Research in Human Communication and Its Disorders

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求支持在男孩镇国家研究医院（BTNRH）的人类交流及其障碍领域的多学科研究培训计划中的三个博士后职位。该方案的目的，目前在其第29年，是满足四个基本的培训需求：1）为语言和听力或传播科学博士课程的应届毕业生提供高级研究培训，2）为具有分子生物学，分子遗传学和神经科学背景的申请人提供听力研究和相关领域的培训，3）为那些在听力研究方面有很强背景的人提供人类和分子遗传学方面的培训，以及4）为那些在合作，研究密集型环境中受益于额外研究经验的申请人提供培训。培训计划主要包括学员在一名或多名经验丰富的独立研究者的赞助下直接参与基础、转化或临床研究，这些研究者组成了该计划的教员。BTNRH的研究在18个不同的实验室进行，涉及从分子生物学到语言发展的广泛学科，但重点是关于人类交流及其障碍的机制的较窄范围的问题。该环境为这样的培训计划提供了许多独特的优势，包括：1）由20名基础和临床科学家组成的教师担任导师; 2）由各种机制资助的研究学员的临界质量，包括T32和F32和R01补助金; 3）临床工作人员可以接触大量不同的儿科和成人患者人群; 4）现代化，设备齐全的实验室和诊断诊所; 5）基础，转化和临床研究项目的刺激组合;和6）促进合作，多学科研究的条件。 受训者是从博士，DSc的，和MD的相关领域正在进行的研究计划在BTNRH的基础上，他们的研究能力和他们与培训教师协同互动的可能性选择。特别注意确定和邀请少数民族候选人申请该方案。正在尽一切努力增加少数民族对博士后培训方案的参与，并最终参与与NIDCD的使命有关的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for three postdoctoral positions in a multidisciplinary research training program in the area of human communication and its disorders at Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH). The purpose of the program, currently in its 29th year, is to fulfill four basic training needs: 1) advanced research training for applicants who are recent graduates of speech and hearing or communication sciences doctoral programs, 2) training in hearing research and related areas for applicants with strong backgrounds in molecular biology, molecular genetics, and neuroscience, 3) training in human and molecular genetics for those with strong backgrounds in hearing research, and 4) training for applicants who would benefit from additional research experience in a collaborative, research-intensive environment. The training program consists primarily of direct participation by trainees in basic, translational, or clinical research under the sponsorship of one or more experienced, independent Investigators who comprise the Program Faculty. Research at BTNRH is conducted in 18 different laboratories in a wide range of disciplines from molecular biology to language development, but is focused on a narrower range of questions concerning the mechanisms underlying human communication and its disorders. The environment offers a number of unique advantages for such a training program, including: 1) a faculty that consists of 20 basic and clinical scientists to serve as mentors; 2) a critical mass of research trainees, funded by a variety of mechanisms, including the T32 and F32 and R01 grants; 3) a clinical staff with access to a large and varied pediatric and adult patient population; 4) modern, well-equipped laboratories and diagnostic clinics; 5) a stimulating mix of basic, translational, and clinical research projects; and 6) conditions that foster collaborative, multi-disciplinary research. Trainees are selected from PhD's, DSc's, and MD's in areas relevant to ongoing research programs at BTNRH on the basis of their research capabilities and the likelihood of their interacting synergistically with training faculty. Particular attention is paid to identifying and inviting applications to the program by minority candidates. Every effort is made to increase minority participation in the postdoctoral training program and eventually in research related to the mission of the NIDCD.