NSERC CREATE Training Program in Quantitative Biomedicine

生物医学正处于这样一个阶段，来自物理科学和工程的定量方法可以对基础和技术进步产生重大影响。与此同时，这些水平上的计算建模技术已经对生命的生物物理原理以及探索生物组织的工具产生了深刻的见解。我们建议为本科生、研究生和博士后研究员提供综合的跨学科培训计划，将物理学家和工程师与医学研究人员聚集在一起，在量化生命科学和技术方面创造出在加拿大独一无二的跨学科努力。该计划属于NSERC优先考虑的“健康及相关生命科学和技术”领域。它的基础是生物物理、光子学、光化学、系统生物学和神经科学，渥太华大学在这些领域投入了大量资金。加拿大的研发部门需要对当前生物医学科学的挑战和机遇有深刻理解的科学家和工程师。因此，我们将用应对这些挑战所需的广泛的跨学科技能来培训总部。具体地说，重点将放在在分子、细胞和系统水平上探测、操纵和模拟生命系统的工具上。受训者将受益于美国渥太华大学、国家研究委员会、渥太华健康研究所和Chalk River核实验室提供的丰富研究环境。他们的培训将通过专门的跨学科课程、暑期学校和对我们的国际合作者网络研究所的短期研究访问来加强。我们的学员将接受职业发展、专业实践、沟通、风险管理和第二语言培训。我们的学员将能够解决1)物理和生物医学科学，2)实验和计算科学，以及3)不同尺度的生物组织(分子、细胞和组织)之间的接口问题。我们独特的专业知识组合将使我们的毕业生能够利用学术界和工业界正在出现的可能性。

The biomedical sciences are at the stage where quantitative methods from physical sciences and engineering can make a big impact on fundamental and technological advances. At the same time, computational modeling techniques at each of these levels have generated deep insights into the biophysical principles of life as well as into tools for probing biological organization. We propose an integrated, interdisciplinary training program for undergraduates, graduates and postdoctoral fellows that brings together physical scientists and engineers with medical researchers to create an interdisciplinary effort in quantitative life science and technology that is unique in Canada. This program falls under the "health and related life sciences and technologies" area of priority for NSERC. It is grounded in the areas of biological physics, photonics, photochemistry, systems biology and neuroscience in which the University of Ottawa has invested heavily. Canada's R&D sector needs scientists and engineers with a deep understanding of current challenges and opportunities in the biomedical sciences. Therefore we will train HQP with the broad interdisciplinary skills required for addressing these challenges. Specifically, the emphasis will be placed on tools to probe, manipulate, and simulate living systems at the molecular, cellular and systems level. The trainees will benefit from the rich research environment provided by the U. Ottawa, the National Research Council, the Ottawa Health Research Institutes and Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories. Their training will be enhanced by dedicated cross-disciplinary courses, summer schools and short-term research visits to institutes of our international network of collaborators. Our trainees will receive career development, professional practice, communication, risk management, and second language training. Our trainees will be able to address problems at the interfaces between 1) the physical and biomedical sciences,2) the experimental and computational sciences, and 3) different scales of biological organization (molecular, cellular and tissue). Our unique blend of expertises will position our graduates to tap into emerging possibilities in academia and in industry.