TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY & BIOSTATISTICS

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个继续申请 精神病学流行病学和生物统计学联合培训计划 哈佛公共卫生学院。培训的主要目标 计划是教育有前途的博士前和博士后学生， 成为精神病学研究的流行病学和生物统计学科学家。一 共需要十一名博士前和五名博士后学员。快速 流行病学和生物统计学基础科学的发展提供了 进一步推动精神病学研究前沿的机会 疾病，了解自然史，遗传和环境风险 因素，并制定更好的治疗和预防策略。那里 在伴随核心中存在对高水平技术培训的迫切需要 流行病学和生物统计学学科。流行病学系 HSPH的生物统计学和生物统计学被认为是世界领先的培训中心 生物统计学和流行病学。我们有一个有成就的承诺 来自流行病学系的培训教师（8名教师）， 生物统计学（13名教师）和附属部门在哈佛（14名教师） 重点是：1）预防性研究; 2）精神病遗传学 流行病学;和3）临床试验。我们的联合训练计划， 1991年，在过去的九年里迅速扩大和蓬勃发展。两 各部门在培训高质素学员方面成绩斐然。博士 学员通常需要整整两年的课程， 无论是在生物统计学或流行病学，往往是一个小的浓度， 其他领域。博士生必须通过书面和口头资格考试， 通常是在博士研究的第三年。在完成口头 考试时，研究委员会由三名教员组成，一般至少有 一位来自生物统计学，一位来自流行病学。的 流行病学博士后培训计划提供学位培训， 希望专门从事流行病学研究的精神科医生;两个部门 为博士提供非学位博士后培训？s还是Sc.D.？s与一个实体 接受过流行病学、生物统计学或相关领域的培训， 专攻心理健康

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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 predoctoral and postdoctoral students to become epidemiological and biostatistical scientists in psychiatric research. A total of eleven predoctoral and five postdoctoral trainees are requested. 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 and prevention strategies. 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. We have the commitment of an accomplished training faculty from the Departments of Epidemiology (8 faculty), Biostatistics (13 faculty) and affiliated departments at Harvard (14 faculty) with focal emphasis on: 1) preventive research; 2) psychiatric genetic epidemiology; and 3) clinical trials. Our joint training program, initiated in 1991, has rapidly expanded and flourished over the past nine years. Both departments have a strong record of producing high quality trainees. 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. 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; both departments offer non-degree postdoctoral training 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.