Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center-II Summer Institutes

描述（由申请人提供）： 此应用程序是T15 HL 71805的竞争更新应用程序，匹兹堡身心暑期学院，部分支持匹兹堡身心中心（PMBC-II）年度暑期学院。PMBC-I成立于2000年，目的是在了解多种身体疾病的背景下进行身心关系的研究和培训，并将在R24基础设施支持机制下继续其教育使命，直至2009年（NIH RFA #06-03-004）。PMBC-I和II的主要具体目标之一是每年举办一次关于身心互动和健康的暑期研究所，每隔一年集中研究疾病和残疾的行为前因，以及对身体疾病的心理社会干预。PMBC教师已经进行了5个暑期研究所，并在招募和培训有才华的年轻科学家或更资深的科学家新的身心科学方面取得了越来越大的成功。暑期学院的评估鼓励我们继续提供这种独特的培训经验，在其他地方无法获得。暑期研究所的具体目标是提供有关连接环境因素和身体疾病之间的心理，行为和生物联系的基本途径的信息;评估最先进的行为干预措施在预防疾病和残疾方面的有效性和重要性;并提高研究技能，包括解决问题，研究设计和思想交流。暑期研究所的总体目标是促进身心科学和健康领域新研究人员的发展。我们预计，每年将有30名科学家参加夏季研究所，其中20名来自宾夕法尼亚州西部以外。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a competing renewal application of T15 HL71805, Pittsburgh Mind-Body Summer Institutes, to partially support the Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center (PMBC-II) annual Summer Institutes. PMBC-I was established in 2000 to conduct research and training on mind-body relationships in the context of understanding multiple physical illnesses and will continue its educational mission under a R24 infrastructure support mechanism through 2009 (NIH RFA #06-03-004). One of the key specific aims of PMBC-I and II is to conduct annually a Summer Institute on mind-body interactions and health, with alternate years concentrating on behavioral antecedents of disease and disability, and on psychosocial interventions for physical illness. PMBC faculty have conducted 5 Summer Institutes and have had increasing success in recruiting and training talented young scientists or more senior scientists new to mind-body sciences. Evaluations of the Summer Institute encourage us to continue to provide this unique training experience, unavailable elsewhere. The specific goals of the Summer Institutes are to provide information about basic pathways linking psychological, behavioral, and biological connections between environmental factors and physical illness; to evaluate the efficacy and importance of state-of-the-art behavioral interventions in preventing disease and disability; and to enhance research skills, including problem solving, design of studies, and communication of ideas. The overall goal of the Summer Institutes is to foster the development of a cadre of new investigators in mind-body science and health. We anticipate that 30 scientists will attend the Summer Institute each year, with 20 from outside Western Pennsylvania.