Postdoctoral Training in Suicide Prevention Research

作为NIMH资助的唯一一个专门致力于自杀预防研究的博士后培训项目， CSPS T32继续塑造该领域。此申请用于竞争性续期（21至25年）， NIMH机构国家研究服务奖（T32 MH 20061），题为“博士后培训 自杀预防研究”。我们寻求六个博士后培训名额的支持。一 作为罗切斯特大学预防自杀研究中心的一部分， “CSPS T32”的长期目标是培养一批具有以下知识的早期职业科学家 作为独立调查员和跨学科研究小组成员， 致力于研究自杀及其预防的团队。培训强调自杀预防研究 与修订后的NIMH研究战略计划- 2020一致，该计划将自杀称为“一个紧迫的优先事项， NIMH”。心理学、公共卫生、医学和相关学科的研究员接受为期两年的培训 由每位研究员及其导师在一开始就设计的“个人发展计划”指导的顺序 培训，每年。课程包括一系列协调的课程、研讨会和讲习班 旨在为研究员提供预防自杀的理论和方法的坚实基础 research.知识和技能发展的核心领域包括（a）自杀学，（B）研究方法，（c） 学术职业发展和“生存技能”，以及（d）专业操守和道德操守 research.每个研究员与一个或多个导师从UR教师选择的发展和 实施一项量身定制的应用自杀预防研究方案。第三年的 有选择地提供指导研究培训。评估计划密切跟踪绩效 从长远来看，该计划本身为毕业生的职业生涯做好了准备， 一般的干预、结果和卫生服务研究，特别是自杀预防研究。 自杀是一种复杂的、多因素决定的行为。CSPS T32成功招募了研究员 他们来自文化和学术背景，反映了理解 自杀及其预防。通过该计划保留并进入自杀预防研究的职业生涯， 非常好。该应用程序的方案创新包括更加重视以下方面的培训： 在自杀预防研究中使用数字技术、人工智能和健康分析;（B） 自杀的转化神经科学;（c）感觉（听觉和视觉）缺陷在自杀风险中的作用， 以及从这些社区招募研究员;以及（d）个人和家庭的生活经历 受到自杀的影响。该研究金方案在其已经很强大的网络之外，又增加了 与（i）UR数字技术创新健康实验室，（ii）UR Del Monte 神经科学研究所，（三）UR眼脑健康中心。

As the only NIMH-funded postdoctoral training program dedicated solely to suicide prevention research, the CSPS T32 continues to shape the field. This application is for competitive renewal (Years 21 through 25) of an NIMH Institutional National Research Service Award (T32 MH20061) titled, “Postdoctoral Training Program in Suicide Prevention Research.” We seek support for six postdoctoral training slots. A component of the University of Rochester’s (UR) Center for the Study of the Prevention Suicide (CSPS), the “CSPS T32” has as its long-term objective to develop a cadre of early career scientists with the knowledge and experience necessary to establish careers as independent investigators and members of interdisciplinary teams dedicated to the study of suicide and its prevention. Training emphasizes suicide prevention research consistent with the revised NIMH Strategic Plan for Research – 2020, which calls suicide “an urgent priority for NIMH”. Fellows in psychology, public health, medicine, and related disciplines undergo a two-year training sequence guided by an “individual development plan” designed by each fellow and her/his mentor at the outset of training and annually. The curriculum includes a coordinated series of courses, seminars, and workshops designed to provide the fellow with a firm foundation in the theories and methods of suicide prevention research. Core areas of knowledge and skill development include (a) suicidology, (b) research methods, (c) academic career development and “survival skills”, and (d) professional integrity and the ethical conduct of research. Each fellow works with one or more Mentors selected from the UR faculty on development and implementation of an individually tailored program of applied suicide prevention research. A third year of mentored research training is available on a selective basis. An evaluation plan closely tracks the performance of each trainee and, over the longer term, of the program itself in preparing its graduates for careers in intervention, outcomes, and health services research in general and suicide prevention studies in particular. Suicide is a complex, multi-determined behavior. The CSPS T32 has been successful in recruiting fellows who are from cultural and academic backgrounds that reflect the diverse perspectives needed to understand suicide and its prevention. Retention through the program and into careers in suicide prevention research has been excellent. Program innovations with this application include increased emphases on training in (a) the use of digital technologies, artificial intelligence and health analytics in suicide prevention research; (b) the translational neuroscience of suicide; (c) the role that sensory (hearing and vision) deficits play in suicide risk, and the recruitment of fellows from those communities; and (d) the lived experience of individuals and families affected by suicide. The fellowship is further enriched by the addition to its already robust network of collaborators of linkages with (i) the UR Health Lab for digital technology innovation, (ii) the UR Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, (iii) UR Center for Eye and Brain Health.