Training Program in Perinatal Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）：该培训计划的目的是满足日益增长的国家对怀孕和儿童疾病及其后期后遗症的流行病学专业知识的需求。鉴于美国缺乏围产期流行病学方面的培训项目，我们建议在五年的时间内招募、培训和毕业15名博士后，并为他们提供围产期流行病学领域的设计、实施、分析和传播同行评议研究的技能。9名围产期流行病学家，全部由NIH资助或同等资助，是美国最大的学科集中之一，将指导所有受训人员，由另一组在围产期流行病学相关领域接受培训和外部资助的高级教员协助，他们将可以共同指导受训人员。这种多学科结合将创造一种智力上具有挑战性和支持性的研究环境，使研究员成为能够有助于发现围产期疾病的可预防原因的主要研究人员，从而改善母亲和儿童的健康。重点培养儿科医生和产科医生博士后。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纳入医疗保健和公共卫生。培训计划将强调正式的课程作业，密集和精心指导的研究经验和五个特殊培训模块。研究伦理方面的培训将是一个项目要求，其他旨在促进专业发展的活动也是如此。除了流行病学、统计学、计算机编程和有关学科的方法学课程外，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流行病学培训方案中都没有。将制定特别培训单元，以解决实验室遗传学、围产期临床实体和环境、数据协调中心的业务、将研究成果转化为妇幼保健公共卫生政策以及科学传播等问题。与外部围产期调查员的特别研究研讨会系列将纳入流行病学部门的研讨会系列。将建立和维持一个主要地方和国家数据库的数据储存库，供学员使用。将为该计划建立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.