University of Wisconsin Voice Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：UW语音研究培训计划的总体长期目标是促进语音科学领域未来领导者的翻译研究技能的发展。我们将为有前途的博士前学生和博士后研究员提供全面的实验室和临床研究经验，以及接触临床试验，基于假设的研究设计，管理，伦理和数据分析课程。这是一个新的培训计划，解决了转化研究教育和经验的需要，通过整合基础科学导师和二级临床导师。此外，该培训计划还为医学生提供了短期的夏季研究机会，以鼓励未来的临床医生成为语音研究领域的医生科学家。所有学员都将接受博士课程中通常不存在的独特课程。大多数教育中心的现状是，对语音感兴趣的喉科医生和言语病理学家正在接受单独的培训，这为弥合翻译研究中必要的差距创造了人为的障碍。培训计划包括耳鼻喉科医生，语言病理学家和基础科学家在课程和研究方面密切合作。语音科学培训与多学科重点和翻译应用的结合将为未来几代科学家做出贡献。拟议的培训计划通过与威斯康星州大学提供的培训元素合作而得到丰富，包括临床和转化研究所。 相关性：在大约750万美国人中发现了声音中断。声音障碍通常会使人衰弱，导致沟通障碍，收入损失，生活质量或职业/学业成绩下降。据估计，美国约有28，000，000名工人每天都会遇到语音问题，其中许多人认为这些问题对他们的工作和生活质量产生了负面影响。UW语音研究培训计划的总体目标是促进语音科学领域未来领导者的翻译研究技能的发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall long term goal of the UW Voice Research Training Program is to foster the development of translational research skills in future leaders in the field of voice science. We will provide promising predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows with comprehensive laboratory and clinical research experiences, as well as exposure to a curriculum in clinical trials, hypothesis-based research design, management, ethics, and data analysis. This is a novel training program that addresses the need for translational research education and experience by integration of both a basic science mentor and a secondary clinical mentor. In addition, the training program offers medical students a short-term summer research opportunity, to encourage future clinicians to become physician-scientists in the field of voice research. All trainees will be exposed to a unique program not typically found in doctoral programs. The current situation in most education centers is that laryngologists and speech pathologists interested in voice are getting separate training creating an artificial obstacle to bridge the gap necessary in translational research. The training program includes otolaryngologists, speech pathologists and basic scientists working closely together in curriculum and research. The combination of training in voice science with a multidisciplinary focus and translational application will make a contribution to future generations of scientists. The proposed training program is enriched by collaboration with training elements offered by the University of Wisconsin, including the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. RELEVANCE: Disruptions in voice are found in approximately 7.5 million Americans. Voice disorders are often debilitating, resulting in communicative impairment, lost income, and reductions in quality of life or occupational/scholastic achievement. According to estimates, approximately 28,000,000 workers in the US experience daily voice problems, many of whom perceive them to have a negative impact on their work and their quality of life. The overall goal of the UW Voice Research Training Program is to foster the development of translational research skills in future leaders in the field of voice science.