BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TRAINING IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH

自1984年成立以来，药物滥用行为科学培训研究方案(BST) 成为全国最大的NRSA培训项目之一，专门从事行为科学研究 吸毒、艾滋病和犯罪。BST项目已经培训了149名博士后和博士后实习生- 其中近一半是少数族裔。此应用程序请求授权以维护 26至30年期间每年的任用人数(7名博士后和9名博士后实习生)。 BST项目在准学术环境中运行，由三个合作伙伴运营 机构：纽约市医学与健康研究协会(MHRA)，赠款 管理员；国家发展和研究所公司(NDRI)，培训网站；以及邮递员 哥伦比亚大学附属大学公共卫生学院(MSPH)。布鲁斯·D·约翰逊博士执导 由来自MHRA、NDRI和MSPH的46名领先研究人员组成的核心教员，他们提供了高度结构化和 对BST学员进行严格的培训。 BST计划的任务是为行为科学家，特别是种族/少数民族，培养 从事药物滥用研究和相关领域的工作。这是通过(1)招聘和任命来实现的 有前途的科学家，大约一半来自少数族裔背景，用于培训；(2)提供高级培训 在实质性课题和理论、研究方法和实践以及研究的道德行为方面； (3)对学员进行辅导和咨询。除了各种每周的研讨会和讲习班外，学员 定期参与有监督的研究-在200多个联邦 BST核心教员的津贴/合同-他们进行自己的独立研究。此应用程序 包括两个新特点：强化的、所需的赠款编写讲习班和跨学科培训 生物行为研究的组成部分。BST计划的长期成功体现在显著的 137名毕业生的贡献(包括43名已获得博士学位的博士前实习生，其中9名 正在进行中)和14名现任研究员。许多以前的实习生通过他们的 研究和出版物--现任和前任BST实习生的出版物数量估计为 超过1000人。BST学员已经获得了NIH的PIS 22拨款，是40多个项目的联合调查人员 NIH资助的项目，并从其他联邦、州和私人资金来源获得了80多项赠款。

Since its inception in 1984, the Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research Program (BST) has become one of the nation's largest NRSA training programs specializing in behavioral science research on drug abuse, AIDS, and crime. The BST program has trained 149 predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees-with nearly half of them being racial/ethnic minorities. This application requests authorization to maintain the current levels of appointments (7 postdoctoral and 9 predoctoral trainees) during each of Years 26 to 30. The BST program operates in a quasi-academic environment and is operated by three collaborating institutions: Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. (MHRA), the grant administrator; National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI), the training site; and the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) at Columbia University, the university affiliate. Dr. Bruce D. Johnson directs a core faculty of 46 leading researchers from MHRA, NDRI, and MSPH, who provide highly structured and rigorous training for BST trainees. The mission of the BST program is to prepare behavioral scientists, especially racial/ethnic minorities, for careers in drug abuse research and allied fields. This is accomplished by (1) recruiting and appointing promising scientists, about half from minority backgrounds, for traineeships; (2) providing advanced training in substantive topics and theory, research methods and practices, and the ethical conduct of research; and (3) mentoring and advising trainees. In addition to a variety of weekly seminars and workshops, trainees participate regularly in supervised research-ample opportunities exist on well over 200 Federal grants/contracts of BST core faculty-and they conduct their own independent research. This application includes two new features: a strengthened, required grant writing workshop, and an interdisciplinary training component in biobehavioral research. The BST program's long-standing success is evident in the significant contributions of 137 graduates (including 43 predoctoral trainees who have received their doctorates, with 9 in progress) and 14 current fellows. Many former trainees have distinguished themselves through their research and publications-the number of publications by current and former BST trainees is estimated at over 1,000. BST trainees have received as Pis 22 grants from NIH, been Co-investigators on more than 40 NIH-funded projects, and obtained over 80 grants from other Federal, state, and private funding sources.