Postdoctoral Training in Suicide Research

项目摘要：自杀研究博士后培训 自杀行为是一个主要的公共卫生问题，2017 年美国有超过 47,000 人死于自杀。 2017 年有超过 1,400,000 起自杀未遂事件。不幸的是，自杀死亡率和自杀未遂率有所上升 近年来。人们多次呼吁加强对自杀行为各个方面的研究 从基础实验到临床试验再到实施工作。然而研究人员骨干 进行这项急需的研究所需的资源是有限的。目前仅有1名T32博士后 培训计划专门针对自杀研究，只有六个培训名额。因此，有一个紧迫的 需要更多自杀研究方面的培训。布朗拥有一支成熟的自杀研究人员队伍，其中包括 10 名 高级研究人员，以及 5 名初级自杀研究人员。这些教师的研究重点涵盖 广泛的自杀研究，涵盖基础研究和预测研究、干预和实施 科学。布朗大学的其他教师在研究领域提供广泛的专业知识 补充自杀研究中的重要问题，例如睡眠、遗传学、实施科学、 大数据和统计。我们的教师在培训新研究者方面拥有丰富的经验；该 MPI 之一 应用程序（米勒博士）在“治疗研究”方面领导了非常成功的T32（T32MH067553）10年。其他 高级研究人员已成功指导了许多博士后研究员。最后，布朗有一口井 建立并成功的研究培训基础设施，包括 NIH 资助的其他五个 T32 项目 （其中没有一个焦点是自杀）。该博士后培训项目将由博士共同指导。伊万·米勒 和劳伦·温斯托克。博士。米勒和温斯托克是资深调查员，拥有进行 自杀研究。计划每年招收三名新博士后研究员（博士和医学博士），为期 2-3 年 博士后进修经历，科研培养计划将采用学徒模式。 根据研究员的兴趣以及与教师专业知识的重叠，每个研究员将被分配给一名高级研究员 自杀研究员作为主要导师。每个研究员还将有一位共同导师，要么是一名自杀的初级导师 具有互补专业知识的研究员或高级研究员。同事之间合作开发 和导师，研究培训计划通常包括五个组成部分：（1）监督参与 由主要导师领导的已建立的研究团队正在进行的工作； (2) 开发 在第一个培训年结束前提交独立研究申请； (3) 参与 正式的教学计划，包括自杀研究、研究设计和伦理学研讨会； (4)数据分析 以及根据现有教师数据准备稿件； (5) 一项独立的研究项目 两年，由主要导师监督，其中包括问题的提出、数据分析和 手稿准备。

PROJECT SUMMARY: POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING IN SUICIDE RESEARCH Suicidal behavior is a major public health problem with over 47,000 deaths by suicide in the United States in 2017 and over 1,400,000 suicide attempts. Unfortunately, rates of suicide deaths and attempts have increased in recent years. There have been multiple calls for increased research on all aspects of suicidal behavior ranging from basic experimental to clinical trials to implementation efforts. Yet the cadre of researchers necessary to conduct this vitally needed research is limited. There is currently only one other T32 postdoctoral training program focused exclusively on suicide research, with only six training slots. Thus, there is a pressing need for more training in suicide research. Brown has a established cadre of suicide researchers including 10 senior level researchers, as well as 5 junior level suicide researchers. These faculty’s research focus covers a broad range of suicide research, spanning basic and predictive research, intervention, and implementation science. Other faculty at Brown offer a wide range of expertise in research areas that are highly complementary to important questions in suicide research, such as sleep, genetics, implementation science, big data, and statistics. Our faculty has extensive experience training new investigators; one of the MPIs of this application (Dr. Miller) led a very successful T32 (T32MH067553) in “Treatment Research” for 10 years. Other senior investigators have successfully mentored a number of postdoctoral fellows. Finally, Brown has a well established and successful infrastructure for research training, including five other NIH funded T32 programs (none of which focus of suicide). This postdoctoral training program will be directed jointly by Drs. Ivan Miller and Lauren Weinstock. Drs. Miller and Weinstock are established investigators with a history of conducting suicide research. With a plan to enroll three new postdoctoral fellows (PhDs and MDs) per year for a 2-3 year postdoctoral fellowship experience, the research training plan will be based on the apprenticeship model. Based on the fellow’s interests and overlap with faculty’s expertise, each fellow will be assigned to a senior suicide researcher as a Primary Mentor. Each fellow will also have a Co-Mentor, either a junior suicide researcher or a senior researcher with complementary expertise. Developed collaboratively between fellow and Mentor(s), the research training program will typically include five components: (1) supervised participation in the ongoing work of an established research team led by the primary mentor; (2) development of an independent research application to be submitted by the end of the first training year; (3) participation in a formal didactic program including seminars on suicide research, research design, and ethics; (4) data analysis and manuscript preparation from existing faculty data; and (5) an independent research project conducted over two years, supervised by the primary mentor, that will include formulation of the question, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.