Postdoctoral Training in Mental Retardation Research

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划始于1995年。我们现在寻求第三个五年期的资金。该计划提供跨学科的培训，在行为，生物行为和社会科学研究MRDD，重点是社会情感，沟通和家庭过程。博士后学员进入为期两年的计划与博士学位。与人类行为和儿童发展有关的学科。该培训计划被安置并完全融入威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的魏斯曼中心，该中心由NICHD资助的P30核心补助金提供支持。该计划的所有21名教师都是魏斯曼中心的调查人员，并进行外部资助的研究计划。其目标是培养对MRDD进行高质量、有计划和可资助的研究所需的技能和持久的承诺。 该方案有四个关键要素：（1）协调和监测每个受训者的个性化培训经验的机制;（2）强化研究培训经验;（3）参加研讨会核心课程;（4）完成有形“产品”。" 完成该项目的14名学员都在一流大学担任教师或研究科学家职务，包括波士顿大学、宾夕法尼亚州立大学、查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学和威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校。受训人员在受训期间和受训后都在著名期刊上发表了相关研究。其中五个已经获得了NIH的研究资金。三名受训人员属于代表性不足的群体。教师与学员的合作是广泛的。两名前学员现在是培训计划教师的成员，第三个是我们的国家咨询委员会的成员，并将协助招聘博士后候选人的颜色。 该计划，就像它所支持的科学一样，是动态的。因此，我们已经增加了一个生物行为方面的程序，这方面的支持，增加了程序教师，课程的变化，并招聘相关的学员。我们还极大地扩大了对负责任的科学行为的关注。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The program began in 1995. We now seek funding for a third, five-year period. The program provides interdisciplinary training in behavioral, biobehavioral, and social science research on MRDD, with an emphasis on social-affective, communication, and family processes. Post-doctoral trainees enter the two year program with a Ph.D. in a discipline related to human behavior and child development. The training program is housed and fully integrated into the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which is supported by an NICHD-funded P30 Core Grant. All 21 members of the program faculty are Waisman Center investigators and conduct externally funded programs of research. The goal is to develop the skills and enduring commitment needed to conduct high quality, programmatic, and fundable research on MRDD. The program has four key elements: (1) mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring individualized training experiences for each trainee; (2) intensive research training experiences; (3) participation in a core curriculum of seminars; and (4) completion of tangible "products." All 14 trainees who have completed the program have gone on to faculty or research scientist positions at first-rate universities, including Boston University, Pennsylvania State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Trainees have published relevant research in prestigious periodicals both during and after their traineeships. Five have already secured NIH funding for their research. Three trainees are members of underrepresented groups. Faculty collaboration with trainees has been extensive. Two former trainees are now members of the training program faculty, and a third is a member of our National Advisory Committee and will assist with recruitment of post-doctoral candidates of color. The program, like the science it supports, is dynamic. Thus, we have added a biobehavioral dimension to the program, with this dimension supported by additions to the program faculty, changes to the curriculum, and recruitment of relevant trainees. We also have greatly expanded the focus on responsible conduct of science.