Fellowship on Biological Psychiatry and Neuroscience

描述（由申请人提供）：神经科学是发展最快的科学领域之一，并产生了显著的发展，将对精神障碍的理解和治疗产生深远的影响。脑成像方法的创新以及分子生物学和分子遗传学的巨大进步带来了前所未有的进步，将理解和治疗精神疾病的视野扩展到预防甚至治愈精神疾病的希望。然而，在将知识和工具应用于精神疾病方面仍然存在差距，这在一定程度上是由于缺乏临床研究人员。因此，必须训练研究人员将重要的基础科学发现转化为临床相关的治疗方法。这一竞争性更新申请要求NIMH继续资助长期成功的加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）生物精神病学和神经科学奖学金。该奖学金旨在为5名博士后提供教育、研究培训和就业机会，特别强调那些专注于利用生物学工具了解精神疾病的大脑过程并开发这些疾病的潜在治疗方法的候选人。总体目标是培养来自不同背景的研究员，使其掌握在生物精神病学和神经科学领域概念化、规划、实施和发表研究所需的技能，最终目标是成为独立的、获得资助的研究人员。该奖学金的具体目标是：(1)提供成功过渡到独立研究职业所需的高水平培训，其重点是：a)研究的道德行为和研究伦理；b)适用于生物精神病学和神经科学研究的一般方法；c)与研究项目相关的具体方法。(2)使研究员能够开展和完成一项特定的研究项目，该项目可被视为独立研究职业轨迹的种子，包括：a)根据NIH表格和指南提出一项研究项目；b)与ucsd附属导师一起实施该项目。c)定期监测和评估。(3)为学员的职业发展提供切实可行的建议和支持，包括：a)为学员提供展示项目的机会；b)明确的里程碑和职业指导方针；c)与资深研究人员、其他组织和在线资源建立联系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Neuroscience is among the fastest growing area of science and has produced remarkable developments that will have profound implications for the understanding and treatment of mental disorders. Innovations in brain imaging methods and enormous progress in molecular biology and molecular genetics have resulted in unprecedented advances that have extended visions of understanding and treating psychiatric disorders to the hope of preventing and even curing them. However, there is still a gap in applying knowledge and tools to psychiatric disorders that is due, in part, to a shortage of clinical researchers. Consequently, it is imperative train researchers to translate important basic science findings into clinically relevant treatments. This competitive renewal application requests continued NIMH funding for the long-standing, successful University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Fellowship in Biological Psychiatry and Neuroscience. The Fellowship is designed for provide education, research training, and career opportunities for 5 post-doctoral fellows with a particular emphasis on candidates that are focused on using biological tools to understand brain processes of psychiatric illness and develop potential treatments for these disorders. The overall goal is to train Fellows from diverse backgrounds to acquire the skills necessary for the conceptualization, planning, conduct and publication of research in biological psychiatry and neuroscience with the ultimate goal to become independent and funded researchers. Specific goals of the Fellowship are: (1) To provide a high level of training necessary for successful transition into an independent research career, which is focused on: a) Ethical conduct of research and research ethics; b) General methodologies applicable to research in biological psychiatry and neuroscience; and c) Specific approaches relevant for the fellow's research project. (2) To enable the Fellow to conduct and complete a specific research project that can be viewed as a seed for an independent research career trajectory and includes: a) Proposal of a research project based on NIH forms and guidelines; b) Implementation of this project with a UCSD-affiliated mentor, and c) Regular monitoring and evaluation. (3) To provide practical advice and support for career development, which includes: a) Opportunities for fellows to present their projects; b) Explicate milestones and career guidelines; c) Network with senior researchers, other organizations, and online resources.