Training in Emerging Multidisciplinary Approaches to Mental Health and Disease

新兴的心理健康和疾病多学科方法培训

• 批准号: 9301648
• 负责人: Dan Liviu Nicolae
• 金额: $ 28.18万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-07-11 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9301648
• 关键词: Disease; Mental Health; Training; interdisciplinary approach

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The "Training in Emerging Multidisciplinary Approaches to Mental Health and Disease (TEAM HEAD)" represents the evolution of a ten year old training program that has focused on training postdoctoral fellows in the area of psychiatric genetics. This renewal application contains several substantial changes and improvements. First, we are proposing a change of leadership. Specifically, Drs. Abraham Palmer and Nancy Cox (multiple-PIs) will replace Dr. Elliot Gershon, who has served as Program Director for the last 10 years. Dr. Gershon, who is now in his 70s, continues to run an active research lab, but is stepping down as Program Director. He will remain on the executive committee and will provide advice to Drs. Palmer and Cox to assure a smooth transition. Dr. Nancy Cox has been a co-I since the training program's inception and will be particularly involved in determining the program's curriculum; Dr. Palmer will also have significant intellectual input and will be responsible for "day-to-day" operations. Second, for the past ten years this training program has only had two postdoctoral slots, making it unusually small and preventing it from obtaining a critical mass. Thus, we are proposing to substantially expand the program by increasing the number of postdoctoral slots from 2 to 4. Furthermore, we are adding four slots for graduate students, who will apply for support at the beginning of their second year, once they have joined the lab of one of our training faculty and selected a project that is within the scope of this training program. Third, the focus of the training program has been broadened and refocused with an eye towards meeting the demands that the next generation of scientist will face in the coming decades. For example, there is a much greater emphasis on statistical and computational approaches, which is complimented by close integration with a recently funded Conte Center for Computational Systems Genomics of Neuropsychiatric Phenotypes and the developing Grossman Institute. Additional training faculty, particularly from the Department of Human Genetics, have been recruited to meet the new goals of the program. The overall size of the training faculty has almost doubled as a result of these changes. Students will be supported for 2 years. The number of slots is based on the extremely high quality pool of applicants at both the pre- and post-doctoral levels. Pre-doctoral students will be drawn from a variety of relevant departments and graduate programs. The University of Chicago provides a unique environment with a long history of interdisciplinary collaboration that will benefit the trainees. The scientific interactions among the trainees will be extensive, and will be enhanced by inclusion of a larger cohort of both pre- and post-doctoral students. Formal mechanisms will include student work-in-progress and journal club presentations, trainee- invited speakers, and didactic classes that will be re-structured as full-day retreats and will include a social luncheon. Expanded and appropriate efforts will be made with regard to recruitment of underrepresented minorities and training in ethical conduct of research.

描述（由申请人提供）：“新兴多学科方法的培训精神健康和疾病（团队负责人）”代表了一个十年的培训计划，专注于培训精神病学遗传学领域的博士后研究员的演变。此更新应用程序包含几个实质性的变化和改进。首先，我们提议更换领导人。具体来说，亚伯拉罕帕尔默博士和南希考克斯（多个PI）将取代埃利奥特格申博士，谁曾担任项目主任在过去10年。Gershon博士现在已经70多岁了，他继续经营着一个活跃的研究实验室，但将辞去项目主任一职。他将继续留在执行委员会，并将向帕尔默博士和考克斯博士提供建议，以确保平稳过渡。南希考克斯博士自培训计划成立以来一直是一名合作者，将特别参与确定该计划的课程;帕尔默博士也将有重要的智力投入，并将负责“日常”运作。其次，在过去的十年里，这个培养项目只有两个博士后名额，使它异常小，并阻止它获得临界质量。因此，我们建议通过将博士后名额从2个增加到4个来大幅扩大该计划。此外，我们还为研究生增加了四个名额，他们将在第二年开始时申请支持， 一旦他们加入了我们的一个培训教师的实验室，并选择了一个项目，这是在这个培训计划的范围内。第三，培训计划的重点已经扩大和重新调整，着眼于满足下一代科学家在未来几十年将面临的需求。例如，更加强调统计和计算方法，并与最近资助的Conte神经精神表型计算系统基因组学中心和发展中的格罗斯曼研究所密切整合。额外的培训教师，特别是从人类遗传学系，已被招募，以满足该计划的新目标。由于这些变化，培训学院的总规模几乎翻了一番。 学生将获得两年的支持。名额的数量是基于在博士前和博士后水平的申请人的极高质量的池。博士生将在 来自各种相关部门和研究生课程。芝加哥大学提供了一个独特的环境，具有悠久的跨学科合作历史，这将使学员受益。学员之间的科学互动将是广泛的，并将 通过纳入更大的博士前和博士后学生群体而得到加强。正式的机制将包括学生的工作进展和期刊俱乐部介绍，学员邀请的演讲者，并将被重新结构为全天务虚会，并将包括一个社会午餐教学班。在招聘代表性不足的少数群体和进行研究道德行为培训方面，将作出更大和适当的努力。