Research Training in Functional Disability Interventions

描述（由申请人提供）：耶鲁大学医学院精神病学系要求首次更新5年博士后研究培训补助金，用于治疗，康复和预防严重精神障碍的干预和服务研究。该补助金共为2名医生和2名博士提供支持。心理学家每年博士后学员在耶鲁大学度过两到三年的时间，获得临床和研究培训，同时由研究人员指导，他们的兴趣包括神经科学，认知和职业康复，早期干预，流行病学和卫生服务研究。我们的多学科计划使学员能够参与研究，从有前途的新方法到卫生系统有效性研究的试验。该提案的主要目的是为博士后学员提供机会，使他们能够全身心投入学习成为独立研究人员和临床科学家所需的技能。未来的学员确定一个教师导师，并制定一个拟议的培训计划作为申请程序的一部分。在培训方案期间，受训人员参加关于保健服务研究、神经科学、生物统计学、研究设计、转化研究和负责任地开展科学研究的研讨会和课程。他们参加IRB的指导轮换。直接参与社区环境，刺激尖端神经科学，在州，国家和国际层面接触系统问题，以及研究方法的强化培训提供了丰富的经验，鼓励学员进行原创性研究。项目包括精神病的早期发现、康复过程、儿童精神病服务模式的变化、聋人和听力受损者的精神健康服务、药物滥用治疗中的认知补救以及精神分裂症认知再训练的功能磁共振成像评估等主题。在教师的指导下，学员获得临床研究的经验，从最初的概念化和设计，通过实施，数据分析和手稿准备。四名研究员已完成培训，四名研究员目前正在接受培训。毕业生继续他们的独立研究作为教师在领先的医疗中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine requests the first renewal of a 5 year post-doctoral research training grant for intervention and services research in treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of severe mental disorders. This grant provides support for a total of 2 physicians and 2 Ph.D. psychologists per year. Post-doctoral trainees spend two to three years at Yale to obtain clinical and research training while being mentored by faculty investigators whose interests include neuroscience, cognitive and vocational rehabilitation, early intervention, epidemiology and health services research. Our multi-disciplinary program enables trainees to engage in research from trials on promising new approaches to effectiveness studies in health systems. The main purpose of this proposal is to provide post-doctoral trainees the opportunity to devote full-time effort to learning the skills needed to become independent researchers and clinician scientists. Prospective trainees identify a faculty mentor and develop a proposed training plan as part of the application procedure. During the training program, trainees participate in seminars and courses on health services research, neuroscience, biostatistics, research design, translational research and responsible conduct of scientific research. They participate in a mentored rotation on the IRB. Direct involvement in community settings, stimulation of cutting-edge neuroscience, exposure to systems issues at a state, national, and international level, and intensive training in research methods provide a rich experience that encourages trainees to generate original research. Projects have included such topics as early detection of psychosis, the recovery process, changing patterns of child psychiatric services, mental health services for the deaf and hearing impaired, cognitive remediation in substance abuse treatment, and fMRI assessment of cognitive retraining in schizophrenia. Under faculty mentors, trainees gain experience in clinical research, from initial conceptualization and design, through implementation, data analysis and manuscript preparation. Four fellows have completed their training and four are currently in training. Graduates have continued their independent research as faculty at leading medical centers.