Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation of Neural Dysfunction

描述(由申请者提供)：这项名为“神经功能障碍的病理生理学和康复”的继续培训计划旨在每年培训四名博士后和三名博士后，教授与了解神经损伤和残疾相关的基础科学和工程方法。这项提议的动机是继续需要培训熟练的康复研究人员，能够涵盖管理神经疾病的康复临床医生所面临的各种问题。申请者还计划为未来培训潜在的研究导师，因为这将传播知识，并有助于维持康复领域的发展。由于康复研究领域训练有素的研究人员的数量仍然相当有限，因此，方法将是在许多不同的来源寻求适当的指导专业知识，包括医学院的其他部门、大学的其他地方，以及整个城市。考虑到教师的技能和专业知识范围，申请者将重点招聘工程师、神经科学家和驻院后理疗师，他们来自不同的潜在受训者群体，包括女性、少数族裔和残疾学生。这些博士后和博士后实习生将担任培训助学金研究员，为期至少2年，在此期间，他们将接受广泛的教学培训、研究实验室经验和研究伦理培训。研究员还将参加实验室会议、期刊俱乐部、临床大轮回和研究座谈会。在可能的情况下，研究员还将被要求撰写一份拨款提案，寻求NIH、私人基金会或联邦机构的外部支持。这个机会既是为了教授研究员宝贵的助学金写作技能，也是为了让我们的计划通过释放新的空位供其他研究员使用来发展。最后，申请者还计划通过向医科学生和工程学本科生提供短期培训机会来吸引潜在的研究人员进入该领域，特别强调招募少数族裔。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This continuing training program, entitled "Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation of Neural Dysfunction" seeks to train four predoctoral and three postdoctoral researchers each year in basic science and engineering methods relevant to the understanding of neurological impairment and disability. This proposal is motivated by the continuing need to train skilled rehabilitation researchers, capable of covering the full range of problems confronted by rehabilitation clinicians managing neurological illness. The applicants also plan to train potential research mentors for the future, since this will propagate knowledge, and help sustain the field of rehabilitation. Because the numbers of trained researchers in the field of rehabilitation research is still quite modest, the approach will be to seek appropriate mentoring expertise in many different sources, including other departments in the medical school, elsewhere in the university, and in the city at large. Given the range of skills and expertise in the faculty, the applicants will emphasize recruitment of engineers, neuroscientists, and post-residency physiatrists, drawn from a diverse population of potential trainees, including women, minorities, and disabled students. These predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees will serve as training grant fellows for a minimum of 2 years, in which time they will be exposed to a broad array of didactic training, research laboratory experiences, and training in ethics of research. Fellows will also participate in laboratory meetings, journal clubs, clinical grand rounds, and research colloquia. Where possible, fellows will also be required to write a grant proposal seeking extramural support from the NIH, or from private foundations or federal agencies. This opportunity is provided both to teach fellows valuable grant writing skills and also to allow our program to grow by releasing new slots for use by other fellows. Finally, the applicants also plan to attract potential researchers into the field by offering short-term training opportunities to medical students and engineering undergraduates, with particular emphasis on the recruitment of minorities.