Research Training in Rehabilitation for Brain Injury and Neurological Disability

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份申请T32机构国家研究服务奖竞争性更新的申请，用于在医疗康复研究方面成功的博士后培训计划，重点是脑损伤和神经残疾。计划每年培养4名博士后水平的研修生，每名研修生为期2- 3年。该培训项目是在约翰霍普金斯大学物理医学和康复系（PM&R）和巴尔的摩的肯尼迪克里格研究所进行的。肯尼迪克里格是约翰霍普金斯大学医学院儿童和年轻人神经残疾临床护理和研究的主要中心。这些项目补充了约翰霍普金斯医院、好撒玛利亚医院和约翰霍普金斯湾景医疗中心的PM&R部门的项目。学员有机会与来自肯尼迪克里格研究所、PM&R系、约翰霍普金斯大学彭博公共卫生学院以及神经病学、神经科学、生物医学工程和机械工程系的指导教师一起工作。该项目的任务是培训博士后研究人员如何将神经科学的进展转化为神经康复干预措施，以改善患有神经系统残疾的儿童和成人的预后。该计划的目标是：1)培养临床医生和基础科学家，他们将继续为促进脑和脊髓损伤及其他神经系统残疾患者的康复做出重要贡献；2)使这些受训者具备成为独立科研人员所需的技能。培训计划的重点是在假设驱动的转化临床和/或实验室为基础的研究指导时期。教师在以下五个主要康复主题中的一个或多个方面具有专业知识：1)儿童脑损伤康复；2)吞咽和吞咽困难的恢复；3)大脑的可塑性和恢复性；4)脊髓康复与再生；5)神经康复疗效及临床试验。培训计划管理委员会为受训者提供具体的目标，以实现核心研究能力，并密切监测进展情况。该计划提供了一个强大的课程，每周会议，期刊俱乐部和教学讲座，反映了约翰霍普金斯大学的研究和学术环境。该项目已经培训了40多名活跃在康复研究领域的研究人员和大学教职员工，他们拥有备受瞩目的职业生涯和R01资助。六名最近的毕业生得到了NIH职业发展奖的支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for the competitive renewal of a T32 Institutional National Research Service Award for a successful postdoctoral training program in medical rehabilitation research that focuses on brain injury and neurological disability. We propose to train 4 postdoctoral level trainees per year, each for a total duration o 2- 3 years. The training program is based in the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and in the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. Kennedy Krieger is a major center for clinical care and research on neurological disabilities in children and young adults on the Johns Hopkins University medical campus. These programs complement programs of the Department of PM&R at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Good Samaritan Hospital, and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Trainees have the opportunity to work with faculty advisors from the Kennedy Krieger Institute, the Department of PM&R, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The mission of the program is to train postdoctoral researchers how to translate advances in neuroscience into neurorehabilitation interventions to improve outcomes for children and adults with neurologically based disabilities. The goals of the program are to: 1) train clinicians and basic scientists who will go on to make important contributions that advance the rehabilitation of patients with brain and spinal cord injuries and other neurological disabilities; 2) equip these trainees with the skils needed to become independent grant-funded investigators. The focus of the training program is on a mentored period of hypothesis-driven translational clinical and/or laboratory based research. Faculty have expertise in one or more of five major rehabilitation themes: 1) pediatric brain injury rehabilitation; 2) swallowing and recovery from dysphagia; 3) brain plasticity and recovery; 4) spinal cord rehabilitation and regeneration; 5) neurorehabilitation outcomes and clinical trials. A training program management committee provides specific goals for progress of trainees to achieve core research competencies, and they monitor progress closely. The program provides a strong curriculum of weekly conferences, journal clubs and didactic lectures that reflect the research and scholarly environment at Johns Hopkins. The program has trained more than 40 researchers and university faculty members who are active in rehabilitation research, and have high profile careers and R01 grants. Six recent graduates are supported by NIH career development awards.