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、跌倒和骨折，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，以制定有关肌肉骨骼疾病流行病学的有意义的假设，并开展、分析和解释肌肉骨骼问题的流行病学研究。在博士前阶段，该计划强调(a)流行病学、生物统计学、病理学、代谢性骨病、关节炎疾病和肌肉骨骼系统的其他主要疾病的课程、研讨会和讨论，以及(b)肌肉骨骼疾病的流行病学研究。在博士后阶段，重点是在肌肉骨骼疾病流行病学方面的监督研究，必要时包括正式课程和研讨会。博士预科生应具备扎实的科学或数学本科背景。他们进入该计划必须得到流行病学部门招生委员会的批准。他们的选择是基于他们的本科成绩、相关的工作经验、推荐信、研究生入学考试成绩以及他们的职业目标与现有资源的兼容性。博士后培训生是指具有流行病学或相关生物医学领域的医学博士学位或博士学位的个人。他们的录取由学院委员会根据他们的研究潜力和他们的研究兴趣与学院的研究兴趣的兼容性来决定。每年资助3名博士预科生和2名博士后。这个项目的毕业生将在大学、政府机构、志愿机构和工业部门找到工作。学术培训将主要在斯坦福大学医学院的卫生研究与政策系和其他系进行。培训生的研究机会在卫生研究和政策系流行病学处、儿科内分泌学和代谢处、斯坦福研究和疾病预防中心、加州大学旧金山分校预防科学小组和北加州凯撒永久医疗保健计划研究处提供。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.