UCLA/RAND Health Services Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学洛杉矶分校/兰德公司卫生服务研究博士前和博士后研究培训计划的目的是教育和培训未来的卫生服务研究人员和卫生政策分析师，致力于解决美国最紧迫的卫生保健问题。目前的方案最初于1992年供资，现要求将其延长五年。该计划依赖于一组核心教师，他们代表了各种学科，这些学科对于开展高质量的卫生服务研究至关重要，并且在研究和培训方面都有合作的历史。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the UCLA/RAND health services research pre-doctoral and post-doctoral research training program is to educate and train the future health services researchers and health policy analysts, devoted to addressing America(s most pressing health care problems. A five-year continuation of the current program, originally funded in 1992, is requested. The program relies on a group of core faculty who represent a variety of disciplines that are essential to conducting high-quality health services research, and who have a history of collaboration in both research and training. Pre-doctoral trainees can receive a PhD at UCLA in the Departments of Health Services, Epidemiology, or Sociology. Those choosing Health Services specialize in economics, sociology, management, or epidemiology. Seventeen courses are required. Post-doctoral trainees must have an M.D. or Ph.D., and are required to take at least eight courses. All trainees are required to join one or more ongoing research projects at UCLA or RAND. Each year, the program proposes to admit three to four new pre-doctoral trainees and two to three new post-doctoral trainees so that any one time, there are seven pre-doctoral and five pre-doctoral trainees in the program. Each will be funded for a two-year period. The combined environment of UCLA and RAND is ideal for trainees. UCLA offers a wide range of academic disciplines with nationally-recognized faculty who have an active research program that can serve as a basis for training. RAND is a full-time research organization with a broad range of funded projects that offer trainees the opportunity to work on studies that address important national health policy issues.