Doctoral Research Training in Sociomedical Sciences

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请是对人口科学小组委员会CHHD-W于2004年11月最初审查的社会科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的社会医学科学系。社会医学博士课程(融合了社会学、人类学、政治学、心理学、历史学、经济学以及公共卫生等学科)吸引了优秀和多样化的学生，提供了出色的培训，并培养出了成功的毕业生。我们在本提案中描述的博士前培训项目建立在现有博士项目的基础上，但在很大程度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项目，这一项目在美国其他学术机构中是无法复制的。学员将完成他们所选学科的博士课程要求、特定于SMS的课程要求以及本培训计划的特定要求。哥伦比亚大学的一系列设施-智力和物质(图书馆，计算机访问)-支持这一计划是杰出的。我们要求为五名博士生每人提供最多五年的资助。评价者对第一个提案给予了许多积极的评价，最后提出了一项“以极大的热情进行进一步审议”的建议。然而，他们提出了一些担忧。我们已经在当前修订后的提案中解决了这些关切。我们认为，该提议因此得到了极大的加强。迫切需要以社会科学为基础的跨学科培训，以解决当代重大公共卫生问题，这是有据可查的。我们提出的博士培养计划就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.