US/Costa Rica Psychiatric Genetic Research Training

描述(由申请者提供)：这是一个项目培训补助金的申请，旨在培养一支来自哥斯达黎加的精神病学遗传学研究领域的核心研究人员。该培训计划将建立在哥斯达黎加大学(UCR)和位于圣安东尼奥的德克萨斯大学健康科学中心(UTHSCSA)之间现有的合作研究项目的基础上，该项目目前由国家心理健康研究所资助。该计划将为三个轨道的学生提供培训。第一轨道的学生将是来自哥斯达黎加的精神科住院医生，他们将在UTHSCSA度过三个月。第二轨的学生将是来自科斯塔皮卡的精神病学家，他们已经完成住院医师培训，并致力于在精神病学遗传学研究方面获得为期两年的博士后奖学金。第三轨道的学生将是博士研究生，他们将在UTHSCSA和UCR接受精神病学遗传学领域的培训。该计划将教授与精神病学基因研究有关的伦理和社会问题，还将提供精神病学研究的临床培训和遗传学研究的分子生物学培训。第二和第三轨道的学生也可以选择将他们的研究主要集中在统计遗传学方法或遗传学研究的伦理学上。在完成这一五年计划时，拥有精神病学遗传学专业知识的核心哥斯达黎加研究人员，包括临床医学博士和基础科学博士，将接受培训，并将在本国完成这一领域的研究工作。该计划旨在培养一支在这一领域自我维持和自给自足的哥斯达黎加研究人员队伍，以便在未来与其他国家进行独立和真正的合作研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for a Program Training Grant aimed at developing a core of researchers in the area of psychiatric genetics research, from the country of Costa Rica. The training program will build on existing collaborative research projects between the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), currently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. The program will provide training for three tracks of students. Track 1 students will be psychiatric residents from Costa Rica who will spend three months at UTHSCSA. Track 2 students will be psychiatrists from Costa Pica who have finished residency training and are committed to a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in psychiatric genetics research. Track 3 students will be PhD pre-doctoral students, who will be trained both at UTHSCSA and at UCR, in the field of psychiatric genetics. This program will teach ethics and social issues related to psychiatric genetic research and will also provide clinical training in psychiatric research and molecular biology training in genetics research. Track 2 and 3 students may also elect to focus their research primarily on statistical genetics methods or ethics of genetics research. At the completion of this five year program, a core of Costa Rican researchers, both clinical MDs and basic science PhDs, with expertise in the field of psychiatric genetics will have been trained and will have completed research work in this area in their home country. This program is intended to create a self-sustaining and self-sufficient cadre of Costa Rican researchers in this area, to conduct both independent and true collaborative research with other countries in the future.