Mental Health Biostatistics Training

描述（由申请人提供）：生物统计学系和精神病学和行为科学系在华盛顿大学提出了一个研究培训计划，在心理健康生物统计学，将支持五个博士前的学生。培训计划将以这样一种方式组织，学员将接受（1）生物统计理论和应用基础的良好培训，（2）通过正式课程，心理健康项目，研讨会，期刊俱乐部以及与其他学科的心理健康学员的互动，在心理健康服务研究和神经生物学研究方面进行良好的培训。该项目将以公共卫生学院生物统计系为中心。培训计划的学术部分将包括生物统计理论和应用的基础以及神经生物学，流行病学，心理健康服务的课程工作。大多数正式的生物统计学课程将采取的受训人员将在生物统计学和统计学系的教员授课。关于心理健康研究方法问题的新课程将补充现有课程。学员还将参加定期的每周生物统计研讨会和每周心理健康工作进展研讨会。培训计划的研究部分将强调正在进行的生物统计方法研究的合作，并在更多的心理健康研究项目之一的重要参与。心理健康研究项目将从正在进行的心理健康临床研究以及华盛顿大学、普吉特海湾团体健康合作社和美国退伍军人事务部普吉特海湾医疗保健系统完成的心理健康研究数据库中确定。绝大多数的导师将从生物统计学和精神病学和行为科学在华盛顿大学的部门，和其他人将从心理学，卫生服务，流行病学和医学在华盛顿大学的部门，以及健康研究中心的团体健康合作社。指导员将帮助学员获得必要的生物统计学和心理健康的知识和技能，以在心理健康方面取得成功的生物统计学研究生涯。每名受训人员将担任一名生物统计学导师和一名临床导师。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Department of Biostatistics and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences at the University of Washington proposes a research training program in mental health biostatistics that will support five predoctoral students. The training program will be structured in such a way that trainees will receive (1) sound training in the foundations of biostatistical theory and applications, (2) sound training in mental health services research and neurobiologic research through formal courses, mental health projects, seminars, journal clubs, and interactions with mental health trainees from other disciplines. The program will be centered in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health. The academic component of the training program will include the foundations of biostatistical theory and applications and course work in the neurobiologic, epidemiology, health services of mental health. Most of formal biostatistical courses to be taken by trainees will be taught by faculty members in the Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics. New courses on methodological issues in mental health research will be supplemented to the existing curriculum. The trainees will also attend regular series of weekly biostatistical seminars and weekly mental health works- in-progress seminars. The research component of the training program will emphasize collaboration in ongoing biostatistical methodology research and significant involvement in one of more mental health research projects. The mental health research projects will be identified from ongoing clinical studies in mental health as well as databases from completed mental health studies at University of Washington, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. The vast majority of preceptors for this training grant will be from the Departments of Biostatistics and Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences at the University of Washington, and others will be from the Departments of Psychology, Health Services, Epidemiology, and Medicine at the University of Washington as well as the Center for Health Studies of Group Health Cooperative. Preceptors will help the trainees gain the knowledge and skills in biostatistics and mental health necessary to have a successful biostatistical research career in mental health. Each trainee will be one biostatistical preceptor and one clinical preceptor.