Atlanta University Center NIMH-COR Honors Program

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划的目标是增加来自不同背景的合格大学毕业生的数量，他们能够成功竞争博士学位。在生物医学，行为科学或与心理健康相关的健康服务领域的水平研究计划。 参与者将是本科生谁进入培训计划在夏季完成后的大二。学术和研究培训将在生物学、心理学和与心理健康有关的公共卫生科学领域进行。该计划将涵盖的一些子学科包括神经心理学，神经解剖学，神经生理学，健康心理学，精神药理学，行为遗传学，卫生经济学，社会政策，流行病学，生物统计学和生理心理学，专注于心理健康问题。 培训程序将包括讲座、研讨会和实验室环境中的正式指导。口头和书面报告将被要求在讲座和一些研讨会。 研究培训将涉及一个校园暑期经验，一个校外暑期经验，以及由NIMH赠款的研究主管指导下进行的大三和大四研究项目，或进行与NIMH使命和目标相称的研究。研究项目将包括关于研究结果的全面口头和书面报告。 进入该计划的学生将完成至少两年的大学学业，并将主修自然，数学或行为科学。受训者必须在与心理健康相关的研究领域表达职业目标。其他选择标准包括：1）学生必须有一个3.0（出4.0）或更好的GPA整体; 2）学生必须在进入该计划的时间在他们的主要领域完成了最少数量的课程; 3）学生必须提交一份意向声明，以追求在指定领域的高级学位; 4）学生必须提交两封推荐信。总共有十名学生将参加该计划的五年中的每一年。 公共卫生相关性：为了了解和适当地解决我们国家的心理健康需求，进行心理健康研究的个人应该代表我们人口的多样性。该计划将通过将来自不同背景的本科生暴露于相关研究领域，并为他们提供在竞争激烈的博士课程中取得成功所需的指导和技能，来增加心理健康工作人员的多样性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this program is to increase the number of qualified college graduates from diverse backgrounds who are capable of competing successfully for admission to Ph.D. level research programs in the biomedical, behavioral sciences or health services areas relevant to mental health. Participants will be undergraduate students who enter the training program in the summer following completion of the sophomore year. Academic and research training will be in the fields of biology, psychology, and the public health sciences in areas related to mental health. Some of the subdisciplines which will be covered in the program include neuropsychology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, health psychology, psychopharmacology, behavior genetics, health economics, social policy, epidemiology, biostatistics and physiological psychology, with a concentration on issues and problems in mental health. The training procedure will include formal instruction in lectures, seminars and laboratory settings. Oral and written presentations will be required in the lecture classes and some of the seminars. Research training will involve one on-campus summer experience, one off-campus summer experience, and a junior and senior year research project conducted under the guidance of a research supervisor funded by NIMH grants, or conducting research commensurate with the NIMH mission and objectives. The research projects will include a comprehensive oral and written report on the results of the research. Students who enter the program will have completed at least two full years of college work and will be majoring in the Natural, Mathematical, or Behavioral Sciences. The trainees must have expressed career goals in a research area relevant to mental health. Additional selection criteria are: 1) The student must have a 3.0 (out of 4.0) or better GPA overall; 2) The student must have completed a minimum number of courses in their major field at the time of entry into the program; 3) The student must submit a statement of intention to pursue an advanced degree in the designated fields and; 4) The student must submit two letters of recommendation. A total of ten students will participate in each of the five years of the program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: In order to understand and appropriately address the mental health needs of our nation, individuals who conduct mental health research should represent the diversity of our population. This program will increase the diversity of the mental health workforce by exposing undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds to relevant areas of research and providing them with the guidance and skills necessary to succeed in competitive doctoral programs.