Research Training for Child Psychiatry and Neurodevelopment

这个应用程序代表了一个非常成功的机构博士后培训补助金的竞争性更新 在斯坦福大学的跨学科脑科学研究中心（CIBSR）的指导下， 艾伦·赖斯该培训计划位于一个非常多样化和研究密集型的环境中 这是为了促进新一代调查人员的发展，他们有知识， 在儿童精神病学的前沿进行创新，跨学科研究所需的技能， 神经发育医生（MD，PhD）和博士候选人谁有潜力发展的高度 生产性临床前，临床或转化研究的职业生涯优先招募和接受到 程序.医生候选人有资格，如果他们已经完成了至少三年的精神病学，儿科， 或神经病学培训和/或希望将联合收割机T32计划与他们目前的临床住院医师或奖学金相结合 训练博士候选人有资格，如果他们已经完成了他们的博士学位，在相关领域的区别 包括心理学、神经科学和计算（数据）科学。候选人如果表达出强烈的 希望进一步发展他们的专业知识，经验和生产力，以解决关键的精准医学 优先选择儿科神经精神病学和神经发育方面的主题。 该计划现已进入第26个年头。29名研究生学员（5名医学博士、2名医学博士/博士和22名博士） 在过去的15年里都参加过这个项目我们成功地达到了所有预定义的指标， 补助期。该计划吸引了大量一流的申请人（n=75），填补了所有资助的插槽（4 到2020年5月，总共有10名研究员），保留所有受训人员2-3年（除了一名研究员， 一年后加入学院），并为学员作为独立调查员的成功职业做好准备。 我们还继续使导师的分配多样化，并将共同导师制视为“规范”。虽然 以主题为重点，该计划的科学范围广泛，具有基础，临床和转化研究- 定向的研究员几个新的初级导师（将与高级导师“合作”）已经增加，包括 三名教师谁是毕业于斯坦福大学博士后奖学金。我们仍然致力于吸引学员 来自代表性不足的少数族裔背景的妇女（本期10人中有2人）。 在接下来的5年资助期内，我们将再培训9-11名研究员。计划增加MD或MD/PhD 已确定从目前的10名研究员中征聘2名研究员。为了实现我们的目标， 每个学员的知识基础和方法，我们将继续建立个性化的教学， 指导和研究计划，同时促进科学知识的交叉施肥， 培训班。使用这种方法，我们将学员的课程和研究培训集中在桥接上 传统的，学科之间的差距，在方法，并侧重于跨学科的应用 解决儿童精神病学和神经发育中复杂的精准医学问题。

This application represents a competitive renewal of a highly-successful institutional postdoctoral training grant based in Stanford's Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), under the direction of Dr. Allan Reiss. The training program is situated within an exceptionally diverse and research-intensive environment that is designed to facilitate the development of a new-generation of investigators who have the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct innovative, interdisciplinary research at the forefront of child psychiatry and neurodevelopment. Physician (MD, PhD) and PhD candidates who have the potential to develop highly productive preclinical, clinical or translational research careers are preferentially recruited and accepted into the program. Physician candidates are eligible if they have completed at least three years of psychiatry, pediatrics or neurology training and/or wish to combine the T32 program with their current clinical residency or fellowship training. PhD candidates are eligible if they have completed their doctorate with distinction in relevant fields including psychology, neuroscience and computational (data) sciences. Candidates who articulate a strong desire to further develop their expertise, experience and productivity to address critical precision medicine themes in pediatric neuropsychiatry and neurodevelopment are preferentially selected. The program is now in its 26th year. Twenty-nine postgraduate trainees (5 MDs, 2 MD/PhDs and 22 PhDs) have been in the program in the past 15 years. We successfully attained all predefined metrics during the current grant period. The program attracted a very large pool of first-rate applicants (n=75), filled all funded slots (four per year, total of 10 fellows through May 2020), retained all trainees for 2-3 years (except one fellow who is joining the faculty after one year), and prepared trainees for successful careers as independent investigators. We also continue to diversify the assignment of mentors and consider co-mentorship the “norm”. Though topically-focused, the scientific scope of the program is broad, with basic, clinical and translational research- oriented fellows. Several new junior mentors (who will “partner” with senior mentors) have been added, including three faculty who are graduates of Stanford postdoctoral fellowships. We remain committed to attracting trainees who come from an underrepresented minority background (two of 10 in the current period). During the next 5-year grant period, we will train an additional 9-11 fellows. Plans to increase MD or MD/PhD recruitment from the current 2 of 10 fellows have been established. To meet our goal of significantly expanding the knowledge base and methods of each trainee, we will continue to establish individually tailored didactic, mentorship and research plans for each fellow while promoting cross-fertilization of scientific knowledge across the trainee class. Using this approach, we focus the trainee's curriculum and research training on bridging traditional, between-discipline gaps in methodology, and on focusing on the application of interdisciplinary solutions to complex precision medicine issues in child psychiatry and neurodevelopment.