Population Research Training

描述(由申请者提供)：人口统计分析可以提供有价值的 对许多社会、经济和健康的根源和后果的洞察 现象，并有助于设计更有效的公共政策 干预措施。拟议的计划将为以下人员提供人口统计培训 华盛顿大学研究中心的博士前学生 人口学和生态学。参与项目的学科有社会学、 经济学、人类学和地理学。培训教员有39名成员。 涉及多学科研究和培训的独特专业领域 包括亚洲人口学、生物人口学、儿童和家庭人口学 分层、人口统计学和统计方法。该提案旨在 每年支持5名博士前实习生。受训人员将从新的 申请者被NICHD培训计划的存在所激励 人口统计，以及从每年平均650-700人申请到330人 平均每个博士生都已经注册了这四个学科。选择 将基于学术承诺，致力于研究人口学，以及 继续留学生，项目表现。在人口统计学方面的强大培训将 通过在内部和外部的正式课程作业相结合来实现 每个学生在实质性人口统计问题上的家庭纪律，人口统计 和相关的社会科学研究方法；一个研究学徒，一个 研究研讨会和专业研讨会。培训教员有62人得到资助 研究补助金，提供丰富的研究和培训环境，并 从事其他重要的研究，也提供出色的培训 机遇。该中心位于中心校园的萨弗里大厅。 工作人员包括两名授权管理员、两名系统分析员、一名 统计程序员和图书管理员。该中心有一个计算机实验室，一个 图书馆，以及教职员工和研究生的办公空间。统计 咨询人员和数据档案馆毗邻中心。装备齐全的 实验室支持基于人口的分子水平的生物人口学研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Demographic analyses can provide valuable insights into the sources and consequences of many social, economic and health phenomena, and contribute to the design of more effective public policy interventions. The proposed program will provide demographic training for predoctoral students at the University of Washington's Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology. Disciplines participating in program are Sociology, Economics, Anthropology and Geography. The training faculty has 39 members. Distinctive specialty areas involving multidisciplinary research and training include Asian demography, biodemography, child and family demography, stratification, and demographic and statistical methods. The proposal seeks annual support for 5 predoctoral trainees. Trainees will be recruited from new applicants stimulated by the presence of an NICHD training program in demography, and from the 650-700 average yearly applicants to and the 330 average Ph.D. students already enrolled in the four disciplines. Selection will be based on academic promise, commitment to studying demography and, for continuing students, program performance. Strong training in demography will be achieved through a combination of formal coursework within and outside of each student's home discipline in substantive demographic issues, demographic and relate social science research methods; a research apprenticeship, a research seminar, and a pro-seminar. The training faculty has 62 funded research grants that provide a rich research and training environment, and is engaged in other significant studies that also offer excellent training opportunities. The Center is located in Savery Hall in the central campus. Staff includes two grants administrators, two systems analysts, one statistical programmer, and a librarian. The Center has a computer lab, a library, and office space for faculty and graduate students. Statistical consultants and a data archive are adjacent to the Center. A fully equipped laboratory supports population-based molecular-level biodemographic research.