Training Program in Population Science of Respiratory Diseases

这一新的申请汇集了一个多学科的研究团队，以培训博士后实习生在 呼吸系统疾病的人口科学。生物医学研究职业对后就业的吸引力已经下降 博士生-这一声明得到了NHLBI内部研究和两个NHLBI研讨会的支持。我们的 拟议的呼吸系统疾病人口科学培训方案旨在解决目前#年的不足 通过为呼吸道流行病学家提供高质量、基础广泛的多学科培训经验 博士后实习生，将为他们在研究机构的教员或其他类似职位做准备，并 未来的独立资助。我们的计划将利用我们不同的教职员工，主要是在 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、 和遗传学与发育，以及拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球天文台，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 曼哈顿北部。这些部门和机构的资源提供了一大批潜在的学员 以及提供各种各样的培训机会。 我们精心组织了我们的培训计划，以每位教员导师的“最佳实践”为基础。 经验，着眼于在丰富多样的环境中提供最高质量的培训 并由经验丰富的导师监督，这些导师可以确保培训计划及其 实习生。我们围绕两个主题组织了我们的培训计划：“核心”呼吸道流行病学，以及 方法论。核心呼吸道流行病学领域包括：慢性阻塞性肺病和与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 我们教员的专业知识，包括暴露评估、基因组学和精确医学、定量成像、 数学建模和预测，以及临床试验，为两位导师提供了提供独特的 培训经验结合了不同的“核心”和方法论元素。 我们的研究重点是广泛的领域，包括整个呼吸系统领域。 医学和流行病学。重要的是，我们的教员领导着他们各自的领域，其中许多人专注于 被NHLBI列为重要培训领域的创新和高影响力领域，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。我们执行委员会和导师池的成员是从每个人中挑选出来的 这些参与的部门和博士后实习生将主要来自 医学。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。 在研讨会和工作坊、资助人精神和专业发展活动中。共有8名博士后 实习生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.