Training Program in Population Science of Respiratory Diseases

这一新的应用程序汇集了一个多学科的研究人员团队，以培训博士后学员， 呼吸系统疾病的人口科学。生物医学研究职业对后- 博士生-由校内NHLBI研究和两个NHLBI讲习班支持的声明。我们 拟议的呼吸系统疾病人口科学培训计划旨在解决目前的赤字， 呼吸流行病学家，提供高质量，基础广泛，多学科的培训经验， 博士后实习生，将准备他们的教师或其他类似的职位在一个研究机构， 未来独立融资。我们的计划将利用我们的多元化教师主要在部门 医学，流行病学，环境健康科学，生物医学工程，系统生物学，儿科学， 和遗传学与发展，以及拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站，基因组医学研究所， 我们的CTSA，哥伦比亚儿童环境中心，和我们的NIEHS环境健康中心， 北方曼哈顿。这些部门和机构资源提供了大量潜在的受训人员 并提供各种培训机会。 我们精心设计了我们的培训计划，建立在每个教师导师的“最佳实践”的基础上。 经验，着眼于在丰富多样的环境中提供最高质量的培训， 哥伦比亚和监督经验丰富的导师谁可以确保培训计划的成功和它的 实习生我们围绕两个主题组织了培训计划：“核心”呼吸流行病学， 方法论核心呼吸流行病学领域包括：COPD和烟草相关的肺部疾病，哮喘， 环境健康、间质性肺病、全球健康和呼吸衰竭。不同的方法论 我们的教师的专业知识，包括暴露评估，基因组学和精密医学，定量成像， 数学建模和预测，以及临床试验，为两位导师提供了一个独特的机会， 培训经验应结合不同的“核心”和方法要素。 我们的教师的研究重点领域是广泛的，包括整个领域的呼吸 医学和流行病学。重要的是，我们的教师领导各自的领域，许多人专注于 创新和高影响力的领域优先考虑的NHLBI作为重要的培训领域，包括 流行病学和预防研究，新的成像应用和图像分析方法，基因组学， 全球健康，以及其他。我们的执行委员会和导师库的成员来自每个 这些参与部门，和博士后培训生将主要来自 药培训将包括国内流离失所者的发展、有监督的研究、教学课程、出勤 在研讨会和讲习班、培训班和专业发展活动中。博士后共8人 学员将被录取参加为期两年的课程。

This new application brings together a multidisciplinary team of investigators to train post-doctoral trainees in the population science of respiratory diseases. Biomedical research careers have become less attractive to post- doctoral trainees – a statement backed by intramural NHLBI research and by two NHLBI workshops. Our proposed Training Program in Population Science of Respiratory Disease aims to address the current deficit in respiratory epidemiologists by providing high-quality, broad-based, multidisciplinary training experiences for post-doctoral trainees that will prepare them for a faculty or other similar position at a research institution and for future independent funding. Our program will leverage our diverse faculty primarily in the Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Biology, Pediatrics, and Genetics & Development, as well as the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Institute of Genomic Medicine, our CTSA, the Columbia Center for Children’s Environment, and our NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan. These Departmental and Institutional resources provide a large pool of potential trainees as well as offer a wide variety of training opportunities. We have carefully structured our training program, building on the “best practices” from each faculty mentor’s experience, with an eye toward providing the highest-quality training in a rich and varied environment offered by Columbia and overseen by experienced mentors who can ensure the success of the training program and its trainees. We have organized our training program around two themes: “Core” Respiratory Epidemiology, and Methodology. Core Respiratory Epidemiology areas include: COPD & tobacco-related lung disease, asthma, environmental health, interstitial lung disease, global health, and respiratory failure. The varied methodological expertise of our faculty, including exposure assessment, genomics & precision medicine, quantitative imaging, mathematical modeling & forecasting, and clinical trials, provide opportunities for two mentors to provide a unique training experience be combining different “Core” and methodology elements. The areas of research emphasis of our faculty are wide-ranging and include the entire field of respiratory medicine and epidemiology. Importantly, our faculty lead their respective fields with many focused on innovative and high-impact areas prioritized by the NHLBI as important areas of training, including epidemiologic and prevention research, novel imaging application and image analysis methods, genomics, global health, and others. Members of our Executive Committee and Mentorship pool are drawn from each of these participating Departments, and postdoctoral trainees will be drawn largely from the Department of Medicine. Training will include the development of IDPs, supervised research, didactic coursework, attendance at seminars and workshop, grantsmanship and professional development activities. A total of 8 postdoctoral trainees will be admitted to the 2-year program.