Dynamic Systems Science Modeling for Public Health

公共卫生动态系统科学建模

• 批准号: 9321833
• 负责人: Elizabeth Eve Bruch
• 金额: $ 20.09万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-15 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9321833
• 关键词: AIDS/HIV problem; Acute; Behavior; Biological Models; Chronic Disease; Complex; Data; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Drug resistance; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Ensure; Evaluation; Exercise; Exposure to; Faculty; Feedback; Goals; Grant; Health; Individual; Institutes; Institution; Instruction; Intervention; Knowledge; Length; Light; Methodology; Methods; Michigan; Modeling; Motivation; Mutate; Obesity; Persons; Phase; Polishes; Process; Public Health; Public Health Education; Publications; Quality of life; Research; Research Personnel; Scholarship; Science; Scientist; Secure; Stress; Structure; Students; Substance abuse problem; Sum; System; Teaching Materials; Teaching Method; Techniques; Testing; Training; Training Activity; Universities; Violence; Work; base; cohesion; design; dynamic system; education research; experience; graduate student; improved; innovation; instructor; interest; learning materials; lectures; materials science; model building; pathogen; pedagogy; programs; public health relevance; public health research; skills; theories; tool

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Because of the strong and persistent interest in systems science methods among health researchers, the demand for these skills far outstrips the supply of instructors able to teach them. We propose here the creation, evaluation, refinement and dissemination of a course on Dynamic Systems Science Modeling for Public Health, representing the popular approaches of both System Dynamics and Agent-Based Modeling. The course will leverage the strong and varied background and experience of the applicant team in teaching and disseminating dynamic systems science materials to (1) develop and implement a 1-week workshop on dynamic systems science methods in a program with a track record of drawing students interested in dynamic methods in systems science, (2) iteratively evaluate and refine this curriculum for maximum impact and accessibility; and (3) package the curriculum for broad distribution as a set of stand-alone materials that can be used in public health education without requiring a systems science expert as faculty. Course materials will use interactive exercises and practical, structured mechanisms to introduce students to basic motivations for systems science, the notions, strengths and limitations of models, problem framing and scoping, the basic perspective and model "building blocks" of each of the two dynamic systems science approaches, discussion of common processes - such as sensitivity analysis and model testing - common to both approaches, varied ways of leveraging data with a dynamic model, and preparing models for publication. Targeted promotion and a generous allocation of earmarked scholarships will help ensure that under-represented groups are well- represented among its US-based target audience.

描述（由申请人提供）：由于健康研究人员对系统科学方法有着强烈而持久的兴趣，对这些技能的需求远远超过了能够教授这些技能的教师的供应。我们在此建议创建、评估、完善和传播公共卫生动态系统科学建模课程，代表系统动力学和基于代理的建模的流行方法。该课程将利用申请人团队在教授和传播动态系统科学材料方面强大而多样的背景和经验，以（1）在一个计划中开发和实施为期 1 周的动态系统科学方法研讨会，并吸引对系统科学动态方法感兴趣的学生，（​​2）迭代评估和完善本课程，以实现最大的影响力和可访问性； (3) 将课程打包为一套独立的材料进行广泛分发，可用于公共卫生教育，而不需要系统科学专家作为教师。课程材料将使用交互式练习和实用的结构化机制向学生介绍系统科学的基本动机、模型的概念、优点和局限性、问题框架和范围界定、两种动态系统科学方法的基本观点和模型“构建块”、对两种方法共有的常见过程（例如敏感性分析和模型测试）的讨论、通过动态模型利用数据的不同方法以及为系统科学准备模型。 出版。有针对性的促销和慷慨的指定奖学金分配将有助于确保代表性不足的群体在其美国目标受众中得到充分代表。