Research Training in Drug Abuse Behavior

描述（由申请人提供）：本延续申请拟从肯塔基大学的七个学术和研究单位中选出28名教员，支持3名博士预科生和3名博士后实习生。环境为生物行为研究提供了丰富的机会，例如：1)药物和酒精研究中心；2)药物和酒精研究翻译中心；3)临床与转化科学中心；4)人类行为药理学实验室；5)住宅研究设施；6)斯特劳斯行为研究大楼。在最近的五年资助期内，我们培养了7名博士预科生和8名博士后。这些受训者中有14人仍然从事研究或学术工作。在本资助期的最后一年，将增加博士预科生（2名）和博士后研究员（1名）。来自未被充分代表的种族和族裔群体的个人占了可用培训名额的17%。这些学员撰写了129篇出版物，并在国家或国际会议上发表了90篇论文。该方案的目的是准备受训者承担研究责任的学术和其他科学组织有关药物滥用的生物行为方面。博士后研究员要么拥有行为科学学科的博士学位，准备从事药物滥用领域的研究工作，要么是寻求药物滥用行为科学研究方向的健康专业人员。作为行为科学学科（如心理学、社会学）博士课程的一部分，博士前受训者将集中研究药物滥用的行为方面。该计划的基本要素包括：(1)研究的基本组成部分（例如，实验设计，数据分析）和独立研究能力的培训；(2)跨学科方向，使学生超越其基础学科，并提供接触相关行为科学的关键理论概念和方法问题以及生物行为概念化；(3)药物滥用、健康和精神健康环境的适应和指导方案；(4)通过培训师资提供的课程，从医学行为角度探讨药物滥用问题；(5)围绕药物滥用行为相关问题的研究机会，构成博士后重要的学习经历和博士预科生的论文项目。博士后项目是针对研究人员的个人目标而设计的，将以他们以前的知识和经验为基础，同时借鉴这五个核心要素。我们认为，今天比以往任何时候都更需要一个转化和跨学科的项目，并在药物滥用研究中填补了一个独特的利基。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This continuation application proposes to support three pre-doctoral and three post-doctoral trainees with a faculty of 28 drawn from seven academic and research units of the University of Kentucky. The environment is rich with opportunities for bio-behavioral research in facilities such as the: 1) Center on Drug and Alcohol Research; 2) Center for Drug and Alcohol Research Translation; 3) Center for Clinical and Translational Science; 4) Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology; 5) Residential Research Facility; and 6) Straus Behavioral Research Building. During the most recent five-year funding period, we trained seven pre-doctoral students and eight post-doctoral fellows. Fourteen of these trainees remain involved in research or academics. Additional pre-doctoral trainees (2) and post-doctoral fellows (1) will be added during the final year of the current funding period. Individuals from under-represented racial and ethnic groups filled 17 percent of the available training slots. These trainees authored 129 publications and presented 90 papers at national or international conferences. The program is designed to prepare trainees to assume research responsibilities in academic, and other scientific organizations concerned with bio-behavioral aspects of drug abuse. Post-doctoral fellows will either have a doctorate in a behavioral science discipline and will be preparing for a research role in the drug abuse field, or they will be healt professionals who are seeking a behavioral science research orientation in drug abuse. Pre-doctoral trainees will concentrate in behavioral aspects of drug abuse as part of a doctoral program in a behavioral science discipline (e.g., psychology, sociology). Basic elements of the program include: (1) training in the basic building blocks of research (e.g., experimental design, data analysis) and independent research competence; (2) an interdisciplinary orientation which takes students beyond their basic discipline and provides exposure to key theoretical concepts and methodological issues of the related behavioral sciences along with a bio-behavioral conceptualization; (3) a program of enculturation and orientation to drug abuse, health and mental health settings; (4) exploration of drug abuse topics from a medical behavioral perspective through courses offered by training faculty; and (5) opportunities for research around relevant questions in drug abuse behavior constituting significant learning experiences for post-doctoral fellows and a dissertation project for pre-doctoral trainees. The post-doctoral program is individually geared to the objectives of the fellows and will build on their previous knowledge and experience, while drawing on these five core elements. We feel the need for a translational and interdisciplinary program such as the one proposed is greater today than ever before and fills a unique niche in substance abuse research.