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

老龄化和社会/行为科学医学博士-博士培训项目

• 批准号: 9304939
• 负责人: JOSEPH PAUL NEWHOUSE
• 金额: $ 20.84万
• 依托单位: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9304939
• 关键词: Aging; Doctor of Philosophy; Training Programs; behavioral/social science

 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.

 描述（由申请人提供）：随着美国老年人口比例的增加，越来越需要在卫生政策、经济学、社会和行为科学方面受过培训的医生-科学家来解决老年人口接受的医疗保健方面的众多问题。哈佛大学拥有历史悠久的国家认可的MD-PhD课程以及世界知名的卫生政策，经济学，社会和行为科学研究生课程，非常适合培养这些领域的医生科学家。这项培训赠款要求提供五年期的资金， 第一年支持2名博士前学生，第二年至第五年支持4名学生。典型的培训时间轴将遵循“2-4-2”模式：2年医学院; 4年研究生院，最终获得博士学位，至少有一个项目侧重于与人口老龄化有关的问题;然后，2年医学院的最后一年，包括老年医学临床选修课。其他老化组件包括研究生水平的课程，在老化，每月教程，将集中在年龄相关的主题，并跟踪一个物理学家，科学家老年学家。哈佛医学院的哈佛/麻省理工学院MD-PhD项目的总体使命是培养下一代领先的医生科学家，他们跨越各种临床学科和研究领域，从基础医学到基础医学， 从自然科学到生物工程再到社会科学该计划由超过175名学生组成，他们处于不同的培训阶段，整合了一批才华横溢的学生的医学和研究生培训。社会科学的学生，大约10%的MD-PhD学生，创建一个紧密的社区，由一个专门的教师委员会领导，他们专注于他们独特的培训需求。博士洛伦Walensky，MD-PhD项目教师主任，已与博士约瑟夫纽豪斯，卫生政策的哈佛博士课程的主席，谁一直是这个社会科学委员会的长期成员，创造这个独特的培训机会。研究生学习将在以下方案提供：在经济学，管理和评估科学和统计学的浓度在哈佛博士课程在卫生政策，通过跨学科和跨院系的方法培养学生的研究和教学生涯在卫生政策;哈佛经济系经济学博士项目，为学生准备生产和刺激的职业生涯，作为学术界的经济学家或在政府，研究机构或商业企业负责的职位;以及哈佛公共卫生学院提供的社会和行为科学的SD，它将学生培养成学者，他们的研究将阐明健康的基本社会决定因素，并将确定和测试创新的社会政策和服务。干预措施。参加该培训计划的19名教师都对指导医生科学家学员有浓厚的兴趣和经验，大多数人都有与人口老龄化相关的问题的专业知识。