Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program

精神病学流行病学培训计划

• 批准号: 9396611
• 负责人: Peter P. Zandi
• 金额: $ 0.26万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-12 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9396611
• 关键词: Psychiatric epidemiology; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mental disorders are among the leading causes of disability in the world, and improved strategies to reduce their burden are needed. The goal of this training program is to produce the next generation of psychiatric epidemiologists who can address this need by conducting research that will advance our understanding of the causes and consequences of mental disorders; developing, implementing, and evaluating rationally designed interventions to prevent and control these disorders; and critically examining mental health services and systems of care to improve mental health outcomes. Recent scientific advances such as in genomics, proteomics, and informatics present new opportunities for accelerating the discovery and translation of findings into public health gains. This training program will capitalize on the unusually rich resources for biomedical research at the Johns Hopkins University to provide trainees with the skills and experiences needed to lead multi-disciplinary research that takes advantage of these emerging opportunities and promotes mental health. It will achieve this through a rigorous program of coursework, research apprenticeships, and integrative activities that provide trainees with a solid foundation in the core proficiencies of psychiatric epidemiology while giving them the opportunity to pursue specialized training in one of four Domains of Expertise that build on strengths within our department and are recognized as high priority: Genetic and Environmental Etiology of Mental Disorders, Mental Health Services and Outcomes, Mental Health and Aging, and Global Mental Health. The program will include 5 predoctoral students and 2 postdoctoral fellows who are supported by an experienced group of 20 Core Faculty and 23 Affiliate Faculty with expertise in one or more of the identified domains. The trainees will be prepared to assume leadership positions in academia carrying out mental health research typically on faculty in Schools of Public Health or Medicine, in government formulating research priorities and mental health policy at the local, state, national, and international levels, in private industry conducting appled research for pharmaceutical or other mental health care delivery companies, and in non-profit mental health agencies or non-governmental organizations advocating for those with mental disorders. This training program has successfully trained psychiatric epidemiologists for over 30 decades. The former Director of the program, Dr. William Eaton, recently stepped down and handed the leadership to Dr. Peter Zandi. Dr. Zandi is a graduate of the program and now an accomplished faculty member with expertise in the genetic and pharmaco-epidemiology of mental disorders. In this competing renewal, he is poised to build on the rich tradition of the program and lead it in new directions that will prepare the next generation of leaders in psychiatric epidemiology who will advance the field beyond traditional studies of the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders (i.e., descriptive epidemiology) and drive research that focuses on etiologic mechanisms, targeted interventions, and delivery of services (i.e., analytic epidemiology).

描述(由申请人提供)：精神障碍是世界上导致残疾的主要原因之一，需要改进战略来减轻他们的负担。该培训计划的目标是培养下一代精神疾病流行病学家，他们能够通过开展研究来促进我们对精神障碍的原因和后果的了解；开发、实施和评估合理设计的干预措施来预防和控制这些疾病；以及严格检查精神卫生服务和护理系统以改善精神健康结果。最近的科学进步，如基因组学、蛋白质组学和信息学，为加快发现和将发现转化为公共卫生收益提供了新的机会。这一培训计划将利用约翰·霍普金斯大学异常丰富的生物医学研究资源，为学员提供所需的技能和经验，以领导利用这些新出现的机会并促进心理健康的多学科研究。它将通过严格的课程作业、研究学徒和综合活动计划来实现这一目标，为受训人员提供精神流行病学核心熟练程度的坚实基础，同时让他们有机会在四个专业领域中的一个领域进行专业培训，这四个领域是我们系内的强项，并被公认为高度优先：精神疾病的遗传和环境病因学、精神健康服务和结果、精神健康与老龄化和全球精神健康。该计划将包括5名博士后学生和2名博士后研究员，他们得到一个经验丰富的小组的支持，该小组由20名核心学院和23名附属学院组成，他们在一个或多个已确定的领域拥有专业知识。受训人员将准备在学术界担任领导职务，开展精神健康研究，通常是在公共卫生学院或医学院的教职员工，在地方、州、国家和国际层面制定研究优先事项和精神健康政策的政府，在私营行业为制药或其他精神卫生保健提供公司开展受欢迎的研究，以及在为精神障碍患者倡导的非营利精神卫生机构或非政府组织担任领导职务。这一培训计划已经成功地培训了30多年的精神疾病流行病学家。该项目的前主任威廉·伊顿博士最近卸任，将领导权交给了彼得·赞迪博士。赞迪博士是该项目的毕业生，现在是一名在精神障碍的遗传学和药物流行病学方面拥有专业知识的有成就的教职员工。在这一相互竞争的更新中，他准备在该计划丰富的传统基础上再接再厉，领导该计划朝着新的方向发展，培养下一代精神流行病学的领导者，他们将推动该领域超越传统的精神疾病发病率和流行率研究(即描述性流行病学)，并推动专注于病因机制、有针对性的干预和服务交付(即分析流行病学)的研究。