Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT)

描述(由申请人提供)：跨学科预防和方法学培训(PAMT)计划(T32 DA017629)的主要目标是培养两类训练有素的科学家：在研究中应用最合适的方法并在方法学先进和尖端的情况下仍能做到这一点的预防科学家；理解并致力于预防的方法学专家，致力于改进和传播用于预防研究的方法学。宾夕法尼亚州立大学预防研究中心(PRC)和方法学中心(MC)以及人类发展和家庭研究、生物行为健康和传播艺术与科学系参与了博士后和博士后培训计划。自成立以来，PAMT成功地培训了26名多产科学家：20名由T32资助，6名通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学提供的匹配资金资助。PAMT计划寻求再提供五年的资金，原因有几个。首先，在其五年中，由于MC和中华人民共和国的高度可见度以及宾夕法尼亚州立大学在预防研究中的作用，我们吸引了一批非常聪明和多样化的早期职业科学家，他们在此期间非常富有成效：6人获得了个人NRSA；的文章发表在著名期刊上；122次在国家会议上发表了演讲。其次，PAMT项目定位于满足一组关键的培训需求，这些需求已被确定为NIDA组合的核心，并在两份新的、突出的报告中确定了国家在预防研究方面的需求：预防年轻人中的精神、情绪和行为障碍：进展和可能性(IOM，2009)；以及NIDA理事会关于NIDA预防研究组合的审查委员会报告(NIDA，2009)，该报告建议增加与方法学和预防科学的接口有关的研究和培训。PAMT计划专门为促进这一接口而设计；每名PAMT研究员与两名导师密切合作--一名专门研究预防，一名专门研究方法--以确保研究员同时解决预防的应用方面和方法的基本问题。大多数导师都有NIH的有效拨款，确保研究员们致力于与公共卫生相关的问题，既是最新的，又符合高度科学的严谨性。因此，在PAMT设立的指导和培训方案推动青年科学家通过参加预防研究领域的方法学培训来解决药物滥用预防方面的研究问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The main objective of the interdisciplinary Prevention And Methodology Training (PAMT) program (T32 DA017629) is to produce two types of well-trained scientists: prevention scientists who apply the most appropriate methodology in their research and can do this even when the methodology is advanced and cutting-edge; and methodologists who understand and are committed to prevention, and who work on improving and disseminating methodology for use in prevention research. The pre- and post-doctoral training program involves the Prevention Research Center (PRC) and the Methodology Center (MC) at Penn State, and the Departments of Human Development and Family Studies, Biobehavioral Health, and Communication Arts & Sciences. PAMT has successfully trained 26 productive scientists since its inception: twenty were funded by the T32 and six through matching funds provided by Penn State. The PAMT program seeks five more years of funding for several reasons. First, during its five years, due to the high visibility of both the MC and PRC and the role of Penn State in prevention research, we have attracted a very bright and diverse group of early career scientists who have been very productive during this period: six have been awarded individual NRSAs; 89 articles have been published in prestigious journals; and 122 presentations have been made at national conferences. Second, the PAMT program is positioned to meet a critical set of training needs that have been identified as central to NIDA's portfolio and the nation's needs in prevention research as identified in two new, prominent reports: Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities (IOM, 2009); and a review committee report from the NIDA Council on the NIDA prevention research portfolio (NIDA, 2009), which recommended increasing both research and training related to the interface of methodology and prevention science The PAMT program is specifically designed to facilitate this interface; each PAMT fellow works closely with two mentors--one who specializes in prevention and one who specializes in methods--to assure that fellows simultaneously address both applied aspects of prevention and basic issues in methods. Most mentors have active NIH grants, ensuring that the fellows are working on issues related to public health that are both current and meet high scientific rigor. Thus the mentoring and training program established in PAMT propels young scientists to address research questions in substance abuse prevention as a result of engaging in methodology training in the field of prevention research.