Integrated Engineering and Rehabilitation Training

项目概要i本建议书描述了我们的“综合工程和康复训练”计划 培养生物医学博士联合收割机的毕业生， 和一般的康复工程与真正的赞赏的做法和挑战的临床 康复活动.该计划集中在凯斯西海岸的生物医学工程系 储备大学，但也包括我们当地的几个医疗中心的大力参与。我们 该计划专门侧重于博士前培训，自1999年以来，我们已经培训了约25名学生。我们 要求在五年内每年为总共8个培训职位提供资金，这将保持我们的 目前的支持水平。学员通常由该计划资助两年，因此我们希望 共培养BME博士20名学生在五年内。 我们的培训计划的具体目标是：（1）为我们的学员在以下方面的生产性职业做好准备： 康复和神经工程;（2）提供严格的工程教育，为以下方面奠定基础 未来的创新;（3）在神经刺激的开发和应用方面提供特定的专业知识， 克服神经系统疾病;（4）提供建模和仿真方面的专业知识 （肌肉骨骼和/或神经）;（5）提供广泛的，动手的临床经验， （6）提供真实世界的专业发展培训，以提高 毕业后的成功 相关性（参见说明）： 由于神经系统疾病导致的残疾是一个主要的医学挑战，通常可以通过应用来缓解 对特定的神经结构进行电刺激。与神经网络相关的研究和商业应用 刺激几乎呈指数级增长，导致对高素质博士学位的真实的需求-水平 工程师谁拥有该计划提供的技术和临床背景。

Project summaryi This proposal describes our "Integrated Engineering and Rehabilitation Training" program that produces biomedical Ph.D. graduates who combine an unquestioned expertise in neural stimulation and general rehabilitation engineering with a genuine appreciation ofthe practice and challenges of clinical rehabilitation. This program is centered in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, but also includes the strong participation of several of our local medical centers. Our program is focused exclusively on predoctoral training and we have trained ~25 students since 1999. We are requesting funding for a total of 8 training positions per year for five years, which would maintain our current level of support. Trainees are typically funded by the program for two years each, so we expect to train a total of 20 BME Ph.D. students over the proposed five years. The specific objectives of our training program arei (1) Prepare our trainees for productive careers in rehabilitation and neural engineering; (2) Provide a rigorous engineering education that forms the basis for future innovation; (3) Provide specific expertise in the development and application of neural stimulation for overcoming neurological disorders; (4) Provide specific expertise in modeling and simulation (musculoskeletal and/or neural); (5) Provide an extensive, hands-on clinical experience that prepares each trainee for a translational career; and (6) Provide real-world professional development training to enhance post-graduation success. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Disability due to neurological disorders is a major medical challenge that can often mitigated by application of electrical stimulation to specific neural structures. Research and commercial applications related to neural stimulation are growing almost exponentially, leading to a real need for highly qualified, Ph.D.-level engineers who have the technical and clinical backgrounds provided by this program.