Brain Injury Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：脑损伤培训补助金（BITG）的持续目标是为高度积极的临床医生和基础科学家提供良好的指导环境，为他们从事神经系统损伤研究做好准备。我们的学员掌握了神经系统损伤的病因、发病机制、诊断、治疗和预防的基础科学研究技能，如创伤性脑损伤（TBI）、脑缺血（中风）和脊髓损伤。自2003年启动以来，该计划的成功不断扩大，有11名学员获得教职（5名神经外科临床科学家和6名博士科学家），1名学员加入了美国国立卫生研究院管理部门，2名学员在生物医学研究行业任职。为了这次有竞争性的更新，我们要求继续资助4个博士后名额（同时），为对研究神经系统损伤有浓厚兴趣的个人提供。这些职位通常由两名神经外科住院医生和两名博士科学家填补，他们在严格保护的研究培训期间。BITG项目管理将继续由教师导师集体投票民主管理。日常管理将委托给执行委员会。对于培训，研究项目通常会在一个单独的实验室进行。学员将积极参与导师和实验室的选择。为了融入更大的BITG社区，学员将被鼓励参加多种机会，如研讨会、课程和科学务静会。我们还建议大力加强多元化招聘。我们在执行委员会中新任命了一名多元化招聘联络员，并制定了战略，以提高对多元化机会的认识和参与。考虑到人们对神经系统损伤对社会影响的认识日益加深，BITG在培养这一领域未来的领导者方面发挥着重要作用。特别是，BITG提供了一个新的基础设施，包括高度协作的教师和优秀的设施，以培养未来神经系统损伤的临床和基础研究科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The continuing aim of the Brain Injury Training Grant (BITG) is to provide an excellent mentoring environment for highly motivated clinician and basic scientists to prepare them for careers in nervous system injury research. Our trainees acquire basic science research skills that address the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of injury to the nervous system, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebral ischemia (stroke) and spinal cord injury. Since its inception in 2003, the success of this program has continued to expand, with 11 trainees obtaining faculty positions (5 neurosurgeon clinician scientists and 6 Ph.D. scientists), 1 trainee has joined the NIH administration and 2 trainees have gone on to positions in the biomedical research industry. For this competing renewal of the BITG, we request continued funding for 4 postdoctoral fellowship slots (simultaneous) for individuals with a strong interest in studying injury to the nervous system. These positions will typically be filled by two neurosurgical residents during their strictly protected research trainin and two Ph.D. scientists. The BITG program administration will continue to be democratically governed by group vote of faculty mentors. Day-to-day management will be entrusted to an Executive Committee. For training, the research project will typically be based in an individual laboratory. Trainees will actively participate in selecting the mentor and laboratory. To become integrated with the greater BITG community, trainees will be encouraged to engage in multiple opportunities, such as seminars, courses, and scientific retreats. We also propose to greatly enhance our efforts on diversity recruitment. We have a newly designated Diversity Recruitment Liaison on our Executive Committee and we have developed strategies to increase awareness and engagement with diversity opportunities. Considering the growing understanding of the impact of nervous system injury on society, the BITG plays an important role in training future leaders in this area. In particular, the BITG provides a novel infrastructure involving a highly collaborative faculty and excellent facilities to train future clinical and basic research scientiss in nervous system injury.