Innovations at the Intersection of Neural Engineering, Materials Sci & Medicine

神经工程、材料科学交叉点的创新

• 批准号: 7856458
• 负责人: STEVEN J SCHIFF
• 金额: $ 49.98万
• 依托单位: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-30 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7856458
• 关键词: Innovations; Intersection; Neural; Engineering; Materials

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Impact: This P30 proposal will unfreeze a new faculty recruitment to enhance resources through a Biomedical Research Core Center in Neural Engineering at Penn State University. The impact will be the ability to hire a powerful and unique candidate in a multidisciplinary center and foster the fusion of Neural Engineering and Materials Science, with powerful translational potential to improve our understanding of functional MRI, the treatment of stroke, and interfacing with the brain. Overview: Penn State University is constructing a new $215 Million facility - The Millennium Science Complex - that will house, in synergistic proximity, its premier programs: the Center for Neural Engineering (CNE), the Materials Research Institute (MRI), and the HUCK Institutes for the Life Sciences (HUCK). The strategic vision of the Center for Neural Engineering is to focus on the intersection of these fields, and create a Core Biomedical Research Facility focused strategically on The Material Brain. This Recovery Act proposal seeks to create a unique junior hiring position to foster the trans-disciplinary opportunities that such a new core facility provides. These include recruiting faculty who bridge Neural Engineering to the Materials and Life Sciences, and taking advantage of the world-class specialists gathered within this facility. The new hire will hold a tenure track appointment in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM), a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurosurgery, become core faculty in the Center for Neural Engineering and hold affiliate appointments in MRI and HUCK. The Candidate: After a yearlong international search, the top candidate selected was Dr. Patrick Drew. Penn State University is a State-Related institution. In the present economic situation (with budget recessions) in Pennsylvania, we do not have sufficient funds to meet Dr. Drew's startup needs. Consequently, his recruitment is frozen. This Recovery Act P30 grant application seeks to help us support the hiring of Dr. Drew, who would join our faculty in the 2009-2010 academic year if this proposal is funded. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): There is tremendous impact on medicine from scientists and engineers who can bridge between engineering, materials science, and the brain. This award will enable a junior faculty member to be recruited into a unique Neural Engineering Core Center crafted to enable the new recruit to solve fundamental and translational biomedical problems in a superb environment for career development and research.

描述（由申请人提供）： 影响：这项 P30 提案将解冻新的教员招聘，以通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学神经工程生物医学研究核心中心增加资源。其影响将是能够在多学科中心聘请一位强大而独特的候选人，并促进神经工程和材料科学的融合，具有强大的转化潜力，以提高我们对功能性 MRI、中风治疗和大脑接口的理解。 概述：宾夕法尼亚州立大学正在建造一座耗资 2.15 亿美元的新设施 - 千年科学综合体 - 将在附近协同地容纳其主要项目：神经工程中心 (CNE)、材料研究所 (MRI) 和 HUCK生命科学研究所 (HUCK)。神经工程中心的战略愿景是专注于这些领域的交叉点，并创建一个战略性地专注于物质大脑的核心生物医学研究设施。该《复苏法案》提案旨在创建一个独特的初级招聘职位，以促进此类新核心设施提供的跨学科机会。其中包括招募将神经工程与材料和生命科学联系起来的教师，并利用该设施内聚集的世界一流专家。新员工将在工程科学与力学系 (ESM) 获得终身教职，在神经外科获得次要职位，并成为神经中心的核心教员 在 MRI 和 HUCK 进行工程设计并担任附属职务。 候选人：经过一年的国际搜寻，最终选定的最佳候选人是帕特里克·德鲁博士。宾夕法尼亚州立大学是一所州立相关机构。在宾夕法尼亚州目前的经济形势（预算衰退）下，我们没有足够的资金来满足德鲁博士的启动需求。 因此，他的招募被冻结。此恢复法案 P30 拨款申请旨在帮助我们支持聘用 Drew 博士，如果该提案获得资助，他将在 2009-2010 学年加入我们的教师队伍。 公共卫生相关性（由申请人提供）：科学家和工程师能够在工程学、材料科学和大脑之间架起桥梁，对医学产生巨大影响。该奖项将使一名初级教员能够被招募到一个独特的神经工程核心中心，该中心旨在使新招募的人员能够在职业发展和研究的绝佳环境中解决基本和转化生物医学问题。