Interdisciplinary Training Program in Hearing Research

听力研究跨学科培训计划

• 批准号: 9402212
• 负责人: Raju Metherate
• 金额: $ 0.51万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9402212
• 关键词: Hearing; Research; Training Programs

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Progress towards understanding mechanisms of hearing, and the treatment of hearing deficits, requires an integrated effort from multiple disciplines within the field of hearing research. The Center for Hearing Research (CHR) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) maintains an interdisciplinary training program that takes advantage of the breadth and depth of hearing research at UCI to train new scientists broadly across multiple disciplines as well as deeply in one. The 17 training faculty in CHR span six departments in four Schools (Biological Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Social Sciences) with research interests that cover a broad range of levels (genes, molecules, cells, systems and behavior) and experimental approaches (cell and molecular biology, neurophysiology, psychoacoustics, computation, human imaging, medical devices). Thus, CHR is well-positioned to offer interdisciplinary training. We request support for three predoctoral students and two postdoctoral researchers including medical residents from Otolaryngology. The didactic core of the training program is a course in Auditory Neuroscience, which covers the auditory system from cells to psychoacoustics, the cochlear to the cortex, and basic and clinical aspects. Mandatory features of the training program that encourage interdisciplinary interactions are participation in all CHR activities (e.g., seminar series, journal club and two annual conferences) required oral and poster presentations to scientifically diverse audiences on three occasions per year, and regular meetings with basic and clinical scientists. The normal period of support is two years for pre- and post-doctoral trainees (1-2 years for residents). Predoctoral trainees normally enter the program in their second year of graduate study and are required to take a course on grant writing and submit an NRSA proposal. The program is managed by the Program Director and an Executive Committee, and will foster development of trainees' intellectual, technical and professional skills needed to pursue successful careers in hearing research.

 描述（由申请人提供）：了解听力机制和听力缺陷治疗的进展需要加州大学欧文分校听力研究中心 (CHR) 多个学科的综合努力。 (UCI) 维持一项跨学科培训计划，利用 UCI 听力研究的广度和深度，广泛跨多个学科以及深入地培训新科学家。CHR 的 17 名培训教师横跨六个部门。四个学院（生物科学、工程、医学和社会科学），研究兴趣涵盖广泛的层面（基因、分子、细胞、系统和行为）和实验方法（细胞和分子生物学、神经生理学、心理声学、计算、人类学）因此，CHR 完全有能力提供跨学科培训，其中包括耳鼻喉科住院医师培训项目的教学核心是听觉课程。神经科学，涵盖从细胞到心理声学、从耳蜗到皮质的听觉系统，以及鼓励跨学科互动的培训计划的强制性特征是参与所有 CHR 活动（例如研讨会系列、期刊俱乐部和两项活动）。年会） 每年需要向不同的科学受众进行三次口头和海报展示，并定期与基础科学家和临床科学家举行会议。 博士前和博士后培训生的正常支持期限为两年（博士前为1-2年）。学员通常在研究生学习的第二年进入该项目，并需要参加写作资助课程并提交 NRSA 提案。该项目由项目总监和执行委员会管理，并将促进学员智力、能力的发展。追求成功职业生涯所需的技术和专业技能在听力研究中。