Training in International Population and Health Sciences

简介（由申请人提供）：位于加州大学洛杉矶分校加州人口研究中心的国际人口与健康科学培训项目是一个雄心勃勃的创新项目，将在印度尼西亚和墨西哥培训新一代人口科学家。该方案的基础是一个特别强大的研究基地，由校外资助、相互关联和互补的项目组成，为人口和健康科学领域的跨学科培训提供了理想的工具。这些大型研究项目是美国和国际培训学院对合作研究项目进行长期投资的结果。该培训计划的目的是对合作国家的研究和研究能力产生最大的影响，它有三个主要活动。首先，长期的博士预科学员将参加加州大学洛杉矶分校专门为人口科学家设计的博士课程。这些课程包括经济学、公共卫生和社会学。这些课程为人口研究提供现代定量方法方面的最高质量培训。第二，中期培训项目将专门针对访问加州大学洛杉矶分校的墨西哥和印度尼西亚人口科学家的需要。这些项目将使受训者在进行自己和合作研究的同时提高和更新他们的研究相关技能。中期和长期学员将与正在进行的研究项目相结合，这些研究项目是本应用程序的研究基础。第三，一系列短期的国内培训活动将有助于发展每一个合作国家的人口研究能力。一些短期讲习班将强调数据分析和定量方法。其他短期培训讲习班将侧重于人口研究中的新兴领域，在这些领域，技能短缺阻碍了人口和健康科学领域开创性研究的发展。受训者将接受有关人口研究道德行为的指导。将特别注意征聘优秀的少数民族，并确保受训者回国后回到富有成效的研究环境。该培训计划将大大促进墨西哥和印度尼西亚的研究能力，同时也为构成该计划基础的基础研究项目带来重要利益。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Training in International Population and Health Sciences Program housed in the California Center for Population Research at UCLA is an ambitious and innovative program that will train a new generation of population scientists in Indonesia and Mexico. The foundation of the program is an exceptionally strong research base of extra-murally funded, inter-related and complementary projects that provide the ideal vehicle for interdisciplinary training in the population and health sciences. These large-scale research projects are the result of long-term investments in collaborative research projects by the US-based and international training faculty. The training program, which is designed to have the maximum impact on research and research capacity in the collaborating countries, has three main activities. First, long-term predoctoral trainees will enrol in Ph.D. programs at UCLA which are specifically designed for population scientists. These include programs in economics, public health and sociology. The programs provide the highest quality training in modern quantitative methods for population research. Second, medium-term training programs will be specifically tailored to the needs of population scientists from Mexico and Indonesia who will visit UCLA. The programs will enable the trainees to enhance and update their research-related skills while conducting their own and collaborative research. The medium- and long-term trainees will be integrated with the on-going research projects that are the research base for this application. Third, a series of short-term in-country training activities will contribute to the development of population research capacity in each of the collaborating countries. Some of the short-term workshops will emphasize data analysis and quantitative methods. Other short term training workshops will focus on emerging areas in population research where skill shortages are impeding the development of pioneering research in the population and health sciences. Trainees will receive instruction in the ethical conduct of population research. Special attention will be paid to recruiting outstanding minorities and to assuring that trainees return home to a productive research environment. The training program will significantly contribute to research capacity in both Mexico and Indonesia while also generating important benefits to the underlying research projects that form the foundation for this program.