划。重要的是，通过培训计划的持续支持，将大大提高华盛顿大学吸引和留住来自代表性不足群体的高素质学员的能力，并为他们未来在听觉神经科学方面的研究生涯做好准备。 公共卫生相关性：该提案旨在支持培训多样化的下一代研究人员，他们将做出与听力损失和沟通能力障碍相关的基本发现。他们将致力于应用这些发现，并将其开发为受影响个体的安全有效疗法。作为一项长期的研究培训计划，这项努力将获得其数十年研究成果投资的回报。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Washington (UW) has a long-standing history of commitment to research in the areas of normal and disordered hearing, speech, language and communication. In addition, it has an outstanding interdisciplinary community of investigators in all of the subdisciplines of basic neuroscience. At the intersection of these communities lies a diverse and highly productive group of investigators who study the fundamental neural mechanisms that underlie hearing and communication. One important mission of the auditory neuroscience community at UW is to mentor the trainees who will carry on this line of research and advance our knowledge of the field in the future. The Auditory Neuroscience Training Program, established in 2002, helps train the basic neuroscience researchers whose work will form the foundation for research in the clinical disciplines. It therefore complements the UW clinical training programs in Otolaryngology and in Speech and Hearing Sciences. The training experience at UW currently includes six predoctoral training slots since this is the area in which strong support during the early stages of training is most crucial, and three postdoctoral training positions for those transitioning to auditory neuroscience from other disciplines. Trainees participate in active research programs in neuroanatomy, development, genetics, cell and molecular biology, neuropharmacology, and electrophysiology of the peripheral and central auditory system as well as psychoacoustics, language perception and processing, and communication behavior. They also have the opportunity to combine research in more than one area through collaborative efforts. Through courses, journal clubs and retreats, program trainees are exposed to a wide range of research techniques, enabling them to conduct conceptually and technologically sophisticated research programs. Importantly, continued support through the training program should greatly enhance the ability of the UW to attract and retain high-caliber trainees from underrepresented groups and prepare them for future research careers in auditory neuroscience. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal aims to support the training of the diverse next generation of researchers who will make fundamental discoveries related to hearing loss and dysfunction of communicative abilities. They will work toward applying those discoveries and developing them into safe and effective therapies for affected individuals. As a long-term research-training program, this effort will reap the rewards of its investments over decades of research advanements.