Interdisciplinary Training Program in Hearing Research

 描述（由申请人提供）：理解听力机制和治疗听力障碍的进展需要听力研究领域内多个学科的综合努力。加州尔湾大学（UCI）的听力研究中心（Center for Hearing Research，简称ERI）拥有一个跨学科的培训项目，该项目利用UCI听力研究的广度和深度，在多个学科中广泛培训新的科学家，并深入其中一个学科。17个培训教师在四所学校（生物科学，工程，医学和社会科学）跨越六个部门，研究兴趣涵盖广泛的水平（基因，分子，细胞，系统和行为）和实验方法（细胞和分子生物学，神经生理学，心理声学，计算，人体成像，医疗设备）。因此，联合国大学有能力提供跨学科的培训。我们请求支持三名博士前学生和两名博士后研究人员，包括耳鼻喉科的住院医师。培训计划的教学核心是听觉神经科学课程，涵盖从细胞到心理声学，耳蜗到皮层的听觉系统，以及基础和临床方面。鼓励跨学科互动的培训计划的强制性特征是参与所有的活动（例如，研讨会系列、期刊俱乐部和两次年度会议） 需要每年三次向不同的科学受众作口头和海报介绍，并定期与基础和临床科学家举行会议。对博士前和博士后受训人员的正常支助期为两年（对住院医生为1-2年）。博士预科生通常在研究生学习的第二年进入该计划，并要求参加一门关于赠款写作的课程，并提交NRSA提案。该计划由计划主任和执行委员会管理，并将促进学员在听力研究中追求成功职业所需的智力，技术和专业技能的发展。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Progress towards understanding mechanisms of hearing, and the treatment of hearing deficits, requires an integrated effort from multiple disciplines within the field of hearing research. The Center for Hearing Research (CHR) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) maintains an interdisciplinary training program that takes advantage of the breadth and depth of hearing research at UCI to train new scientists broadly across multiple disciplines as well as deeply in one. The 17 training faculty in CHR span six departments in four Schools (Biological Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Social Sciences) with research interests that cover a broad range of levels (genes, molecules, cells, systems and behavior) and experimental approaches (cell and molecular biology, neurophysiology, psychoacoustics, computation, human imaging, medical devices). Thus, CHR is well-positioned to offer interdisciplinary training. We request support for three predoctoral students and two postdoctoral researchers including medical residents from Otolaryngology. The didactic core of the training program is a course in Auditory Neuroscience, which covers the auditory system from cells to psychoacoustics, the cochlear to the cortex, and basic and clinical aspects. Mandatory features of the training program that encourage interdisciplinary interactions are participation in all CHR activities (e.g., seminar series, journal club and two annual conferences) required oral and poster presentations to scientifically diverse audiences on three occasions per year, and regular meetings with basic and clinical scientists. The normal period of support is two years for pre- and post-doctoral trainees (1-2 years for residents). Predoctoral trainees normally enter the program in their second year of graduate study and are required to take a course on grant writing and submit an NRSA proposal. The program is managed by the Program Director and an Executive Committee, and will foster development of trainees' intellectual, technical and professional skills needed to pursue successful careers in hearing research.