MBRS IMSD Program at the Harvard School of Public Health

描述(申请人提供)：这是第一次竞争性续期 哈佛大学国际管理发展学院的培训项目。总体目标是增加这一数字 在公共部门从事量化研究事业的少数族裔人数不足 通过扩大和支持研究生培训机会 在哈佛大学公共卫生学院(HSPH)，少数民族的代表性不足。 虽然我们的项目只运行了三年，但取得了长足的进步 已经为实现我们最初的目标而做出了努力。因此，的许多关键功能 建议的重建计划将保留原来的建议。我们的继续 科学的重点将是以社区为基础的量化方法 流行病学和干预研究。最初，赠款提供了 这两个系每年资助6名博士生， 生物统计学与健康与社会行为。在这次续签中，我们建议 每年再支持四名博士生，总共十名，以及 在该计划中增加两个科室：流行病学和母婴 健康。这些额外的博士前职位将取代我们的两个职位 目前的补助金是给医学博士实习生的。除了通常的产品外， 参与该计划的部门，该计划支持的博士生 将接受设计和分析技术方面的专门培训 以社区为基础的研究(例如，调查抽样、多水平建模)以及 实际和道德问题(例如，对文化敏感的方法 研究)。学员将参加每周一次的基于社区的研究 参加研讨会并与教师导师保持密切的工作关系。 我们的计划将继续为六名本科生提供支持 作为暑期实习生参加社区研究的十周。我们的 实习生的中心目标将是提供一个积极和愉快的 研究经验将激励他们并为毕业工作做好准备。 最后，我们将继续举办一年一度的为期一天的研讨会，重点是 与健康差距有关的研究，特别是与种族有关的研究 和种族。正在进行的计划确保提供合适的 建议计划的申请者池。此外，我们已经形成了强大的 与少数族裔入学人数较多的几所本科院校建立联系。这个 该计划将由教育发展中心公司(EDC)进行评估 非营利教育研究机构。我们还收到了宝贵的建议 并在我们的年度咨询委员会会议上提出建设性的批评。《院长》 热心支持这项计划，并将继续为 每年以学费的形式提供大量的财政资助 补助金、可自由支配的资金，以及高级工作人员的时间和努力， 特别是在招生办公室和学生事务处。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first competitive renewal of the IMSD training program at Harvard. The general aim is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing quantitative research careers in Public Health by expanding and supporting graduate training opportunities for underrepresented minorities at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Although our program has been running only three years, considerable progress has been made towards achieving our original goals. Hence, many key features of the original proposal will be retained for the proposed renewal. Our continuing scientific focus will be quantitative methods for community-based epidemiological and intervention research. Originally, the grant provided support for six doctoral students per year in the two departments, Biostatistics and Health and Social Behavior. In this renewal, we propose to support an additional four doctoral students per year, for a total of ten, and add two additional departments to the program: Epidemiology and Maternal/Child Health. These additional predoctoral slots will replace two positions our current grant has for M.D. trainees. In addition to the usual offerings of the departments involved in the program, doctoral students supported by the program will receive specialized training in design and analysis techniques for community-based research (e.g. survey sampling, multilevel modeling) as well as practical and ethical issues (e.g. culturally sensitive approaches to research). Trainees will participate in a weekly community-based research seminar and maintain close working relationships with faculty mentors. Our program will continue to provide support for six undergraduates to spend ten weeks as summer interns participating in community-based research. Our central goal for the interns will be to provide a positive and enjoyable research experience that will motivate and prepare them for graduate work. Finally, we will continue to hold an annual one-day symposium focused on research related to health disparities, particularly those associated with race and ethnicity. Ongoing initiatives ensure the availability of a suitable applicant pool for the proposed program. In addition, we have formed strong ties with several undergraduate institutions with high minority enrollment. The program will be evaluated by Educational Development Center Inc. (EDC), a non-profit educational research institution. We also receive valuable advice and constructive criticism at our annual Advisory Committee meeting. The Dean of HSPH enthusiastically supports the program and will continue to provide a substantial financial contribution each year in the form of tuition supplements, discretionary funds, as well as time and effort from senior staff, especially in the Offices of Admissions and Student Affairs.