Ph.D. Training in Neuroscience

我们建议继续共同赞助的神经科学博士前培训项目，这是哈佛大学神经科学博士项目早期学生的主要支持来源。这个成立于1981年的跨部门博士项目的目标是(1)将哈佛医学院、其附属医院和哈佛学院的神经科学家组织成一个单一的培训教师队伍；(2)培养对心理健康、神经系统疾病和大脑基本机制感兴趣的研究科学家和教师。该培训计划旨在为有才华的学员提供广泛而全面的神经科学背景，并指导他们在神经科学的重要领域进行原创性和严谨的研究。在第一年里，学生们在科学研究的量化方法方面有了初步的准备。紧随其后的是为期一年的神经科学学科，它提供综合和严格的概念培训，这些概念对于我们在细胞信号、电路计算和行为生成等层面上理解神经系统的发育、功能和疾病至关重要。所有学生都要额外选修一门神经科学统计方法课程、一门神经解剖学课程和两门选修课。在第一年，学生们还会在三个不同的实验室轮流学习。在课程作业、实验室轮换和初步考试之后，学生们开始全职指导论文研究。在该计划期间，学生还参与了其他持续的培训活动，包括日记俱乐部、研讨会、务虚会、技能研讨会和数据演示。目前有102名研究生注册了神经科学项目；这笔助学金资助了14名研究生教育一年级或二年级的学生。该项目有141名神经科学教员；目前最积极参与研究生教育的74名教员正在就这一提议培训导师。为了使这个项目成为一个高度互动的小组，学生和教职员工之间有广泛的正式和非正式接触，已经做出了相当大的努力。该专业的毕业生将继续在生物医学研究领域取得卓越的成就，并为加深对神经科学的理解做出重大贡献。

We propose to continue a Jointly Sponsored Predoctoral Training Program in Neurosciences that is the major source of support for early year students in the Ph.D. Program in Neurosciences at Harvard University. The goals of this interdepartmental Ph.D. program, established in 1981, are (1) to organize the neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School, its affiliated hospitals, and Harvard College into a single training faculty cohort; and (2) to train research scientists and teachers who are interested in mental health, diseases of the nervous system, and fundamental mechanisms of the brain. The training program is designed to provide talented trainees with a broad and thorough background in neuroscience and to mentor them in performing original and rigorous research in important areas of neuroscience. During the first year, students are provided with initial preparation in quantitative approaches to scientific endeavors. This is followed by a year long course, The Discipline of Neuroscience, which provides integrated and rigorous training in concepts central to our understanding of the development, function, and diseases of the nervous system at the levels of cellular signaling, circuit computations, and behavior generation. All students take an additional course in Statistical Approaches to Neuroscience, a neuroanatomy course and two electives. Students also rotate through three different laboratories during the first year. Following the coursework, laboratory rotations, and a preliminary examination, students begin full time, mentored dissertation research. During the program, students are also involved in other ongoing training activities including journal clubs, seminars, retreats, skill workshops, and data presentation. There are currently 102 graduate students enrolled in the Program in Neuroscience; this grant supports 14 students in the first or second year of graduate education. There are 141 faculty in the Program in Neuroscience; the 74 faculty who are currently most actively involved in graduate education are training mentors on this proposal. Considerable effort has gone into making this program a highly interactive group with extensive formal and informal contacts between students and faculty. Graduates of this program go on to distinguished careers in biomedical research and make substantial contributions to a growing understanding of neuroscience.