Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology

描述(由申请者提供)：生殖、围产期和儿科流行病学(RPPE)培训计划的总体目标是培养优秀的研究人员和学者在该领域从事富有成效的职业。这需要吸引有才华、积极进取的候选人，提供一个激发智力的、支持性的环境，包括课程工作和研究机会，并引导受训人员将他们的知识运用到最重要的研究课题上。我们请求支持6名博士前实习生，因为北卡罗来纳大学公共卫生学院的独特优势是合理的。通过汇集流行病学、母婴健康和营养学三个系的专业知识和资源，我们可以吸引教师和学生，以确保我们为该项目招收最好的候选人。所有受训人员将被要求掌握先进的流行病学方法以及RPPE方面的实质性知识。拟议的RPPE培训计划将由流行病学和营养学副教授Anna Maria Siega-Riz博士和流行病学教授Andy Olshan博士领导，并由一批领先的研究人员提供广泛和深入的专业知识。我们相信，在这个国家，也许在世界上，没有其他任何机构能够提供多样化和完善的11个方案教员和20个方案附属机构，几乎在生殖、围产期和儿科流行病学的方方面面开展工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the training program in Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology (RPPE) is to train outstanding researchers and scholars for productive careers in the field. This requires attracting talented, highly motivated candidates, providing an intellectually stimulating, supportive environment, including course work and research opportunities, and guiding trainees to bring their knowledge to bear on the most important research topics. We are requesting support for 6 predoctoral trainees, justified by the unique strengths at the University Of North Carolina School Of Public Health. By bringing together the expertise and resources of three departments, Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, and Nutrition, we can draw on the faculty and pool of students to ensure that we recruit the very best candidates to the program. All trainees will be required to have mastery of advanced epidemiologic methods as well as substantive knowledge in RPPE. The proposed RPPE training program is to be led by the team of Dr. Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and Dr. Andy Olshan, Professor of Epidemiology with a cadre of leading researchers providing a broad and deep spectrum of expertise. We believe that there is no other setting in the country, perhaps in the world that can offer the diverse and accomplished array of 11 Program Faculty and 20 Program Affiliates, working in nearly every facet of reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology.