EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES

该项目包括肌肉骨骼疾病流行病学的博士前和博士后培训，重点是骨质疏松症，福尔斯和骨折，以及关节炎疾病及其后遗症。在这些课程中，学员获得必要的知识，制定有关肌肉骨骼疾病流行病学的有意义的假设，并进行，分析和解释肌肉骨骼问题的流行病学研究。在博士前水平，该计划强调（a）流行病学，生物统计学，病理学，代谢性骨疾病，关节炎疾病和肌肉骨骼系统的其他主要疾病和（B）在肌肉骨骼疾病的流行病学研究的课程，研讨会和讨论。在博士后一级，重点是在肌肉骨骼疾病的流行病学监督研究，与正式课程和研讨会包括在必要时。博士前培训生预计将有一个强大的科学或数学本科背景。他们的入学计划必须得到流行病学部招生委员会的批准。他们是根据他们的本科成绩，工作经验，推荐信，研究生入学考试成绩，以及他们的职业目标与可用资源的兼容性来选择的。博士后培训生是具有医学博士学位的个人。学位或博士学位。流行病学或相关生物医学领域的学位。他们的录取是由教师委员会根据他们的研究潜力和他们的研究兴趣与教师的兼容性决定的。每年将支助三名博士前和两名博士后受训人员。该计划的毕业生将在大学，政府机构，志愿机构和行业找到工作。学术培训将主要在卫生研究和政策系以及斯坦福大学医学院的其他系进行。卫生研究和政策部流行病学处、儿科部内分泌和代谢处、斯坦福大学研究和疾病预防中心、弗朗西斯科加州大学预防科学组和北方加州凯泽永久医疗保健计划研究处都有为学员提供研究机会。斯坦福大学有大量的计算机和图书馆设施。

This program consists of predoctoral and postdoctoral training in the epidemiology of musculoskeletal diseases, with an emphasis on osteoporosis, falls, and fractures,, and also on the arthritic disorders and their sequelae. In these programs, trainees obtain the knowledge necessary to formulate meaningful hypotheses about the epidemiology of musculoskeletal diseases and to carry out, analyze and interpret epidemiologic studies of musculoskeletal problems. At the predoctoral level, the program emphasizes (a) courses, seminars, and discussions in epidemiology, biostatistics, pathology, metabolic bone diseases, the arthritic disorders, and other major diseases of the musculoskeletal system and (b) research in the epidemiology of musculoskeletal diseases. At the postdoctoral level, the emphasis is on supervised research in the epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders, with formal courses and seminars included when desirable. Predoctoral trainees are expected to have a strong undergraduate background in science or mathematics. Their admission to the program must be approved by the Admissions Committee of the Division of Epidemiology. They are selected on the basis of their undergraduate record, work experience when relevant, letters of recommendation, Graduate Record Examination scores, and compatibility of their career objectives with the resources available. Postdoctoral trainees are individuals with an M.D. degree or with a Ph.D. degree in epidemiology or a related biomedical area. Their admission is determined by a faculty committee on the basis of their research potential and the compatibility of their research interests with those of the faculty. Three predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees would be supported each year. Graduates of this program would find jobs in universities, governmental agencies, voluntary agencies, and industry. Academic training would be given primarily in the Department of Health Research and Policy and other departments of the Stanford University School of Medicine. Research opportunities for trainees are available in the Division of Epidemiology of the Department of Health Research and Policy, the Divisions of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Department of Pediatrics, the Stanford Center for Research and Disease Prevention, the Prevention Sciences Group at the University of California, San Francisco, and the Division of Research of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California. Extensive computer and library facilities are available at Stanford.