Training Program in Perinatal Epidemiology

描述(由申请者提供)：本培训计划的目的是满足国家对妊娠和儿童疾病及其后来的后遗症流行病学方面日益增长的专业知识的需求。认识到美国在围产期流行病学方面缺乏任何培训计划，我们建议在五年内招募、培训和毕业15名博士后和博士后研究员，并为他们提供设计、实施、分析和传播围产期流行病学领域同行评议研究的技能。9名围产期流行病学家将指导所有受训者，他们都获得了NIH的资助或同等资质，是美国该学科最集中的学科之一，由另一组资深教职员工协助，他们在与围产期流行病学相关的领域接受培训和外部资助，他们将可以共同指导受训者。这种多学科的结合将创造一个智力上具有挑战性和支持性的研究环境，使研究员准备成为领先的研究人员，他们可以为发现围产期疾病的可预防原因做出贡献，从而改善母亲和儿童的健康。我们将特别针对儿科医生和产科医生进行博士后培训。该项目的项目主任和副主任都是儿科流行病学家，该项目将致力于将流行病学融入医疗保健和公共卫生。培训计划将强调正式的课程工作、密集和仔细指导的研究经验和五个特殊培训模块。研究道德培训将是一项计划要求，其他旨在促进职业发展的活动也是如此。除了流行病学、统计学、计算机编程和相关学科的方法论课程外，学员还将学习生殖、围产期和神经流行病学课程，这些课程在许多国家的流行病学培训计划中是没有的。将开发专门的培训模块，以处理实验室遗传学、围产期临床实体和环境、数据协调中心的运作、将研究转化为妇幼保健方面的公共卫生政策以及科学交流。一个有外部围产期调查人员参加的特别研究研讨会系列将被纳入流行病学系研讨会系列。将建立和维护供受训人员使用的地方和国家主要数据库的数据库。将为该计划建立一个正式的评估和反馈机制。我们希望在美国建立一个领先的围产期流行病学培训和研究中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of this training program is to meet a growing national need for expertise in the epidemiology of pregnancy and childhood disorders and their later sequelae. Recognizing the absence of any training program in perinatal epidemiology in the US, we propose to recruit, train and graduate 15 pre- and postdoctoral fellows over a five year period, and to provide them with the skills to design, implement, analyze and disseminate peer-reviewed studies in the field of perinatal epidemiology. Nine perinatal epidemiologists, all with NIH funding or the equivalent, one of the largest concentrations of the discipline in the US, will mentor all trainees, assisted by another group of senior faculty with training and external funding in fields allied to perinatal epidemiology, who will be available to co-mentor trainees. This multidisciplinary mix will create an intellectually challenging and supportive research environment that will prepare fellows to become leading researchers who can contribute to the discovery of preventable causes of perinatal diseases, thereby improving the health of mothers and children. We will especially target pediatricians and obstetricians for post-doctoral training. With a program director and associate director who are both pediatrician epidemiologists, the program will be committed to the integration of epidemiology into both medical care and public health. The training program will emphasize formal course-work, intensive and carefully-mentored research experiences and five special training modules. Training in research ethics will be a program requirement, as will other activities designed to foster professional development. In addition to methodologic courses in epidemiology, statistics, computer programming and related disciplines, trainees will take courses in reproductive, perinatal and neurological epidemiology, courses not available in many national epidemiology training programs. Special training modules will be developed to address laboratory genetics, perinatal clinical entities and settings, operations of a data coordination center, translation of research into public health policy in maternal and child health, and scientific communication. A special research seminar series with outside perinatal investigators will be integrated into the Department of Epidemiology seminar series. A data repository of major local and national databases for use by trainees will be created and maintained. A formal evaluation and feedback mechanism will be created for the program. We hope to create a leading center in the US for training and research in perinatal epidemiology.