Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award at Washington University School

项目简介：本申请是神经科学学术发展奖（NSADA）的更新，该奖项在过去十年中支持了华盛顿大学10名儿科神经学培训生。新的应用程序反映了过去15年来儿科神经病学的发展和变化，并包括在学术领域具有研究和临床专业知识的导师，这些学术领域对现代儿科神经病学有直接影响：发育神经科学，认知神经科学，神经遗传学，神经系统损伤和癫痫。建议的导师来自神经学系，以及解剖与神经生物学、生物学、遗传学、心理学、精神病学、发育生物学、儿科、神经外科、医学和放射学等部门。这一新的应用也突出了华盛顿大学（一个已经丰富的环境）在过去五年中基础/转化/临床神经科学研究资源的巨大增长。这些资源将很容易地访问NSADA学者。该计划将专门为三位学员量身定制，并在很大程度上取决于他们之前的研究经验和职业偏好。我们鼓励有丰富研究经验的学员，在主任及谘询委员会的指导下，充实知识储备，展开新的研究。经验不足的受训者可以在华盛顿大学生物和生物医学科学系的神经科学项目中学习长达一年的正式课程。在任何一种情况下，受训者都将能够利用29个致力于这一应用程序的教员的资源，以及一个由150多名从事积极研究的教员组成的更广泛的神经科学社区。虽然受训者将接受他们特定导师的大部分指导，但高级成员和他们各自的实验室之间有大量的互动，因此受训者将有充足的机会与经验丰富的研究人员接触。NSADA培训的毕业生在完成三年后应该有竞争力获得独立资金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary: This application is the renewal of the Neuro Sciences Academic Development Award (NSADA) that has supported 10 trainees in pediatric neurology at Washington University over the past decade. The new application reflects the growth and changes in pediatric neurology over the past fifteen years and includes mentors with research and clinical expertise in academic areas that have direct impact on modern pediatric neurology: developmental neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, neurogenetics, nervous system injury, and epilepsy. The proposed mentors come from within the Department of Neurology, as well as the Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Biology, Genetics, Psychology, Psychiatry, Developmental Biology, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Medicine, and Radiology. This new application also highlights the enormous growth of resources for basic/translational/clinical neuroscience research at Washington University (an already enriched environment) over the past five years. These resources will be readily accessible to NSADA scholars. The program will be specifically tailored for the three trainees and depend heavily upon their prior research experience and career preferences. Trainees who enter the program with extensive research experience will be encouraged to replenish their fund of knowledge and then embark upon new research with the guidance of the Director and the Advisory Committee. Less experienced trainees may spend up to a year in formal coursework in the Neuroscience Program of the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences of Washington University. In either case, trainees will be able to draw upon the resources of 29 faculty committed to this application and a wider neuroscience community composed of more than 150 faculty engaged in active research. While trainees will be expected to receive most of their supervision from their specific mentors, there is enormous interaction between senior members and their respective laboratories so trainees will have abundant opportunities for contact with experienced researchers. Graduates of NSADA training should be competitive for independent funding after completion of three years. Public Health Relevance: One of the central missions of the Washington University Pediatric Neurology Residency Program is to train outstanding physician-scientists who will perform the groundbreaking research that will transform our ability to care for our pediatric patients with neurological disorders. This NSADA provides a fundamental mechanism for our ability to carry out this critical mission.