MBRS IMSD Program at the Harvard School of Public Health

描述(由申请者提供)：哈佛大学公共卫生学院的IMSD(学生多样性最大化倡议)计划旨在最大限度地增加在健康差距方面从事量化研究职业的未被充分代表的少数族裔学生的数量。我们培训计划的总体目标是：1.通过每年从四个系(流行病学、生物统计学、环境健康和社会、人类发展和健康)招收和支持10名学生，最大限度地增加哈佛公共卫生学院博士前学生的多样性，以便-2.使学生掌握人口健康理论和方法，以进行健康差距的研究；3.在职业发展、技能和能力方面提供指导；4.加强机构内以及全国范围内的“管道”，让少数族裔学生从博士后奖学金过渡到博士后奖学金，并最终过渡到教师职位；以及5.根据一套明确的目标和标准评估计划的有效性。我们对健康差距这一主题的关注与美国国立卫生研究院对健康差距研究的广泛重视是一致的，也与哈佛大学公共卫生学院(HSPH)的主要使命之一是了解并干预健康差距的原因是一致的。在该机构内部，IMSD培训补助金是哈佛公共卫生学院十多年来一直寻求建立的少数族裔学生代表不足的“管道”中的关键一环。这方面的联系始于通过多样性办公室和招生办公室的努力积极招收有前途的学生。在完成IMSD项目内的博士后培训后，该计划将延伸到哈佛大学的博士后培训项目，包括凯洛格健康学者少数民族健康差异项目和Alonzo Yerby博士后奖学金项目，该项目旨在最大限度地将少数族裔博士后研究员过渡到初级教职。通过IMSD培训补助金资助的博士生不仅在自己的学科领域接受培训，还接受与健康差距研究相关的理论和方法方面的额外培训。这是通过参加每周的研讨会和与教师导师的密切工作关系来实现的。除了研究方面的培训，该项目的学生还接受一系列对公共健康至关重要的核心能力的培训，包括拨款撰写、同行评议文献的出版、有效的公开演示和负责任的研究行为。 与公共健康相关：虽然美国在改善整体健康方面取得了令人印象深刻的进展，但一些美国人面临着比其他人更糟糕的健康前景。迫切需要为新一代学者提供理论和量化方法，以分析--并干预--这个国家的健康差距问题。哈佛大学公共卫生学院IMSD培训项目的使命是培养新一代来自代表不足的少数族裔背景的博士前学生，使他们成为健康差距领域的未来领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The IMSD (Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity) Program at the Harvard School of Public Health is designed to maximize the number of under-represented minority students pursuing quantitative research careers in health disparities. The overall goals of our training program are to: 1. Maximize pre-doctoral student diversity at the Harvard School of Public Health by recruiting and supporting 10 students per year from four Departments (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health, and Society, Human Development and Health), in order to- 2. Equip students with population health theories and methods to undertake research on health disparities; 3. Provide mentorship in career development, skills, and competencies; 4. Strengthen the "pipeline" within the institution - as well as nationally - for minority students to transition from pre-doctoral to post-doctoral fellowships, and eventually to faculty positions; and 5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the program following a defined set of objectives and criteria. Our focus on the theme of health disparities is consistent with the NIH-wide emphasis on health disparities research, as well as with one of the key missions of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), which is to understand -- and to intervene on -- the causes of health disparities. Within the institution, the IMSD training grant serves as a critical link in the "pipeline" of under- represented minority students that the Harvard School of Public Health has sought to build for over a decade. The links in this pipeline begin with the active recruitment of promising students through the efforts of the Office of Diversity and the Admissions Office. Following completion of pre-doctoral training within the IMSD program, the pipeline then extends to postdoctoral training programs at Harvard including the Kellogg Health Scholars in Minority Health Disparities and the Alonzo Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship, which aim to maximize the transition of minority post-doctoral fellows to junior faculty positions. Doctoral students supported though the IMSD training grant are trained in their own disciplinary area, but also receive additional training in theories and methods relevant to health disparities research. This is accomplished through participation in weekly seminars and close working relationships with faculty mentors. In addition to training in research, students in the program also receive training in a set of core competencies essential for public health, including grant writing, publishing in the peer- reviewed literature, effective public presentations, and the responsible conduct of research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: While the nation has witnessed impressive gains in improving overall health, some Americans face much poorer prospects for good health than others. There is a critical need to equip a new generation of scholars with the theories and quantitative methods to analyze - and intervene on - the problem of health disparities in this country. The mission of the IMSD training program at the Harvard School of Public Health is to train a new generation of pre-doctoral students from under-represented minority backgrounds to become future leaders in the field of health disparities.