Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）：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的生产性职业。这需要吸引有才华，积极性高的候选人，提供一个智力刺激，支持性的环境，包括课程工作和研究机会，并指导学员把他们的知识承担最重要的研究课题。我们正在请求支持6名博士前学员，这是由北卡罗来纳州大学公共卫生学院的独特优势所证明的。通过汇集三个部门的专业知识和资源，流行病学，妇幼保健和营养，我们可以利用教师和学生的池，以确保我们招募最好的候选人的程序。所有学员都将被要求掌握先进的流行病学方法以及在RPPE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安娜玛丽亚·西格尔-里兹博士和流行病学教授安迪·奥尔山博士领导，由一批领先的研究人员提供广泛而深入的专业知识。我们相信，在该国没有其他设置，也许在世界上，可以提供11个程序教师和20个程序附属机构的多样化和完成阵列，在生殖，围产期和儿科流行病学的几乎每一个方面工作。

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.