Training in Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine

 描述（由申请人提供）：匹兹堡大学（UOP）生物工程系和卡内基梅隆大学（CMU）生物医学工程系正在寻求继续支持一个名为再生医学生物力学（BiRM）的成功的博士前培训计划。在该计划的前两个周期中，共有30名学生为学术界，工业界和医学界的生产和独立职业打下了坚实的基础，涵盖了广泛的生理系统，包括骨科，血管外科，牙科，泌尿外科等。该计划由一个高度协调和指导的跨学科计划组成，该计划结合了课程，研究活动和专业培训机会的重点跟踪，包括创新和创业。BiRM计划包括来自生物工程（UOP），生物医学工程（CMU），机械工程（UOP和CMU），土木工程（UOP）和学校，部门和UOP健康科学学院内的部门的教师，包括牙科学院，骨科手术系和心脏病学系。此外，BiRM教师还在UoP-CMU临床和转化科学研究所和McGowan再生医学研究所任职。我们的培训教师的研究兴趣的独特组合为学生提供了丰富的教育经验和更多的培训机会，而不是在各个大学部门内获得。计划课程（教学课程，系列讲座，研讨会）旨在提供工程和生物科学的广度和深度，还包括正式接触生物统计学，生物伦理学以及专业和职业发展。最后，每个学生在培训学院的实验室接受广泛的研究培训。由于BiRM计划不是任何一个部门的中心，它为学生提供了基本（独立于系统）的知识和解决问题的技能，以及跨部门的教学和研究经验。因此，BiRM计划消除了传统计划中存在的基于部门的行政障碍。候选BiRM学员主要来自工程学校，尽管该计划也欢迎来自神经科学，生物学，物理学，化学和数学的学生。在这个计划的未来五年，我们的目标是保持每年六个博士前奖学金对应于大约14个额外的奖学金在该计划的过程中。我们将继续提供在过去几年中被证明有效的培训机会;但是，我们计划更新课程，以适应研究和教学方法的当代趋势。在课堂之外，我们还将增加对生物力学和再生医学研究的临床翻译的重视。OMB编号0925-0001/0002（2012年8月批准至2015年8月31日修订版）页码续页格式页码

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Departments of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh (UOP) and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are seeking continued support for a successful pre-doctoral training program titled Biomechanics in Regenerative Medicine (BiRM.) In the first two cycles of this program, a total of 30 students have gained a solid foundation for productive and independent careers in academia, industry, and medicine spanning a wide range of physiological systems including orthopedics, vascular surgery, dentistry, urology, and others. This program is comprised of a highly coordinated and mentored interdisciplinary program that combines a focused track of coursework, research activities, and specialized training opportunities, including innovation and entrepreneurship. The BiRM program incorporates faculty from the Departments of Bioengineering (UoP), Biomedical Engineering (CMU), Mechanical Engineering (UoP and CMU), Civil Engineering (UoP) and schools, departments and divisions within the UoP Schools of the Health Sciences, including the School of Dental Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and Division of Cardiology. In addition, BiRM faculty has appointments in the joint UoP-CMU Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The unique combination of research interests by our training faculty provides a rich educational experience and more numerous training opportunities for students than could be obtained within the individual university departments. Program coursework (didactic courses, lecture series, workshops) is designed to provide both breadth and depth in engineering and biological sciences and also includes a formal exposure to biostatistics, bioethics, and professional and career development. Finally, each student receives extensive research training in the laboratories of the training faculty. Since the BiRM program is not central to any one department, it provides students with both fundamental (system- independent) knowledge and problem-solving skills as well as inter-departmental didactic and research experiences. Accordingly, the BiRM program obviates departmental based administrative roadblocks that traditionally exist in conventional programs. Candidate BiRM trainees are drawn primarily from engineering schools, although the program also welcomes students from neuroscience, biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics. In the next five years of this program, we aim to maintain six pre-doctoral fellowships per year corresponding to approximately 14 additional fellowships over the course of the program. We will continue to offer training opportunities that have proven effective over the past several years; however we plan to update the curriculum to adjust to contemporary trends in both research and instructional methodologies. Beyond the classroom, we will also increase the emphasis on clinical translation of biomechanics and regenerative medicine research. OMB No. 0925-0001/0002 (Rev. 08/12 Approved Through 8/31/2015) Page Continuation Format Page