Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program

总结 这是匹兹堡大学T32培训的竞争延续的建议 自2008年以来由NHLBI资助的心血管流行病学项目。心血管疾病 (CVD)尽管年龄调整后的死亡率下降了50%以上， 在过去的50年里，CVD的死亡率。因此，该培训计划解决了关键的 应加强心血管疾病的流行病学研究。T32计划的主要目标是 基于对病理生理学的理解，对个人进行心血管流行病学培训 和经验学习，从而帮助今后制定更好的预防战略。我们 哲学是提供流行病学教学培训的核心基础，重点是 亚临床动脉粥样硬化、CVD生物标志物和具有强大方法学技能的结局， 根据每个学员的经验和背景定制。培训计划是 组织围绕三个研究核心：1）亚临床动脉粥样硬化，2）生物统计学/ 流行病学方法和3）心脏病学，在六个领域的实力（（一）血管 老龄化，（ii）妇女健康，（iii）高风险和国际人群，（iv）营养与环境， (v)（六）社会心理因素）。应对挑战和机遇 流行病学研究所面临的挑战，我们的培训计划通过引入大数据进行更新， 移动的健康和跨队列协作组件，我们拥有丰富的师资力量 专业知识这样做将使我们的学员成为独立的心血管流行病学家 在能够胜任传统和新型流行病学方法的多学科研究环境中 在CVD。学员将有一个主要的导师，与其他教师密切合作， 一个更有经验的学员的同伴导师。培训计划包括课程工作， 研究领域的工作和专业发展，都是为每个学员量身定制的。 研究领域的工作包括数据收集/管理和数据分析。专业 发展包括一个独立的研究项目，远程培训经验，赠款 写作经验、手稿准备、参加国家会议、技能 发展研讨会和负责任的研究行为的培训。培训 该计划旨在培养精通多学科研究方法的调查人员 在心血管流行病学中，那些对使用亚临床动脉粥样硬化感到舒适的人， CVD生物标志物或跨学科合作的结果数据。培训计划将 继续包括流行病学的4个博士前和2个博士后职位。

Summary This is a proposal for the competing continuation of the University of Pittsburgh T32 Training Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology funded by NHLBI since 2008. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death despite a more than 50% decline in age-adjusted mortality from CVD in the past five decades. This Training Program thus addresses the critical need to promote epidemiological research of CVD. The primary goal of our T32 Program is to train individuals in cardiovascular epidemiology based on a pathophysiological understanding and experiential learning to thereby help develop in the future better prevention strategies. Our philosophy is to provide a core foundation of didactic training in epidemiology focusing on subclinical atherosclerosis, CVD biomarkers and outcomes with strong methodological skills, customized to the experience and background of each trainee. The Training Program is organized around three Research Cores: 1) subclinical atherosclerosis, 2) biostatistics/ epidemiological methods and 3) cardiology, grounded in six areas of strength ((i) vascular aging, (ii) women's health, (iii) high risk & international populations, (iv) nutrition & environment, (v) physical activity and (vi) psychosocial factors). To address challenges and opportunities which epidemiological research faces, our Training Program is updated by introducing Big Data, Mobile Health and Cross-Cohort Collaboration components for which we have rich faculty expertise. Doing so will position our trainees to be independent cardiovascular epidemiologists in multidisciplinary research settings competent in traditional and novel epidemiological methods in CVD. Trainees will have a primary mentor, work closely with other faculty members and a peer mentor who is a more experienced trainee. The Training Program consists of course work, research field work and professional development, all individually tailored to each trainee. Research field work includes data collection/management and data analysis. Professional development includes an independent research project, a remote training experience, grant writing experience, manuscript preparation, participation in national conferences, skill development workshops and training in the Responsible Conduct of Research. The Training Program is designed to produce investigators skilled in a multidisciplinary approach to research in cardiovascular epidemiology, who are comfortable with using subclinical atherosclerosis, CVD biomarkers or outcomes data in cross-discipline collaborations. The Training Program will continue to include 4 pre-doctoral and 2 post- doctoral positions in epidemiology.