Advanced Research Training in Communication Sciences and Disorders

 描述(由申请人提供)：该培训计划的目标是为10名博士后和10名博士后研究员提供通信科学和疾病分支学科的高级研究培训(即，每年将有两名新的博士后和博士后学员开始该项目，预计每人将获得两年的支持)。该计划还旨在通过吸引来自非常广泛的学术学科(即，包括生物医学工程、神经科学和言语、语言和听力)的受训人员，来解决言语、语言和听力研究领域学术研究人员的严重短缺问题。在培训期间，学员将完成一系列必修课程，参加每周一次的研究研讨会，并完成实验室轮换，以补充他们的研究重点领域。选择这些活动是为了扩大学员对卫生研究(即从基础研究到临床实践的实施)的完整连续不断的了解。学员将广泛融入波士顿大学传播科学和疾病研究人员社区，并将积极参加国家科学会议。支持这一培训计划的培训学院包括一批非常广泛的NIH支持的学术研究人员，他们专注于言语、语言和听力研究。主要成果包括高水平博士后和博士后学者预期取得的全面成就：对同行评审的手稿做出贡献，申请联邦研究(例如，NIH NRSA机制)和/或培训支持，积极参加国家或国际科学会议，并最终受雇于研究活动水平较高的研究型大学。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objectives of the proposed Training Program are to provide advanced research training in the subdisciplines of Communication Sciences and Disorders to ten predoctoral and ten postdoctoral fellows (i.e., two new predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees will begin the program each year with the expectation that each will be supported for two years). This program is also intended to address the critical shortage of academic researchers in speech, language and hearing research, by drawing trainees from a very broad range of academic disciplines (i.e., including Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, and Speech, Language, and Hearing). During the training period, trainees will complete a range of required courses, participate in a weekly research symposium, and will complete a lab rotation that complements their research focus area. These activities have been selected to broaden the trainees' understanding of the full continuum of health research (i.e., from basic research through implementation of clinical practice). Trainees will integrate broadly into the community of researchers at Boston University in Communication Sciences and Disorders, and will also participate actively in national scientific conferences. The Training Faculty supporting this Training Program includes a very broad range of NIH-supported academic researchers focused on speech, language and hearing research. Key outcomes include the full range of accomplishments anticipated for high-achieving pre- and postdoctoral scholars: contributions to peer-reviewed manuscripts, application for federal research (e.g., NIH NRSA mechanisms) and/or training support, active participation in national or international scientific conferences, and eventually, employment by research universities with high levels of research activity.