EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES

该计划包括肌肉骨骼疾病流行病学的博士后和博士后培训，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。在这些项目中，受训者获得必要的知识，以制定关于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，该计划侧重于(A)流行病学、生物统计学、病理学、代谢性骨骼疾病、关节紊乱和肌肉骨骼系统其他主要疾病方面的课程、研讨会和讨论，以及(B)肌肉骨骼疾病流行病学研究。在博士后水平，重点是肌肉骨骼疾病流行病学的监督研究，必要时包括正式课程和研讨会。博士前实习生应具有较强的理科或数学本科背景。他们进入该项目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、相关的工作经验、推荐信、研究生记录考试成绩以及他们的职业目标与现有资源的兼容性而被挑选出来的。博士后实习生是在流行病学或相关生物医学领域拥有医学博士学位或博士学位的个人。他们的录取是由一个教员委员会根据他们的研究潜力和他们的研究兴趣与教员的兼容性来决定的。每年将资助三名博士后和两名博士后实习生。该项目的毕业生将在大学、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部以及斯坦福大学医学院的其他部门进行。学员的研究机会可在卫生研究和政策部门的流行病学部门、儿科部门的内分泌和新陈代谢部门、斯坦福研究和疾病预防中心、加州大学旧金山分校的预防科学小组和北加州凯撒永久医疗保健计划的研究部门获得。斯坦福大学拥有丰富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.