Columbia Population Research Center

摘要-整体组件 此申请寻求P2C继续资助哥伦比亚人口研究中心（CPRC），共同 导演：Jennifer S赫希是梅尔曼公共卫生学院社会医学科学教授， Jane Waldfogel，康普顿基金会预防儿童和青年艾滋病百年教授 哥伦比亚大学社会工作学院的问题。CPRC的使命是增加科学影响， 创新和哥伦比亚人口研究人员生产力，提高了他们在同行中的竞争力， 审查人口动态研究的外部资金，帮助年轻的人口科学家实现研究 独立性，并最大限度地提高人口动态研究资金的效率。实现这一 使命，我们的具体目标是：（1）培育一个充满活力的跨校园的人口知识社区 哥伦比亚大学的研究人员，促进青年人口科学家的发展，并鼓励 人口科学家之间以及人口科学家与其他领域的科学家之间的合作 （2）在CPRC的四个主要研究领域（PRA）推进人口研究：儿童，青年， （3）继续成为全球人口与发展的主要领域; 人口中心的重点是研究弱势群体在健康和福祉方面的不平等， 以及与这些人口相关的公共政策;（4）利用哥伦比亚在纽约的地理位置 约克市通过与城市决策者和从业人员合作，以解决共同的研究兴趣。的 协调三个研究基础设施核心的工作-行政、计算和方法， 发展-将促进跨学科和跨校园人口动态研究在哥伦比亚， 特别注重促进初级科学家的专业发展。 CPRC的签名优势是跨三个学校（社会工作，公共研究）的研究人员的整合 卫生、艺术和科学）;重新强调不平等和 关于福祉的公共政策;我们的教师在初级和高级科学家水平的多样性;关键 中心在大学人口研究计算机基础设施转型中的作用; 大量利用大学的支持，机构承诺是所要求的总数的两倍 NICHD预算。CPRC的另一个信号强度是六个充满活力的跨校园工作组， 通过汇集来自校园各地具有共同兴趣的科学家来补充PRA的工作 自闭症谱系障碍，司法和监禁，脆弱家庭数据，政策和人口健康 类阿片流行病、环境、气候变化和人口健康以及住房和 邻里关系这些充满活力的工作组、PRA以及其他机构和服务， CPRC证明该中心成功地创建并维持了强大的人口科学研究 在哥伦比亚，一个跨越学科、地理和行政边界的社区。

Abstract – Overall Component This application seeks P2C continuation funding for the Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC), co- directed by Jennifer S. Hirsch, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health, and Jane Waldfogel, Compton Foundation Centennial Professor for the Prevention of Children's and Youth Problems at the Columbia University School of Social Work. CPRC's mission is to increase the scientific impact, innovation, and productivity of population researchers at Columbia, increase their competitiveness for peer- reviewed external funding in population dynamics research, help junior population scientists achieve research independence, and maximize the efficiency of funding for population dynamics research. To achieve that mission, our specific aims are to: (1) nourish a vibrant cross-campus intellectual community of population researchers at Columbia, fostering the development of junior population scientists and encouraging collaborations among population scientists and between population scientists and scientists in other disciplines; (2) advance population research in CPRC's four primary research areas (PRAs): children, youth, and families; reproductive health and HIV; immigration/migration; and urbanism; (3) continue to be a leading population center focused on research on inequalities in the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, and on public policies relevant to those populations; and (4) take advantage of Columbia's location in New York City by partnering with city policy makers and practitioners to address mutual research interests. The coordinated work of three research infrastructure cores—administrative, computing and methods, and development—will facilitate cross-disciplinary and cross-campus population dynamics research at Columbia, with a particular focus on advancing the professional development of junior scientists. Signature strengths of CPRC are the integration of researchers across three schools (Social Work, Public Health, and Arts and Sciences); a new emphasis on the cross-cutting themes of inequality and the impact of public policies on well-being; the diversity of our faculty at both the junior and senior scientist level; the crucial role of the center in transforming computing infrastructure for population research at the university; and the substantial leveraging of university support, with an institutional commitment of two times the total requested NICHD budget. Another signal strength of CPRC are the six vibrant cross-campus working groups, which complement the work of the PRAs by bringing together scientists from across the campus with shared interests in autism spectrum disorders, justice and incarceration, the Fragile Families data, policy and population health dimensions of the opioid epidemic, the environment, climate change, and population health, and housing and neighborhoods. These vibrant working groups, the PRAs, and the other structures and services provided by CPRC demonstrate that the center has successfully created and sustained a robust population science research community that spans disciplinary, geographic, and administrative borders at Columbia.