Bioengineering in Psychiatry Training Program

精神病学生物工程培训计划

• 批准号: 10397601
• 负责人: HOWARD J AIZENSTEIN
• 金额: $ 24.79万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10397601
• 关键词: Biomedical Engineering; Psychiatry; Training Programs

ABSTRACT Through the mechanism of a pre-doctoral T32 interdisciplinary training program, the Departments of Bioengineering (BIOE) and Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh (UPitt) are seeking NIH support for bioengineering pre-docs to train as mental health researchers. The program is aimed at educating talented students with engineering and other quantitative sciences background for careers in mental health research. Consistent with the NIMH strategic, we envision an increasing role for quantitative and computational science in psychiatric research. The trainees (6 per year) of this program will be uniquely qualified to help lead development and use new technical bioengineering approaches to address mental health research challenges. This training program capitalizes on the breadth of bioengineering in psychiatry research at UPitt and provides students with access to the clinical presentation and treatment of psychiatric disorders. PhD trainees will take foundational courses in bioengineering, cognitive and computational neuroscience, psychopathology, and ethics and will be complemented by electives. Students are exposed to clinical environments via a longitudinal clinical experience and two 1-week intensive clinical observerships. A diverse group of research-active mentors (16 in Psychiatry and 16 in Bioengineering) comprised of basic scientists, clinicians, and engineers, serve as advisors to guide students in their doctoral research efforts where each mentee will have 2 principle co-mentors (1 in BIOE and 1 in Psychiatry). Finally, students participate in several program-specific activities throughout their graduate school years, designed to enhance interactions and exchange of information (student-student and student-faculty) and to facilitate professional and career development. Each student receives extensive research training in the laboratories of the training faculty. There are three integrated focus areas of this pre-doctoral training program: (1) Neuroimaging, (2) Neurostimulation, and (3) Neural Engineering. All of these tracks are heavily utilized in a wide variety of mental health research including mood disorder, anxiety disorder, psychotic disorder, suicide, and cognitive impairment where currently there is a critical mass of researchers at UPitt addressing these disorders. This training program will provide a unique educational and research experience aimed at training bioengineering scientists to develop careers in mental health research.

抽象的 通过博士前T32跨学科培养项目机制， 匹兹堡大学 (UPitt) 的生物工程 (BIOE) 和精神病学正在寻求 NIH 支持 生物工程博士预科培训作为心理健康研究人员。该计划旨在培养人才 具有工程和其他定量科学背景的学生从事心理健康研究。 与 NIMH 战略一致，我们预计定量和计算科学将在以下领域发挥越来越重要的作用： 精神病学研究。该计划的学员（每年 6 名）将具备帮助领导发展的独特资格 并使用新技术生物工程方法来应对心理健康研究挑战。本次培训 该项目利用了 UPitt 大学精神病学研究生物工程的广度，为学生提供 了解精神疾病的临床表现和治疗。 博士生将学习生物工程、认知和计算神经科学的基础课程， 精神病理学和伦理学，并将辅以选修课。学生接触临床 通过纵向临床经验和两次为期 1 周的强化临床观察来了解环境。多元化的 由基础科学家组成的活跃研究导师小组（16 名精神病学导师和 16 名生物工程导师）， 临床医生和工程师作为顾问指导学生的博士研究工作，其中每个人 受训者将有 2 名主要共同导师（1 名 BIOE 和 1 名精神病学）。最后，学生们参加了多项活动 整个研究生学习期间的特定计划活动，旨在加强互动和 信息交流（学生与学生、学生与教师）并促进专业和职业发展 发展。每个学生都在培训教师的实验室中接受广泛的研究培训。 该博士前培训项目分为三个综合重点领域：(1) 神经影像学，(2) 神经刺激，以及 (3) 神经工程。所有这些曲目都在各种心理活动中大量使用 健康研究，包括情绪障碍、焦虑症、精神病、自杀和认知障碍 目前，UPitt 拥有大量研究人员来研究这些疾病。 该培训计划将提供独特的教育和研究经验，旨在培训生物工程 科学家在心理健康研究领域发展事业。