TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY/BIOSTATISTICS

这是一项关于继续执行联合训练计划的请求， 哈佛公共卫生学院精神病学和生物统计学 健康培训计划的主要目标是教育 有前途的前和博士后学生成为流行病学和 精神病学研究的生物统计科学家共有十位 申请博士前和六名博士后学员。过去几 几十年来，精神病学的许多领域都取得了实质性的进展。 流行病学和生物统计学，包括关于流行率和 基础疾病的发病率，诊断的改善 分类系统和测量仪器， 精神疾病的遗传起源，慢性精神疾病的药物治疗 和脑部成像基础科学的迅速发展 流行病学和生物统计学提供了进一步推动 精神疾病研究的前沿， 自然史，遗传和环境风险因素， 更好的治疗策略。为了利用这一点 机会，对高水平的技术有着迫切的需求。 在流行病学的同伴核心学科方面进行培训， 生物统计学HSPH流行病学和生物统计学系 作为生物统计学培训的主要中心而闻名于世， 流行病学我们的联合训练计划始于1991年， 在Ming Tsuang博士和Nan博士的领导下， Laird，该计划的主任和联合主任。两个部门都有一个 培养高质量博士生的良好记录，我们的联合 该计划已成为培训活动的重要组成部分 每个部门。博士生通常需要整整两年的时间， 课程作业，无论是在生物统计学或流行病学的浓度， 而在另一个领域往往只有很少的关注。另外每个 受训者必须在精神病学方面有一个较小的集中，或者 与心理健康有关的实质性领域。博士生必须 通过书面和口头资格考试，通常是在第三年。 博士研究。口试结束后，一个研究委员会 由三名教员组成，一般至少有一名教员 一个来自生物统计学，一个来自流行病学。博士后培养 流行病学计划为希望获得 专门从事流行病学研究， 为Ph.D.或科学博士在流行病学方面受过扎实的训练 生物统计学或相关领域谁希望专门从事心理健康。 博士前和博士后培养的重要组成部分 研究员定期参加精神病学研讨会和学术讨论会， 生物统计学和流行病学，并参与提供 在正在进行的精神病学合作研究中的实践经验 大波士顿地区的研究。

This is a request for continuation of the joint training program in psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. The principal objectives of the training program are to educate promising pre- and postdoctoral students to become epidemiological and biostatistical scientists in psychiatric research. A total of ten predoctoral and six postdoctoral trainees are requested. The last few decades have seen substantial progress in many areas of psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics, including knowledge about prevalence and incidence rates for basic disorders, improvements in diagnostic classification systems and measurement instruments, research in the genetic origins of mental illness, drug therapy for chronic mental illness and brain imaging. Rapid developments in the basic sciences of epidemiology and biostatistics provide opportunities for pushing further the frontiers of research in psychiatric disorders, in understanding the natural history, genetic and environmental risk factors, and developing better treatment strategies. In order to take advantage of this opportunity, there exists a critical need for high level technical training in the companion core disciplines of epidemiology and biostatistics. The Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at HSPH are noted world wide as leading centers for training in biostatistics and epidemiology. Our joint training program, initiated in 1991, has rapidly expanded and flourished under the leadership of Drs. Ming Tsuang and Nan Laird, Director and Co-Director of the program. Both departments have a strong record of producing high quality doctoral trainees, and our joint program has emerged as an important component of the training activities of each department. Doctoral trainees typically take two full years of coursework, with a concentration either in biostatistics or epidemiology, and often a minor concentration in the other field. In addition, each trainee must take a minor concentration in psychiatric epidemiology, or an allied substantive field related to mental health. Doctoral students must pass a written and oral qualifying exam, usually by the third year of doctoral studies. Upon completion of the oral exam, a research committee is formed of three faculty, generally with at least one faculty member from biostatistics and one from epidemiology. The postdoctoral training program in epidemiology offers degree training to psychiatrists wishing to specialize in epidemiologic research; nondegree postdoctoral training is offered for Ph.D. 's or Sc.D. 's with a solid training in epidemiology, biostatistics or a related field who wish to specialize in mental health. An important part of the training for both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows is attendance at regular seminars and colloquiums in psychiatric biostatistics and epidemiology, and participation in placements providing hands on experience in collaborative research in ongoing psychiatric research in the greater Boston area.