Social, Medical and Economic Demography of Aging

描述（由申请人提供）：这个博士前和博士后研究培训计划的目的是提供严格的培训，在社会，医疗和经济人口老龄化的一般领域。该计划侧重于五个实质性领域：a）生物人口学，包括衰老，活力和脆弱的指数和模型，B）老年人的健康差异（按种族/民族，性别，社会经济地位）; c）发达国家和发展中国家老龄人口健康的国际比较研究; d）重要的生命历程过渡（例如，家庭变化、工作和退休、发病率和残疾）;以及e）老龄经济学。这些领域需要一批具有博士和博士后培训的核心研究人员，他们精通最先进的分析方法和人口建模。培训计划由杜克人口研究所（DuPRI）和社会学系管理，该研究所是杜克大学的一个跨学科研究组织。DuPRI成立于2006年，是杜克大学人口研究的重组和扩展，取代了历史上与该培训补助金相关的人口研究中心。博士前培训与社会学，经济学和公共政策部门的研究生培训计划的充分合作进行，其中博士学位被授予。培训发生在杜普里，各部门和中心的老龄化和人类发展的研究。所有这些地点的设施都由博士前和博士后学员使用。每年将聘请八名不同背景的博士预科学员，通过完成博士论文进行老龄化研究，本科生入学通常需要四至五年。度学生必须符合博士学位的所有理论和方法要求。社会学、经济学或公共政策。此外，所有受训人员必须参加老龄人口学以及人口和统计模式和方法方面的必修课程。在博士后一级，任命了两名具有博士学位的人。或同等学历。这些博士后学员通常会被招募，具有不同程度的经验，为期两年的培训。他们在导师的直接监督下获得正在进行的重大研究项目的第一手经验。他们还有机会参加适当的课程，以获得所需方法和实务领域的高级培训知识。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this predoctoral and postdoctoral research training program is to provide rigorous training in the general fields of social, medical, and economic demography of aging. The program focuses on five substantive areas: a) biodemography, including indices and models of aging, vitality, and frailty, b) health disparities (by race/ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status) among the elderly; c) international comparative studies of the health of aging populations in both developed and developing countries; d) important life course transitions (e.g., family changes, work and retirement, morbidity and disability) that relate to the health and well-being of aging persons; and e) the economics of aging. These areas require a core of researchers with doctoral and postdoctoral training who are skilled in state-of-the-art analytic methods and population modeling. The training program is administered through the Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI), an interdisciplinary research organization of Duke University, and the Department of Sociology. Established in 2006, DuPRI constitutes a reorganization and expansion of population studies at Duke and replaces the Center for Demographic Studies, which was historically associated with this training grant. Predoctoral training is carried on with the full collaboration of the graduate training programs of the Departments of Sociology, Economics, and Public Policy in which doctorates are awarded. The training takes place at DuPRI, the Departments, and the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. The facilities at all these sites are utilized by both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. Eight predoctoral trainees with various background levels will be appointed in each year to conduct aging studies through the completion of their doctoral dissertations, normally four to five years for entering students with B.A. degrees. Trainees must fulfill all theory and methods requirements of a Ph.D. in sociology, economics, or public policy. In addition, all trainees must take required courses in the demography of aging and in demographic and statistical models and methods. At the postdoctoral level, two appointments of persons with a Ph.D. or equivalent degree will be made. These postdoctoral trainees typically will be recruited with varied levels of experience for two-year periods of training. They gain first-hand experience under direct supervision of preceptors on major ongoing research projects. They also are provided the opportunity of taking appropriate courses to obtain advanced training knowledge in needed methodological and substantive areas.