Integrated Graduate Training Program in Neuroscience, UTHSCSA

UTHSCSA 神经科学综合研究生培训项目

• 批准号: 9301673
• 负责人: David A Morilak
• 金额: $ 4.08万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9301673
• 关键词: Neurosciences; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Integrated Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) provides diverse training in a range of neuroscientific research areas and approaches, from molecular, cellular, and neurochemical to systems, behavioral and clinical neuroscience. There are 34 training faculty drawn from the mentoring faculty in the Neuroscience Track in the Integrated Multidisciplinary Graduate Program (IMGP) at UTHSCSA. This Neuroscience Training Program offers a course of study tailored to the individual needs and interests of students who come to us from a variety of backgrounds in the basic biological sciences, including biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, psychology and neuroscience. An interactive and collegial community of educators and researchers creates a challenging yet supportive environment within which our students can develop into successful neuroscientists. Students apply to and enter a single integrated "umbrella" graduate program, the IMGP, within which there are 10 thematically- defined "tracks", of which Neuroscience is one, that cut across departments and schools within the university. Thus, in their first year of study in the IMGP, students take a common core course in Biomedical Sciences and conduct a series of lab rotations. In the spring, they begin to differentiate and take courses specific to their area of interest, in our cas Neuroscience. They then select a mentor and a track, and begin their focused training. In the second year of study, we offer the Neuroscience students a rich curriculum of didactic courses, intensive laboratory experience, opportunities for professional development (writing and oral presentation), journal clubs, seminars, opportunities to engage in relevant clinical activities, an several other enrichment activities designed to enhance their professional development and future success. The institution supports the students in the first year. Thus, we are requesting funds for 3 students per year, for only one year each, in the second year of study, during which they focus on Neuroscience course work, intensify their laboratory research toward identifying a dissertation project, and prepare for their qualifying exam at the end of this second year, after which they enter doctoral candidacy and begin their dissertation research. One or more of these slots may be used to support MD/PhD student(s) at the equivalent stage of the graduate component of their training in the Neuroscience program. Strategies are described for recruitment, including recruitment for diversity, and for training in the responsible conduct of research. In sum, since its inception just 10 years ago, the Neuroscience Program at the UTHSCSA has emerged into a mature and effective program, one of the most popular in the Graduate School, with a productive and dedicated training faculty, a robust curriculum, and a well-functioning administrative structure. If funded, this broadly-based early-stage training grant will not only facilitate our further development and growth, it will also allow us the opportunity o offer a substantive return on that investment, by continuing on the forward and upward trajectory of both our program and our students.

描述（由申请人提供）：圣安东尼奥德克萨斯大学健康科学中心 (UTHSCSA) 的神经科学综合研究生项目提供一系列神经科学研究领域和方法的多样化培训，从分子、细胞、神经化学到系统，行为和临床神经科学。有 34 名培训教师来自 UTHSCSA 综合多学科研究生项目 (IMGP) 神经科学方向的导师。该神经科学培训计划提供针对来自基础生物科学（包括生物学、生物化学、分子生物学、心理学和神经科学）各种背景的学生的个人需求和兴趣量身定制的学习课程。由教育工作者和研究人员组成的互动和学院社区创造了一个具有挑战性但支持性的环境，使我们的学生可以发展成为成功的神经科学家。学生申请并进入一个综合的“伞形”研究生项目，即 IMGP，其中有 10 个主题定义的“轨道”，神经科学就是其中之一，跨越大学内的院系和学院。因此，在 IMGP 学习的第一年，学生们将学习生物医学科学的共同核心课程，并进行一系列的实验室轮换。在春天，他们开始区分并在我们的神经科学学院学习针对他们感兴趣领域的课程。然后他们选择一位导师和一个曲目，并开始他们的重点培训。在第二年的学习中，我们为神经科学学生提供丰富的教学课程、密集的实验室经验、专业发展的机会（写作和口头演讲）、期刊俱乐部、研讨会、参与相关临床活动的机会以及其他一些机会。旨在提高他们的专业发展和未来成功的丰富活动。该机构在第一年为学生提供支持。因此，我们每年为 3 名学生申请资助，每人仅在第二年学习一年，在此期间，他们专注于神经科学课程作业，加强实验室研究以确定论文项目，并为资格考试做准备在第二年年底，他们进入博士候选人并开始论文研究。这些名额中的一个或多个可用于支持医学博士/博士生在神经科学项目培训的研究生部分的同等阶段。描述了招聘策略，包括多元化招聘以及负责任的研究行为的培训。总而言之，自 10 年前成立以来，UTHSCSA 的神经科学项目已经发展成为一个成熟而有效的项目，是研究生院最受欢迎的项目之一，拥有富有成效和敬业的培训师资队伍、强大的课程和运作良好的行政架构。如果获得资助，这项基础广泛的早期培训补助金 不仅将促进我们的进一步发展和成长，还将让我们有机会通过继续我们的项目和学生的前进和上升轨迹，为这项投资提供实质性回报。