Doctoral Research Training in Sociomedical Sciences

描述（申请人提供）：本申请是社会医学科学博士研究培训申请（T32 HD 049339 -01）的修订版，最初由人口科学小组委员会CHHD-W于2004年11月审查。拟议的计划将设在社会医学科学（SMS）在哥伦比亚大学梅尔曼公共卫生学院的部门。的博士社会医学科学课程（包括社会学，人类学，政治学，心理学，历史学和经济学以及公共卫生学科）吸引了优秀和多样化的学生，提供优秀的培训，并培养成功的毕业生。我们在本提案中描述的博士前培训计划建立在现有博士学位的基础上，但大大扩展了现有的博士学位。该计划旨在创建一个新的和高度创新的培训计划，在美国其他学术机构不可复制。学员将完成博士课程要求在他们所选择的学科，课程要求具体到SMS，并具体到这个培训计划的要求。在哥伦比亚的智力和物理（图书馆，计算机访问），以支持这一计划的设施阵列是杰出的。我们要求为五名博士生每人提供最多五年的资助。审查人员对第一项提案提出了许多积极的评论，最后建议“以极大的热情进一步审议。“然而，他们提出了一些关切。我们在目前的订正提案中处理了这些关切。我们认为，该建议因此得到了极大的加强。迫切需要跨学科的社会科学为基础的培训，以解决主要的当代公共卫生问题已经有充分的文件证明。我们提出的博士生培养计划是对这一需求的直接回应。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a revision of the application for Doctoral Research Training in Sociomedical Sciences (T32 HD049339-01) originally reviewed by the Population Sciences Subcommittee CHHD-W in November 2004. The proposed program will be located in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences (SMS) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The Ph.D. program in Sociomedical sciences (incorporating the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, history, and economics as well as public health) attracts outstanding and diverse students, provides excellent training, and produces successful graduates. The pre-doctoral training program we describe in this proposal builds on but substantially extends this existing Ph.D. program to create a new and highly innovative training program, unduplicated at other academic institutions in the United States. Trainees will complete doctoral course requirements in their chosen discipline, course requirements specific to SMS, and requirements specific to this training program. The array of facilities at Columbia-intellectual and physical (libraries, computer access) to support this program is outstanding. We request a maximum of five years of funding for each of five doctoral trainees. Reviewers made many positive comments about the first proposal, concluding with a recommendation "for further consideration with much enthusiasm." They raised a number of concerns, however. We have addressed these concerns in the current, revised, proposal. We believe that the proposal has been greatly strengthened as a result. The urgent need for interdisciplinary social- science based training to address major contemporary public health problems has been well documented. The doctoral training program we propose is in direct response to that need.