Auditory Neuroscience Training Program

听觉神经科学培训计划

• 批准号: 7826798
• 负责人: ELLEN COVEY
• 金额: $ 38.14万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7826798
• 关键词: Auditory; Neurosciences; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Washington (UW) has a long-standing history of commitment to research in the areas of hearing, speech and language studies, and communication disorders. In addition, it has an outstanding interdisciplinary community of investigators in all of the subdisciplines of basic neuroscience. At the intersection of these communities is a diverse and highly productive group of investigators who study the fundamental neural mechanisms that underlie hearing and communication. One important mission of the auditory neuroscience community at UW is to mentor the trainees who will carry on this line of research and advance our knowledge of the field in the future. The Auditory Neuroscience Training Program, established in 2002, helps train the basic neuroscience researchers whose work will form the foundation for research in the clinical disciplines. It, therefore, complements the UW clinical training programs in otolaryngology and speech and hearing sciences. The training experience at UW currently includes six predoctoral training slots, since this is the area in which strong support during the early stages of training is most crucial. This application requests the addition of three postdoctoral training slots which would support trainees transitioning to auditory neuroscience from other disciplines. Trainees participate in active research programs in neuroanatomy, development, genetics, cell and molecular biology, neuropharmacology, and electrophysiology of the peripheral and central auditory system, as well as psychoacoustics, language perception and processing, and communication behavior. Trainees also have the opportunity to combine research in more than one area through collaborative efforts. Program trainees are exposed to a wide range of research techniques, enabling them to conduct technologically and conceptually sophisticated programs of research. Importantly, continued support through the training program should greatly enhance the ability of the UW to attract and retain high-caliber minority trainees in auditory neuroscience.

描述（由申请人提供）：华盛顿大学（UW）在听力，言语和语言研究和沟通障碍领域具有长期致力于研究的历史。此外，它在基本神经科学的所有子学科中都有一个杰出的研究人员跨学科社区。在这些社区的交汇处，是一个多样化且高效的研究人员，他们研究了听力和交流的基本神经机制。 UW听觉神经科学界的一个重要任务是指导受训者，他们将来将继续进行这一研究，并提高我们对该领域的了解。 2002年成立的听觉神经科学培训计划有助于培训基本的神经科学研究人员，他们的工作将构成临床学科研究的基础。因此，它补充了UW耳鼻喉科和言语和听力科学方面的临床培训计划。西澳大学的培训经验目前包括六个培训训练插槽，因为这是在培训早期阶段强大的支持最重要的领域。该申请要求增加三个博士后培训插槽，这些培训插槽将支持受训者过渡到其他学科的听觉神经科学。学员参加了神经解剖学，发育，遗传学，细胞和分子生物学，神经药理学以及外围和中央听觉系统的电生理学，以及心理声学，语言知觉和处理以及沟通行为。学员还有机会通过协作努力将多个领域的研究相结合。计划受训者接触到广泛的研究技术，使他们能够在技术上和概念上进行研究的研究计划。重要的是，通过培训计划的持续支持应大大增强UW吸引和保留高素质少数学员在听觉神经科学中的能力。