Training Program in Neuroengineering

描述(由申请人提供)：我们提出了一个博士前培训计划，为研究生提供神经科学和工程学相结合的教育和研究环境。培训计划将强调生物科学特别是神经科学方面的严格教育。课程范围从分子和细胞神经科学到系统和临床神经科学。此外，学生培训将包括数学、计算和工程系统方面的严格课程。该项目的学生将在我们的机构有丰富的研究机会，包括神经系统的基础研究，以及疾病诊断和治疗的临床方面。工程研究机会包括仪器开发、信号和信息处理、成像和计算神经科学方面的问题。该计划的加强是由于提供了一个高素质的申请者池，非常有选择性的录取过程，以及申请者对该领域非常浓厚的兴趣。我们的机构通过要求严格的课程和大量拥有高水平同行评审资金和杰出实验室资源的实验室，提供了相应的高质量培训环境。这项计划的一个独特元素是基础科学和临床科学的研究人员的参与。最后，培训计划将强调从事跨学科和协作研究的自由，并鼓励来自不同学科的学生参与。尽管到目前为止，我们的计划在招募、留住和培训这些候选人方面有着良好的记录，但仍有一些机构正在努力进一步刺激少数族裔候选人的参与。总体而言，该培训计划侧重于招聘和挑选高素质的应聘者，并为他们提供严格而全面的学术和研究培训。我们的长期目标是营造一个教育、培训和研究环境，培养出对基础和临床神经科学产生重大影响的未来科学家和教育工作者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a pre-doctoral training program providing an educational and research environment for graduate students at the interface of neurosciences and engineering. The training program will emphasize rigorous education in biological sciences in general and neurosciences in particular. The course work will range from molecular and cellular neurosciences to systems and clinical neurosciences. In addition, the student training will include rigorous coursework in mathematical, computational and engineering systems. The students in the program will have a wealth of research opportunities at our institution, both in basic research on the nervous system, and in clinical aspects of disease diagnosis and therapy. The engineering research opportunities include problems in instrumentation development, signal and information processing, imaging and computational neurosciences. The program is strengthened by the availability of a highly qualified applicant pool, very selective admission processes, and a very strong interest in the field among the applicants. Our institution provides a commensurately high quality training environment through a demanding curriculum and a large number of laboratories that have high levels of peer reviewed funding and outstanding laboratory resources. A unique element of this program is the participation of research faculty from both the basic sciences and the clinical sciences. Finally, the training program will emphasize the freedom to pursue interdisciplinary and collaborative research and encourage participation by students from diverse disciplines. Although our program so far has a good track record of recruiting, retaining and training these candidates there are a number of institutional efforts underway to further stimulate participation from minority candidates. Overall, this training program focuses on recruiting and selecting high quality candidates and providing them rigorous and comprehensive academic and research training. Our long-term goal is to foster an educational, training and research environment that will produce future scientists and educators who will make strong impact on basic and clinical neurosciences.