Social, Medical and Economic Demography of Aging

描述(由申请人提供)：这个博士后和博士后研究培训计划的目的是在老龄化的社会、医学和经济人口学的一般领域提供严格的培训。该方案侧重于五个实质性领域：a)生物人口学，包括老龄化、活力和虚弱的指数和模型；b)老年人之间的健康差距(按种族/族裔、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)与老年人健康和福祉有关的重要生命历程转变(例如，家庭变化、工作和退休、发病率和残疾)；e)老龄化经济学。这些领域需要一批经过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。该培训计划通过杜克大学的跨学科研究机构杜克人口研究所(DUPRI)和社会学系进行管理。DUPRI成立于2006年，是杜克大学人口研究的重组和扩展，取代了历史上与这项培训拨款有关的人口研究中心。博士前培训是在授予博士学位的社会学系、经济系和公共政策系研究生培训计划的充分合作下进行的。培训在Dupri、各部门和老龄化与人类发展研究中心进行。所有这些地点的设施都供博士后和博士后实习生使用。每年将任命8名具有不同背景水平的博士前实习生，通过完成博士学位论文来进行老龄化研究，通常为四至五年才能进入拥有学士学位的学生。学员必须满足社会学、经济学或公共政策博士学位的所有理论和方法要求。此外，所有受训人员都必须参加老龄化人口统计学和人口统计学及统计模型和方法方面的必修课。在博士后阶段，将任命两名拥有博士或同等学位的人。这些博士后实习生通常会被招募到具有不同水平的经验，为期两年的培训。他们在正在进行的重大研究项目的导师的直接监督下获得第一手经验。他们还有机会参加适当的课程，以获得必要的方法和实质性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.