BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TRAINING IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH

描述(由申请人提供)： 自1984年成立以来，药物滥用行为科学培训研究计划(BST)已成为美国最大的NRSA培训计划之一，专门从事药物滥用、艾滋病和犯罪的行为科学研究。BST项目已经培训了128名博士后和博士后实习生，其中近一半是少数民族。这项申请要求授权在21至25年的每一年中维持目前的任用水平(7名博士后和9名博士后实习生)。BST计划在准学术环境中运作，由三个合作机构运作：纽约市医学和健康研究协会(MHRA)、赠款管理人、国家发展和研究机构(NDRI)、培训网站和哥伦比亚大学的梅尔曼公共卫生学院(MSPH)。布鲁斯·D·约翰逊博士领导着一支由36名来自MHRA、NDRI和MSPH的领先研究人员组成的核心教员，他们为BST学员提供高度结构化和严格的培训。BST计划的使命是培养行为科学家，特别是来自少数族裔背景的行为科学家，为药物滥用研究和相关领域的职业生涯做准备。这是通过以下方式实现的：(1)招募和任命有前途的科学家，其中一半来自少数族裔背景；(2)提供关于实质性课题和理论、研究方法和实践以及研究道德行为的高级培训；以及(3)指导和咨询受训人员。学员定期参与受监督的研究--BST核心教员的100多项联邦拨款/合同提供了大量机会--他们进行自己的独立研究。BST项目的成功从112名毕业生(包括44名获得博士学位的博士前实习生)和16名现有研究员的重大贡献中可见一斑。许多以前的学员通过他们的研究和出版物而脱颖而出--现任和前任BST学员的出版物数量估计超过750本。BST实习生已经收到了17笔国家卫生研究院资助的助学金，在另外27个国家卫生研究院项目中担任联合调查员，并从非国家卫生研究院的资金来源获得了超过75笔赠款。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since its inception in 1984, the Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research Program (BST) has become one of the nations largest NRSA training programs specializing in behavioral science research on drug abuse, AIDS, and crime. The BST program has trained 128 predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees-with nearly half of them being racial/ethnic minorities. This application requests authorization to maintain the current levels of appointments (7 postdoctoral and 9 predoctoral trainees) during each of Years 21 to 25. The BST program operates in a quasi-academic environment, and is operated by three collaborating institutions: Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. (MHRA), the grant administrator, National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI), the training site, and the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) at Columbia University, the university affiliate. Dr. Bruce D. Johnson directs a core faculty of 36 leading researchers from MHRA, NDRI, and MSPH, who provide highly structured and rigorous training for BST trainees. The mission of the BST program is to prepare behavioral scientists, especially from minority backgrounds, for careers in drug abuse research and allied fields. This is accomplished by (1) recruiting and appointing promising scientists, half from minority backgrounds, for traineeships; (2) providing advanced training in substantive topics and theory, research methods and 0ractices, and the ethical conduct of research; and (3) mentoring and advising trainees. Trainees regularly participate in supervised research--ample opportunities exist on well over 100 Federal grants/contracts of BST core faculty--and they conduct their own independent research. The BST program's success is evident in the significant contributions of its 112 graduates (including 44 predoctoral trainees who have received their doctorates) and 16 current fellows. Many of the former trainees have distinguished themselves through their research and publications--the number of publications by current and former BST trainees is estimated at over 750. BST trainees have written and received as PIs 17 NIH funded grants, been Co-investigators on 27 more NIH projects, and received over 75 grants from non-NIH funding sources.