MD-PhD Training Program in Aging and the Social/Behavioral Sciences

 描述(由申请人提供)：随着美国老年人口比例的增加，越来越需要受过卫生政策、经济学以及社会和行为科学培训的内科科学家来解决老年人口所接受的医疗保健方面的众多问题。哈佛大学拥有久负盛名的国家认可的医学博士学位课程，以及世界知名的卫生政策、经济学、社会科学和行为科学研究生课程，在培养这些领域的内科科学家方面处于非常有利的地位。这项培训赠款要求提供为期五年的资金，以 支持1年级2名博士前学生和2-5年级4名学生。典型的培训时间表将遵循“2-4-2”模式：2年医学院；4年研究生院，最终获得博士学位，其中至少有一个项目侧重于与人口老龄化有关的问题；然后，最后两年医学院，包括老年临床选修课。其他老化部分包括研究生水平的老龄课程，每月将重点放在与年龄相关的主题的教程，以及跟踪内科医生-科学家老年病学家。哈佛医学院的哈佛/麻省理工学院医学博士项目的总体使命是培养下一代领先的内科-科学家，涵盖从基础到基础的各种临床学科和研究领域 从科学到生物工程再到社会科学。该计划包括175多名处于不同培训阶段的学生，结合了对一批非常有才华的学生的医学和研究生培训。社会科学专业的学生约占医学博士学生总数的10%，他们创建了一个紧密联系的社区，由一个专门的教员委员会领导，他们专注于他们独特的培训需求。医学博士项目系主任Loren Walensky博士与哈佛大学卫生政策博士项目主席Joseph Newhouse博士合作，创造了这次独特的培训机会。研究生学习将在以下项目中提供：哈佛卫生政策博士项目中的经济学、管理学和评估科学与统计学专业，该项目通过跨学科和跨教职的方法，培训学生从事卫生政策方面的研究和教学工作；经济系哈佛经济学博士项目，该项目为学生在学术界或政府、研究机构或企业中担任负责任的职位做好准备；以及通过哈佛公共卫生学院提供的社会和行为科学SD，其学生的研究将阐明卫生政策的基本社会决定因素，并将识别和测试创新的社会政策和服务干预措施。参加这一培训计划的19名教职员工都对指导医生-科学家实习生具有浓厚的兴趣和经验，其中大多数人在与人口老龄化有关的问题上拥有专业知识。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As the proportion of the American population that is elderly increases, there is a growing need for physician- scientists trained in health policy, economics, and social and behavioral sciences to address the numerous issues around the health care that the elderly population receives. Harvard University, home to a long established, nationally recognized MD-PhD program as well as world-renowned graduate programs in Health Policy, Economics, and Social and Behavioral Sciences, is exceptionally well poised to train physician-scientists in these areas. This training grant requests funding for a five-year period to support 2 pre-doctoral students for year 1, and 4 students for years 2-5. The typical training timeline would follow the `2-4-2' model: 2 years of medical school; 4 years of graduate school culminating in a PhD with at least one project focused on issues relevant to aging populations; and, then, 2 final years of medical school inclusive of a geriatric clinical elective. Other aging components include graduate level coursework in aging, monthly tutorials that will focus on age related topics, and shadowing a physician-scientist gerontologist. The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program at Harvard Medical School has an overall mission to train the next generation of leading physician-scientists across a variety of clinical disciplines and research areas from basic sciences to bioengineering to the social sciences. The program, comprised of over 175 students in various stages of training, integrates the medical and graduate training of a pool of extraordinarily talented students. The social science students, approximately 10% of the MD-PhD student body, create a close-knit community lead by a dedicated committee of faculty, who are focused on their unique training needs. Dr. Loren Walensky, the MD-PhD Program Faculty Director, has teamed up with Dr. Joseph Newhouse, chair of the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, who has been a longstanding member of this social science committee, to create this unique training opportunity. Graduate study will be offered in the following programs: Concentrations in Economics, Management, and Evaluative Science and Statistics in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, which trains students for research and teaching careers in health policy through an interdisciplinary and interfaculty approach; Harvard PhD Program in Economics in the Department of Economics, which prepares students for productive and stimulating careers as economists in academia or for responsible positions in government, research organizations, or business enterprises; and, the SD in Social and Behavioral Sciences offered through Harvard School of Public Health, which trains its students to be scholars whose research will illuminate basic social determinants of health and who will identify and test innovative social policy and service interventions. The 19 faculty participating in this training program all possess a strong interest in and experience with mentoring physician-scientist trainees and most have expertise in issues related to aging populations.