Doctoral Research Training in Sociomedical Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是2004年11月人口科学小组委员会CHHD-W审核的社会医学博士研究培训申请（T32 HD049339-01）的修订。拟议的项目将设在哥伦比亚大学梅尔曼公共卫生学院社会医学科学系（SMS）。社会医学博士课程（包括社会学、人类学、政治学、心理学、历史学、经济学和公共卫生等学科）吸引了优秀和多样化的学生，提供了优秀的培训，培养了成功的毕业生。我们在本提案中描述的博士前培训计划建立在现有的博士项目的基础上，但实质上扩展了现有的博士项目，以创建一个新的、高度创新的培训计划，这是美国其他学术机构无法复制的。受训者将完成他们所选学科的博士课程要求，特定于SMS的课程要求，以及特定于本培训计划的要求。哥伦比亚大学的智力和物理设施（图书馆，计算机访问）支持这一计划是杰出的。我们要求5名博士学员每人最多获得5年的资助。审稿人对第一个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考虑”。然而，他们提出了一些担忧。我们在目前修订的提案中解决了这些问题。我们认为，这项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，已得到充分证明。我们提出的博士培训项目正是针对这一需求。

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.