The MGH Global Psychiatric Clinical Research Training Program

描述(申请人提供)：马萨诸塞州综合医院全球精神病学临床研究培训计划的目标是培养能够应对最紧迫的全球公共精神卫生挑战的独立临床科学家。随着传染性疾病被非传染性疾病、慢性疾病以及神经和精神疾病取代，学术医学工作者必须重新调整，以适应新世纪新出现的卫生优先事项。博士后研究员将准备好合作工作 跨学科和跨文化，以应对中低收入国家和资源有限地区与心理健康有关的疾病造成的沉重负担，并制定战略，推动心理健康服务的全球提供和扩大，改善普遍福祉，促进国家整体发展。拟议的博士后奖学金是一个为期三年的培训计划，结合了严格的教学指导、哈佛公共卫生学院的临床研究方法培训、有效地与弱势社区合作的实践，以及在全球环境下沉浸式的、有指导的临床研究经验。研究员(每年2名)将从大量的临床人才中挑选出来。研究员将由不同的教职员工群体指导，他们是主要精神病学次级专业以及临床研究方法方面公认的领导者。研究员将在埃塞俄比亚、乌干达或南非的国际培训地点完成一个有指导的研究项目，主题包括艾滋病毒/艾滋病精神健康、精神健康服务研究、儿童-青少年精神病学、灾难/难民/创伤精神病学、行为医学、精神障碍和情绪障碍。他们将利用各种研究技能和技巧来了解 一个问题，并开发可行的、在文化和临床上与特定环境和人口相关的创新干预措施。预计在该计划第三年结束时，研究员将处于申请K奖的有利地位。由于临床责任受到很大限制，学员将专注于完善他们的研究项目，发展国际合作，并加强他们的临床研究技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the Massachusetts General Hospital Global Psychiatric Clinical Research Training Program is to develop independent clinical scientists who can address the most pressing global public mental health challenges. As communicable diseases are supplanted by non-communicable, chronic, and neuro- and psychiatric diseases, the academic medicine workforce must be realigned with the emerging health priorities of the new century. Postdoctoral fellows will be prepared to work collaboratively across disciplines and cultures in order to respond to the substantial burden of mental health related diseases in low- to middle-income countries and resource-limited areas, and to develop strategies that advance global delivery and scale-up of mental health services, improve general wellbeing and foster overall country development. The proposed postdoctoral fellowship is a three-year training program that combines rigorous didactic instruction, clinical research methods training from Harvard School of Public Health, practice in working effectively with disadvantaged communities, and immersive, mentored clinical research experiences in global settings. Fellows (2 per year) will be drawn from a deep pool of clinical talent. Fellows will be mentored by a diverse group of faculty who are recognized leaders in major psychiatric subspecialties as well as clinical research approaches. Fellows will complete a mentored research project at an international training site in Ethiopia, Uganda or South Africa in topics such as HIV/AIDS mental health, mental health services research, child-adolescent psychiatry, disaster/refugee/trauma psychiatry, behavioral medicine, psychotic disorders, and mood disorders. They will utilize a variety of research skills and techniques to understand the scope of a problem, and develop innovative interventions that are feasible, and culturally and clinically relevant to the specific environments and populations. Fellows are expected to be well situated for a K-award application at the end of the third year of the program. With heavily circumscribed clinical responsibilities, trainees will focus on the refinement of their research projects, developing international collaborations, and strengthening their clinical research skills.