RESEARCH IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION AND ITS DISORDERS

 申请者描述(由申请者提供)：该申请申请支持男孩镇国立研究医院(BTNRH)在人类沟通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。BTNRH的培训计划目前已进入第34个年头，已为目前在沟通障碍领域工作的大量高素质科学家提供了博士后培训。该计划的目的是满足两个基本培训需求：1)为最近毕业于言语和听力、通信科学或与语言相关的博士项目的申请者提供高级研究培训；2)为获得科学、技术、工程或数学相关领域博士学位的申请者提供培训，这些申请者将受益于在协作、研究密集型环境中的额外研究经验。培训计划主要由受训人员在一名或多名经验丰富的独立科学家的赞助下直接参与行为和临床翻译研究。BTNRH的研究在广泛的学科和实验室进行，从临床听力学到语言发展，重点是关于人类沟通及其障碍的潜在机制的问题。BTNRH研究环境对于培训计划的独特优势包括：1)由13名行为、临床和转化型临床科学家担任导师的教员；2)大量研究受训人员，由各种机制资助，包括T32、F32、COBRE和R01补助金；3)临床工作人员，能够接触到大量和多样化的儿科和成人患者；4)现代化、设备齐全的实验室和诊断诊所；5)各个研究实验室的研究领域的激动人心的组合；6)获得新的视听核心设施；以及7)促进合作、多学科研究的条件。学员是根据他们的研究能力和与培训教师有效互动的可能性在与BTNRH正在进行的研究项目相关的领域从博士、DSC和MD中挑选出来的。特别注意确定和邀请代表人数不足的少数族裔候选人和残疾候选人申请参加该方案。在博士后培训方案中，并最终在从事与NIDCD使命有关的研究的科学家群体中，尽一切努力加强多样性。

 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 training program at BTNRH, currently in its 34th year, has provided postdoctoral training to a substantial number of highly qualified scientists who are presently working in the field of communication disorders. The purpose of the program is to fulfill two basic training needs: 1) advanced research training for applicants who are recent graduates of speech and hearing, communication sciences or language-related doctoral programs, and 2) training for applicants with a received doctorate in a related field of science, technology, engineering or mathematics who would benefit from additional research experience in a collaborative, research-intensive environment. The training program consists primarily of direct participation by trainees in behavioral and clinical translational research under the sponsorship of one or more experienced, independent scientists serving on the program faculty. Research at BTNRH is conducted in a wide range of disciplines and laboratories from clinical audiology to language development, with the focus on questions concerning the mechanisms underlying human communication and its disorders. The unique advantages of the BTNRH research environment for the training program include: 1) a faculty consisting of 13 behavioral, clinical and translational clinical scientists who serve as mentors; 2) a critical mass of research trainees, funded by a variety of mechanisms, including T32, F32, COBRE 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 areas of research across individual research laboratories; 6) access to a new auditory- visual core facility; and 7) 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 productively with training faculty. Particular attention is paid to identifying and inviting applications to the program from under- represented minority candidates and candidates with a disability. Every effort is made to enhance diversity in the postdoctoral training program and eventually in the group of scientists performing research related to the mission of the NIDCD.