NSERC CREATE Training Program in Quantitative Biomedicine

生物医学科学正处于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的阶段。与此同时，这些层次的计算建模技术已经对生命的生物物理学原理以及探测生物组织的工具产生了深刻的见解。我们提出了一个综合的，跨学科的培训计划，为本科生，研究生和博士后研究员，汇集物理科学家和工程师与医学研究人员，创造一个跨学科的努力，在定量生命科学和技术是独一无二的加拿大。该方案属于国家环境研究中心优先考虑的“健康和相关生命科学与技术”领域的福尔斯。它以生物物理学、光子学、光化学、系统生物学和神经科学领域为基础，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生物医学科学当前的挑战和机遇有深刻理解的科学家和工程师。因此，我们将培训HQP应对这些挑战所需的广泛的跨学科技能。具体来说，重点将放在工具，以探测，操纵和模拟生活系统的分子，细胞和系统水平。学员将受益于美国提供的丰富的研究环境。渥太华、国家研究理事会、渥太华卫生研究所和乔克河核实验室。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，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将使我们的毕业生能够利用学术界和工业界的新兴可能性。

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.