Predoctoral and postdoctoral training program in aging and dementia

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案是西北大学跨部门神经科学计划(NUIN)继续为基础广泛的博士后和博士后衰老和痴呆机制培训计划提供资金的请求。在四名高级博士后候选人开始全日制论文研究后，以及四名博士后实习生在培训的早期或后期阶段，要求提供资金以支持他们。该培训计划由一个多学科的研究小组发展而来，他们的工作重点是衰老和痴呆症的机制，包括阿尔茨海默病、帕金森病和肌萎缩侧索硬化症，方法跨越分子、细胞、系统、行为、神经心理和临床神经科学。这些教员主要隶属于NUIN和认知神经学和阿尔茨海默氏症中心，该中心有NIA支持的阿尔茨海默氏症中心拨款，以及Udall Parkinson疾病中心。该计划将由John Disterhoft博士指导，桑德拉·温特劳布博士(副主任)、一个内部指导委员会和一个外部咨询委员会协助。四名博士后和四名博士后实习生将在来自西北大学芝加哥和埃文斯顿校区3所学校10个系的32名教授的指导下进行研究。博士后实习生将根据之前的培训和研究计划进行挑选。博士前实习生将根据课程表现、轮换评估和建议的论文研究的相关性从NUIN和其他参与的博士项目中挑选出来。将特别考虑那些研究计划是跨学科的，并在一个以上的教师实验室进行的受训者。将作出协调一致的努力，招募少数民族。该计划将在基础和临床领域提供广泛的跨学科研究和培训机会。 衰老和痴呆症研究的方法。导师教员将通过正式咨询和评估、通过课堂和非正式讨论来协助和监测受训人员的进展。除了提供研究培训外，该计划还将帮助学员发展书面和口头沟通、补助金撰写、网络和职业发展方面的技能。另一个培训目标将是灌输神经科学家面临的道德问题和科学中负责任的行为的清晰意识。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is a request for continued funding of a broadly based postdoctoral and predoctoral Mechanisms of Aging and Dementia Training Program from the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN). Funding to support four advanced predoctoral candidates, after they have begun full time thesis research, and four postdoctoral trainees, in early or later stages of training, is requested. This training program has developed from a multidisciplinary group of investigators whose work focuses on the mechanisms of aging and dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, with approaches spanning molecular, cellular, systems, behavioral, neuropsychological and clinical neuroscience. These faculty are affiliated primarily with NUIN and the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, that has an NIA supported Alzheimer's Disease Center grant, and the Udall Parkinson's Disease Center. The program will be directed by John Disterhoft, PhD, with the assistance of Sandra Weintraub, PhD (Associate Director), an internal Steering Committee and an External Advisory Committee. The four postdoctoral and four predoctoral trainees will conduct their research under the guidance of 32 preceptors from 10 departments of 3 schools on the Chicago and Evanston campuses of Northwestern University. Postdoctoral trainees will be selected on the basis of previous training and a research plan. Predoctoral trainees will be selected from NUIN and the other participating PhD programs on the basis of course performance, rotation evaluations, and the relevance of proposed dissertation research. Special consideration will be given to trainees whose research plans are interdisciplinary and carried out in more than one preceptor laboratory. A concerted effort will be made to recruit minorities. The program will offer a broad range of interdisciplinary research and training opportunities in both the fundamental and clinical approaches to aging and dementia research. The preceptor faculty will assist and monitor trainee progress through formal advising and evaluations, through the classroom and through informal discussions. In addition to providing research training, the program will help trainees develop skills in written and oral communication, grant writing, networking, and career development. Instilling a clear awareness of ethical issues facing neuroscientists and responsible conduct in science will be another training goal.