Population Science Research Center

描述(由申请人提供)：宾夕法尼亚大学人口研究中心(PSC)自1962年以来一直在促进人口研究和培训，自1978年以来，NICHD提供了基础设施支持。我们的目标是在研究人类人口的增长和结构以及人口对健康的看法方面保持全国和世界领先地位，并在人口科学家的发展方面保持领先地位，特别是那些以人口统计学为基础的科学家。方案支助委员会的特点是，其高质量的研究成果具有显著的连续性，这些研究直接涉及到人口统计学、行为科学和社会科学对性传播疾病和生殖健康的研究，以及对健康和人类发展的人口研究。这项申请是为了继续协调基础设施，该基础设施将：1.支持创新、高质量的研究成果 对人类人口的影响--其结构和组织、其动态以及其健康和福祉的决定因素和后果。我们的重点是：a)研究健康的社会和行为基础，包括它们与卫生保健政策的相互作用、卫生方案的实施以及社会和经济资源的分配。B)从人口的角度开展和评估与人力资本开发有关的干预措施，并对潜在的行为和天赋保持敏感。C)人口统计概念和方法，作为解释分散的个人特征的集合、处理人口的异质性和人口分布的重要框架 人力资本(包括健康)和社会地位的代代相传。2.在宾夕法尼亚大学保持一种适应性的PSC，继续促进和促进参与研究的科学家的创新和长期职业生涯，重点是为跨学科研究提供机会，并有针对性地发展初级教员，使其成为有影响力的人口科学家。3.通过参与和评估改善健康的政策，成为应用科学分析、结果和创新以及交流PSC所体现的人力资本和组织资源的有效渠道；协调人口社会科学和宾夕法尼亚大学内跨美国和国际人口研究中心的研究和医学研究社区之间的研究和科学交流。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has fostered research and training in population since 1962, with NICHD infrastructure support since 1978. Our goal is to remain a national and world leader in research on the growth and structure of human populations and the population perspective on health; and in the development of populations scientists, especially those grounded in demography. The PSC is characterized by remarkable continuity in its production of high-quality research bearing directly on the major themes of the DBSB: demography, behavioral and social science approaches to sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive health, and population-based studies of health and human development. This application is for the continuation of a co-ordination infrastructure that will: 1. Support the production of innovative, high-quality research on human populations -- the determinants and consequences of their structure and organization, their dynamics, and their health and well-being. Our emphasis is on: a) the study of the social and behavioral bases of health, including their interaction with health care policy, the implementation of health programs, and the distribution of social and economic resources. b) a population perspective for undertaking and evaluating interventions related to human capital development with sensitivity to underlying behaviors and endowments. c) demographic concepts and methods as important frames for interpreting the aggregation of diffuse individual characteristics; for the treatment of heterogeneity in human populations; and for the distribution of human capital (including health) and social status across generations. 2. Maintain an adaptive PSC at Penn that continues to facilitate and promote innovative, long-term careers for participating research scientists with a focus on providing opportunities for interdisciplinary research, and targeted development of junior faculty towards careers as influential population scientists. 3. Be an efficient conduit for application of scientific analyses, results, and innovations and the exchange of the human capital and organizational resources embodied in the PSC through engagement and evaluation of policies for the betterment of health; and co-ordination of research and scientific exchange between the population-based social sciences and the medical sciences research communities within Penn, across US and international population research centers.