Interdisciplinary Biomedical Imaging Training Program

跨学科生物医学影像培训项目

• 批准号: 7287934
• 负责人: DAVID Lynn WILSON
• 金额: $ 24.83万
• 依托单位: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7287934
• 关键词: Training Programs; bioimaging

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Interdisciplinary Biomedical Imaging Training Program will prepare predoctoral trainees to become leaders in organism-level, biomedical imaging research. Multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, physicists, biologists, and clinicians are required to advance biomedical imaging, especially with the advent of in vivo cellular and molecular imaging. We will create the next generation of interdisciplinary biomedical imaging scientists and engineers who will contribute to and lead such teams. Our training program will build upon recent research infrastructure awards and institutional investments totaling - $37M in biomedical imaging. In addition to the creation of state-of-the-art imaging facilities, the number of imaging faculty members has increased from 3 in 1999 to 20. A training grant award will place students squarely in the center of on-going interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary research programs. Trainees will use new imaging facilities in the Case Small Animal Imaging Research Center, which includes 4 MRIs, micro-SPECT/CT, micro-PET, 3 bioluminescence, in vivo fluorescence, etc. Predoctoral trainees will be from the highly-rated departments of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, both of which have a long history of training in biomedical imaging. Trainees will conduct research projects combining enabling technologies in imaging with biomedical research. Each trainee will have a primary mentor who specializes in enabling technologies, or applications, and one or more co-mentors who specialize in biomedical research. A steering committee, realistic rules, and a student portfolio will ensure suitable research experiences. A comprehensive educational program will include a portfolio of imaging courses, including Cellular and Molecular Imaging and Interdisciplinary Imaging Discovery Group, a new course specially designed for interdisciplinary education. We will promote a culture of interdisciplinary research in a series of diverse activities during a designated Imaging Hour. Despite our successes with fund-raising, a predoctoral imaging training grant is sorely needed because none exists and because first-year support of graduate students has recently been eliminated at our university due to financial constraints. A training grant will help make graduate students cost effective as compared to post docs and ensure training of domestic PhD's in this area of critical need. Relevance to Public Health. Biomedical imaging enables early detection, assessment of therapy, and minimally-invasive treatment of disease. Especially with the advent of cellular and molecular imaging, biomedical imaging research requires persons with strong interdisciplinary training.

描述（由申请人提供）： 跨学科生物医学成像培训计划将使博士前学员成为有机体水平生物医学成像研究的领导者。推进生物医学成像需要由工程师、物理学家、生物学家和临床医生组成的多学科团队，特别是随着体内细胞和分子成像的出现。我们将培养下一代跨学科生物医学成像科学家和工程师，他们将为此类团队做出贡献并领导此类团队。我们的培训计划将建立在最近的研究基础设施奖项和机构投资的基础上，投资总额为 3700 万美元，用于生物医学成像。除了创建最先进的成像设施外，成像教员的数量也从 1999 年的 3 名增加到 20 名。培训补助金将使学生完全处于正在进行的跨学科/多学科研究的中心程序。学员将使用凯斯小动物影像研究中心的新型成像设备，包括4台MRI、微型SPECT/CT、微型PET、3台生物发光、活体荧光等。生物医学工程和物理学，两者在生物医学成像方面都有悠久的培训历史。学员将开展将成像技术与生物医学研究相结合的研究项目。每位学员将有一名专门从事支持技术或应用的主要导师，以及一名或多名专门从事生物医学研究的辅助导师。指导委员会、现实的规则和学生档案将确保合适的研究经验。全面的教育计划将包括一系列成像课程，其中包括细胞和分子成像以及跨学科成像发现组，这是专门为跨学科教育设计的新课程。我们将在指定的成像时间内通过一系列多样化的活动来促进跨学科研究的文化。尽管我们在筹款方面取得了成功，但仍然迫切需要博士前成像培训补助金，因为根本不存在这种补助金，而且由于财务限制，我们大学最近取消了对研究生第一年的支持。与博士后相比，培训补助金将有助于提高研究生的成本效益，并确保国内博士在这一急需领域的培训。与公共卫生的相关性。生物医学成像能够实现疾病的早期检测、治疗评估和微创治疗。特别是随着细胞和分子成像的出现，生物医学成像研究需要具有较强跨学科训练的人员。