Neuroscience Research, Training and Professional Development in Puerto Rico

波多黎各的神经科学研究、培训和专业发展

• 批准号: 8573940
• 负责人: MARIA BYKHOVSKAIA
• 金额: $ 145.06万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-01 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8573940
• 关键词: Address; Basic Science; Collaborations; Critiques; Development; Disadvantaged; Disease; Faculty; Fostering; Foundations; Future; Goals; Graduate Education; Growth; Health; Hispanic Americans; Individual; Institutes; Island; Medical Students; Mentors; Minority Groups; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Neuronal Plasticity; Neurons; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Outcome; Performance; Positioning Attribute; Public Health; Puerto Rico; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Stroke; Students; Time; Training; Training Programs; Translational Research; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Universities; career; career development; graduate student; improved; member; multidisciplinary; neuroprotection; programs; public health relevance; research and development; synergism; translational neuroscience

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our major goal is to advance diversity by creating a strong neuroscience center in Puerto Rico that will develop Hispanic American neuroscientists through a program that integrates research, graduate education, undergraduate engagement, and career guidance. Neuroscience research at Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC) has grown significantly over the last decade, and we are now are positioned to bring neuroscience at UCC to the next level, one defined by continued excellence in basic research, growth in translational research, collaborations with top mainland universities, multidisciplinary training o students from underrepresented minority groups, and fostering professional development in these individuals. At the core of this effort will be a state-of-the-art Institute for Neuroscience that integrates high performance in basic and translational research with educational programs and ongoing mentoring of students and young faculty. The specific objectives of our program are to: 1) increase diversity and develop excellence in neuroscience research in Puerto Rico, and 2) provide first-rate training in neuroscience research and career development guidance for faculty, graduate students, medical students, and undergraduates that are Hispanic Americans and often from disadvantaged backgrounds. Our research program is focused on the mechanisms of neuronal plasticity and neuroprotection against stroke, thus creating a bridge between basic and translational research on neuronal mechanisms. The proposed research program creates a multi-university cross-disciplinary network of neuroscientists that will facilitae mentoring relationships, amplify scientific synergism, and at the same time broaden the research focus of every member of the group as well as bridge basic and translational research. Building on a foundation grounded in an interdisciplinary, collaborative research network and research program addressing health-related problems through basic and translational neuroscience, we will develop a comprehensive training and mentoring program that serves both faculty and students. By creating a strong and efficient training and mentoring center in neuroscience on the Island of Puerto Rico that serves Hispanic Americans, the proposed program has the potential to significantly promote workforce diversity in the U.S.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们的主要目标是通过在波多黎各创建一个强大的神经科学中心来促进多样性，该中心将通过整合研究、研究生教育、本科生参与和职业指导的计划来培养西班牙裔美国神经科学家。加勒比中央大学 (UCC) 的神经科学研究在过去十年中取得了显着增长，我们现在准备将 UCC 的神经科学提升到一个新的水平，这一水平的定义是基础研究的持续卓越、转化研究的增长、与内地顶尖大学，对少数族裔学生进行多学科培训，并促进这些人的专业发展。这项工作的核心将是一个最先进的神经科学研究所 它将基础研究和转化研究的高绩效与教育计划以及对学生和年轻教师的持续指导结合起来。我们计划的具体目标是：1）增加波多黎各神经科学研究的多样性并发展卓越，2）为教师、研究生、医学生和本科生提供一流的神经科学研究培训和职业发展指导，是西班牙裔美国人，通常来自弱势背景。我们的研究项目专注于神经元可塑性和中风神经保护机制，从而在神经元机制的基础研究和转化研究之间架起一座桥梁。拟议的研究计划创建了一个多大学跨学科的神经科学家网络，该网络将促进指导关系，扩大科学协同作用，同时拓宽小组每个成员的研究重点，并在基础研究和转化研究之间架起桥梁。我们将建立一个以跨学科、合作研究网络和研究项目为基础，通过基础和转化神经科学解决健康相关问题的基础上，开发一个为教师和学生服务的综合培训和指导项目。通过在波多黎各岛建立一个强大而高效的神经科学培训和指导中心，为西班牙裔美国人提供服务，拟议的计划有可能显着促进美国劳动力的多样性。