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

项目摘要 沉浸在临床实践和研究的两个世界里，医生-科学家，特别是那些受过训练的医生-科学家， 在定量社会科学中，具有独特的视角，是有效解决 美国老龄化人口的医疗保健需求。哈佛大学是一所历史悠久的 国家认可的MD-PhD课程以及世界知名的卫生政策研究生课程， 经济学，社会和行为科学，是非常好的准备培养医生，科学家在 这些地区在这个机构NIA培训补助金的支持下，我们培养了越来越多的 这些学员，并激励他们追求有影响力的老龄化相关研究。培训通常遵循 “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 项目集中在人口老龄化，然后，2最后几年的医学院。当重音对齐时 学生们通过他们的教学任务，在整个时间轴内参加临床和研究培训。 该培训计划的特点包括定期的教程运行以及与董事的会议， 马库斯老龄化研究所。这两个机会都为学生提供了导师，社区， 跨学科的互动，接触广泛的社会科学定量方法，并提供 一个用来发现令人兴奋的研究问题的论坛。学生被任命为M1的培训补助金， M2、G1、M3和M4年。G2-Gn年由各自的博士课程覆盖。我们 参与博士课程包括1）卫生政策博士课程（集中在经济学， 管理和政策研究方法），培养学生的研究和教学生涯， 通过跨学科和跨学院的方法卫生政策; 2）在经济学博士课程， 经济学系，为学生准备生产和刺激的职业生涯作为经济学家， 学术界或政府、研究组织或商业企业的职位;以及，3）博士学位 在人口健康科学（在社会和行为科学研究领域），通过提供 哈佛TH Chan公共卫生学院，培养学生成为学者， 阐明健康的社会和行为决定因素，并开发和评估创新 改善人口健康的干预措施和政策。28名参与教师 和大拥有强烈的兴趣和经验，指导医生，科学家学员， 专门从事与老龄化有关的研究。在约190名MD-PhD学生和约27名社会成员的更大社区内， 科学MD-PhD学生现在是一个充满活力和紧密联系的10人小组，他们是NIA培训的一部分 程序.凭借现有的杰出校友记录和不断增长的现有学员队伍， 通过NIA的培训补助金，我们提交了这份竞争性续约，以便我们可以继续 在这些成就的基础上。

PROJECT SUMMARY Immersed in the two worlds of clinical practice and research, physician-scientists, particularly those trained in quantitative social sciences, have unique perspectives that are key to effectively addressing the healthcare demands of America’s aging population. 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. With the support of this institutional NIA training grant, we have cultivated a growing cohort of such trainees and are inspiring them to pursue impactful aging related research. Training typically follows a ‘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 aging populations, and then, 2 final years of medical school. While the accent is aligned with their tuition assignment, students participate in clinical and research training throughout their timeline. Hallmarks of this training program include regular tutorials run as well as meetings with the directors of the Marcus Research Institute of Aging. Both opportunities provide students with mentorship, community, interdisciplinary interactions, exposures to a wide range of social science quantitative methods, and provide a forum for identifying exciting research questions. Students are appointed to this training grant in the M1, M2, G1, M3 and M4 years. The G2-Gn years are covered by their respective PhD program. Our participating PhD programs include 1) the PhD Program in Health Policy (concentrations in Economics, Management, and Methods for Policy Research), which trains students for research and teaching careers in health policy through an interdisciplinary and interfaculty approach; 2) the PhD Program in Economics in the Department of Economics, which prepares students for productive and stimulating careers as economists in academia or for positions in government, research organizations, or business enterprises; and, 3) the PhD in Population Health Sciences (field of study in Social and Behavioral Sciences), offered through the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, which prepares students to be scholars whose research illuminates social and behavioral determinants of health and develops and evaluates innovative interventions and policies leading to the improvement of population health. The 28 participating faculty by and large possess a strong interest in and experience with mentoring physician-scientist trainees and have expertise in aging-related research. Within the greater community of ~190 MD-PhD students and ~27 social science MD-PhD students is now a vibrant and tight knit group of 10 who are part of this NIA training program. With an existing track record of distinguished alumni and this growing cohort of current trainees, made possible by this NIA training grant, we submit this competing renewal so that we may continue to build on these accomplishments.