UAB Health Services & Outcomes Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在寻求阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB）健康服务与成果研究培训计划（T32）的延续和扩展，这是一个跨学科的博士后项目，专注于AHRQ优先领域。这是UAB结果和有效性研究与教育中心（COERE）和Lister Hill卫生政策中心（LHC）的联合项目。2003年成立之初，只有2个博士后，经过多年的不断增发，目前有2名在读博士和3名在读博士后。我们培养了6名T32名学员，他们都是内科医生，共发表了19篇同行评议的论文，在国家级会议上发表了33篇摘要；他们都在追求学术事业；27%的受训者是少数民族。目前由Catarina Kiefe领导，Norman Weissman和Michael Morrisey共同申请，我们的教师是国内和国际的领导者，在实施研究方面具有特别的实力。我们的领导来自UAB的三个学院（分别是医学、卫生专业和公共卫生），我们的深度导师池来自校园内200多名COERE和LHC的成员。我们也有一个非常强大的基础设施卫生服务研究（HSR）在多个单位支持我们的计划，可以访问广泛的研究数据库（包括公开的和非公开的），基于实践的研究网络，一个强大的少数民族健康和研究中心和AHRQ CERTs与COERE密切合作，广泛的分析和统计计算能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): We are seeking continuation and expansion for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health Services & Outcomes Research Training Program (T32), a combined interdisciplinary pre- and postdoctoral program focused on AHRQ priority areas. This is a joint program of the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE) and the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy (LHC). Though initially funded in 2003 with only 2 postdoctoral positions, we obtained additional positions over the years, and currently have 2 pre- and 3 postdoctoral trainees. We have graduated 6 T32 trainees, all physicians, who, between them, have published 19 peer-reviewed manuscripts and presented 33 Abstracts at national meetings; all are pursuing academic careers; 27 % of our trainees have been minorities. Currently directed by Catarina Kiefe, with Norman Weissman and Michael Morrisey as co-applicants, our faculty are national and international leaders with particular strength in implementation research. Our leaders are from three Schools at UAB (Medicine, Health Professions, and Public Health, respectively) and our deep mentoring pool draws from over 200 Faculty members across campus who are members of COERE and LHC. We also have a very strong infrastructure for health services research (HSR) in the multiple units supporting our program, with access to extensive research databases (both publicly available and not), practice-based research networks, a strong Minority Health and Research Center and AHRQ CERTs that collaborate closely with COERE, and extensive analytic and statistical computing capacity. Our program relies heavily on mentored research experiences with a highly successful mentor-in-training component. Predoctoral trainees obtain a PhD in Health Services Administration-Health Services Research, postdoctoral trainees (clinicians with a doctoral degree) a MSPH in Outcomes Research. We propose to maintain 5 slots (2 pre and 3 post) in Years 1-2, and add 2 slots in Year 3 to achieve a steady state of 3 predocs and 4 postdocs by 2010 for the 5-Year renewal period. Postdoctoral and predoctoral positions are for 2 and 3 years, respectively. Enhancements for this cycle also include added leadership (Eta Berner, Carol Ashton, Nelda Wray), more emphasis on health informatics, a new organizational structure, and a more structured program evaluation.