Multidisciplinary Schizophrenia Research Training

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份修订后的申请，申请在马里兰州精神病学研究中心进行精神分裂症研究的多学科博士后培训计划。本申请先前的标题为“精神分裂症：异源性和发展。“在本申请中，我们描述了一个针对精神病学，心理学，实验室神经科学和药学研究员的培训计划，该计划涵盖了从卫生服务研究和临床试验到使用动物和死后人体组织的实验室研究的精神分裂症研究。我们所有的研究员分享一些共同的培训经验，包括许多小组会议专门为学员与资深科学家从MPRC和其他中心，对精神分裂症和相关的方法问题的核心课程，并在许多研讨会和MPRC教师的其他科学活动的参与。我们的培训中提出的改进包括：准备赠款提案，然后是教师反馈;对学员进展的外部审查，重点是他们的长期职业发展;临床和临床前导师的分配;宣传该计划的计划;以及来自过去和现在的研究员的更多反馈。马里兰州精神病学研究中心（MPRC）是一个优秀的设置奖学金培训计划与NIMH资助的干预研究中心，完成基础和临床教师的稳定干部的存在，和一些有竞争力的研究赠款。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application for a multidisciplinary, postdoctoral training program in schizophrenia research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. This application was previously titled "Schizophrenia: Heterogeneity and Development." In this application, we describe a training program for fellows in psychiatry, psychology, laboratory neuroscience, and pharmacy in a program that spans schizophrenia research from health services research and clinical trials, to laboratory studies using animals and postmortem human tissue. All of our fellows share a number of common training experiences, including many small group meetings exclusively for trainees with senior scientists from the MPRC and other centers, a core curriculum on schizophrenia and related methodological issues, and participation in the many seminars and other scientific activities of the MPRC faculty. Proposed improvements in our training include: preparation of a grant proposal, followed by faculty feedback; an outside review of trainees' progress that will focus on their long-term career development; assignment of both clinical and preclinical mentors; a program for publicizing the program; and greater feedback from past and current fellows. The Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC) is an excellent setting for fellowship training program with the presence of an NIMH-funded Intervention Research Center, a stable cadre of accomplished basic and clinical faculty, and a number of competitive research grants.