Training Geriatric Mental Health Services Researchers

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请申请续期资助一个老年精神健康服务研究(T32 MH073553)的两年期多点博士后培训项目，该项目由达特茅斯学院(巴特尔斯)、康奈尔大学(布鲁斯)、华盛顿大学(Unutzer)和密歇根大学(BLOW)组成的培训合作机构组成。该计划的目标是通过创新、跨学科、多地点、协作的方法，为老年精神卫生服务研究的学术生涯培养博士后研究员。我们将通过为每个参与者提供一个为期两年的计划来实现这一目标，该计划包括：指导性老年精神健康服务研究培训；通过基于网络的交流和存档课程链接的跨站点研讨会和共同指导；以及每个站点的正式课程工作，包括公共卫生硕士或卫生服务研究理学硕士的机会。我们将在未来5年进一步发展我们的计划，通过增加第四个站点(密歇根大学)来扩展最初资助的计划的广度、深度和覆盖范围，增加更多的研究员和方法/内容专业知识；通过包括来自其他研究中心的更多NIMH资助的实习生；通过举办致力于NIMH战略优先领域的会议，包括翻译和实施研究，来加强跨站点研讨会。四个站点的结构提供了老年精神健康服务研究方面的大量专业知识和广泛的指导研究机会，这是任何一个站点都无法提供的。我们将在5年的资助期间培训16名博士后研究员。申请者将拥有医学、心理学、社会工作、社会学、流行病学、公共卫生、卫生经济学或相关社会科学的博士学位。拟议的续签建立在退伍军人管理局前3年融资的成功记录的基础上。成就包括：在三个初始站点中的每个站点100%填补奖学金职位(包括来自NIMH多样性类别的参与者[33%]、教育弱势背景[8%]和残疾人[25%])；在两年奖学金期间保持100%的保留率；我们成功地实施了基于网络的、每两周一次的跨站点指导研讨会；我们的研究员将项目的整体质量评价为“从优秀到杰出”，并证明我们的研究员提供了成功的奖学金。在我们计划的头31年半里，12名研究员发表了50多篇出版物(摘要、书籍章节和文章)，其中包括31篇同行评议的期刊文章(18篇为第一作者)。超过80%的毕业生成功地获得了学术职位，58%的毕业生获得了有竞争力的研究资金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests renewal funding for a multi-site postdoctoral two-year training program in geriatric mental health services research (T32 MH073553) consisting of a training collaboratory including Dartmouth College (Bartels, Pl), Cornell University (Bruce), University of Washington (Unutzer) and the University of Michigan (Blow). The goal of the program is to train postdoctoral fellows for academic careers in geriatric mental health services research through an innovative, transdisciplinary, multi-site, collaborative approach. We will achieve this goal by providing each participant a two-year program consisting of: mentored geriatric mental health services research training; cross-site seminars and co-mentoring linked by web-based communication and archived curricula; and formal coursework at each site, including the opportunity for a master's in public health or master's of science in health services research. We will further develop our program over the next 5 years by extending the breadth, depth, and reach of the initially funded program by adding a fourth site (University Of Michigan) with additional fellows and methodological/ content expertise; by including additional NIMH-funded trainees from other research centers; and by enhancing the cross-site seminar with sessions dedicated to NIMH's strategic priority areas, including translational and implementation research. The four-site structure provides the critical mass of expertise in geriatric mental health services research and breadth of mentored research opportunities that would not be available at any one site. We will train 16 postdoctoral fellows over the 5-year funding period. Applicants will have a doctoral degree in medicine, psychology, social work, sociology, epidemiology, public health, health economics, or a related social science. The proposed renewal builds on a proven track record of success over the first 3 Va years of funding. Accomplishments include: filling 100% of fellowship positions across each of the three initial sites (including participants from NIMH diversity categories of underrepresented minorities [33%], educationally disadvantaged backgrounds [8%], and disabled [25%]); 100% retention over the 2-year fellowship; successful implementation of our web-based, biweekly, cross-site mentoring seminar; evaluation of the overall quality of the program by our fellows as "excellent to outstanding", and evidence of successful scholarship by our fellows. In the first 31/2 years of our program; the 12 fellows have published over 50 publications (abstracts, book chapters, and articles), including 31 peer-reviewed journal articles (18 as first author). Over 80% percent of our graduates have successfully obtained academic positions and 58% have obtained competitive research funding.