Neuroscience Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：神经科学研究生项目始于1983年，总部设在约翰·霍普金斯大学医学院神经科学系。该学院由来自大学不同系的院系组成，是培养研究生的广泛努力的中心，涵盖分子、细胞、发育、系统、认知和计算神经科学以及疾病神经生物学。每年，从200名申请者中，我们通常会录取10-12名博士生，以及1-4名医学博士/博士结合学位的考生(通过单独的程序录取)。参加该项目的学生具有从计算机科学到生物化学的不同本科背景。在第一年，他们被要求与实验室一起参加为期一年的综合讲座课程，题为“神经科学和认知”，以及一个关于“科学、伦理和社会”的研讨会。研究机会通过系休息会、实验室午餐(以正在进行的工作为特色)和由项目学院专门设计的小型研讨会系列来提供给学生，以帮助一年级学生选择他们的研究轮换。这些信息被用来帮助选择三个12周的实验室轮换，通常在第一个学年结束前完成，然后选择一个论文实验室。到第二年结束时，学生将完成6门额外的选修课，其中许多是从神经科学专业的12门小型研讨会式课程中挑选出来的。在完成第二年末的综合考试后，学生们要写一份以博士前NRSA形式写成的论文提案并为其辩护。每名学生在1-2年级(每隔3个月)接受两名预科导师的建议，之后由一个个性化的论文顾问委员会(每隔6个月)提供建议。论文咨询委员会向研究生项目指导委员会提交报告，该委员会仔细跟踪每个学生在项目中的进展情况，并制定总体项目政策。目前，神经科学研究生项目招收了85名学生。完成博士学位的平均时间为5.3年。在从我们项目毕业的学生中，超过93%的人继续从事学术生物医学研究。在这里，我们要求为五名学生在该项目的头两年提供津贴支持。 相关性：该计划的使命是培养下一代神经科学家，在基础神经科学和临床神经科学方面进行教学和研究。该培训计划也是教师的焦点，并促进学生和其他从事神经科学研究的研究人员之间的互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Neuroscience Graduate Program, which was begun in 1983, has its headquarters in the Department of Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Consisting of 64 faculties drawn from various departments across the University, it serves as the hub of a broad spectrum of efforts for the training of graduate students, encompassing molecular, cellular, developmental, systems, cognitive and computational neuroscience as well as neurobiology of disease. Each year, from a pool of-200 applicants, we typically matriculate 10-12 Ph.D. candidates as well as 1-4 candidates for combined M.D./Ph.D. degrees (who are admitted through a separate process). Students enter the program with diverse undergraduate backgrounds ranging from computer science to biochemistry. In the first year they are required to take a year-long integrative lecture course with lab entitled "Neuroscience and Cognition" as well as a seminar on "Science, Ethics and Society". Research opportunities are presented to students through a Departmental Retreat, Lab Lunches (which feature work-in-progress) and a Mini-symposium series by Program Faculty specifically designed to help first-year students choose their research rotations. This information is used to help pick three 12-week lab rotations which are typically completed by the end of the first academic year, following which, a thesis lab is selected. By the end of the second year, students complete 6 additional elective courses, many of which are chosen from a list of 12 small seminar-style courses in Neuroscience specialties. Following completion of a Comprehensive Exam at the end of Year 2, students write and defend a Thesis Proposal which is written in the form of a Pre-doctoral NRSA. Each student is advised by two Prethesis Advisors in Years 1 -2 (at 3 month intervals) and an individualized Thesis Advisory Committee thereafter (at 6 month intervals). Thesis Advisory Committees make reports to the Graduate Program Steering Committee which carefully tracks the progress of each student in the program as well as setting overall program policy. At present, 85 students are enrolled in the Neuroscience Graduate program. The average time to complete the Ph.D. has been 5.3 years. Of the students who have graduated from our program greater than 93% have remained in academic biomedical research. Here, we request stipend support for five students during their first two years in the program. RELEVANCE: The mission of the Program is to train the next generation of neuroscientists to teach and perform research in both basic and clinical neurosciences. The Training Program also serves as a focal point for the faculty and for fostering interactions among students and other investigators doing research in neuroscience.