Substance Abuse Interdisciplinary Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案代表了对我们目前的跨学科培训计划的持续五年支持的请求，该计划于1994年在密歇根大学药物滥用研究中心（UMSARC）成立。培训计划的主要目标是培养新的学者，他们最终将进行突破性的药物滥用研究，并将其他学科的观点纳入他们的研究。在过去的五年培训期间，资助了10名博士后和11名博士前研究员，这些受训人员中有27%来自代表性不足的群体。该计划反映了跨学科指导模式的日益复杂。该计划的优势包括博士前和博士后研究员之间的频繁互动机会以及培训教师的多样性。博士预科生在达到候选资格后被录取;他们需要完成博士学位。他们的家庭部门的要求，并完成我们的培训计划的额外要求。这保证了学生在一个学科的密集准备，同时也接受跨学科的培训。我们的博士前研究员在离开我们的计划后成功地获得适当的培训和学术机会。博士后学员需要从不同学科中确定两名UMSARC教师导师;他们的主要导师来自他们自己感兴趣的领域/学科，并承担大部分导师责任。第二位导师的选择是为了提供新的视角和培训机会。我们的博士后学员离开我们的培训计划与必要的技能，开始独立的职业生涯。最后，这个NIDA跨学科的培训计划是由董事和联合董事管理，与招生和课程委员会的持续建议。无论受训者是博士前还是博士后研究员，一旦进入我们的计划，所有受训者除了接受自己学科的培训外，还将参与跨学科的培训活动。博士前和博士后培训包括：1）对现有药物滥用研究的批判性分析（专业研讨会和跨学科演讲者系列）; 2）通过与UMSARC教师导师合作，有机会开展方法学上合理的研究; 3）对文化和性别敏感的研究战略进行跨学科讨论（秋季会议和临研讨会）; 4）有机会提出他们的研究，以批评跨学科的观众; 5）有机会了解负责任的研究行为;以及6）开始在药物滥用领域的研究生涯（为博士前研究员）或发展额外的技能，使博士后实习生成为独立的调查员。 公共卫生相关性;这个独特的培训计划将产生对药物滥用的广泛视角的学者，他们将寻求将跨学科和翻译成分纳入他们的研究。受训者吸收他们的成瘾知识的能力，从板凳上到旁边，将导致物质滥用研究的更迅速和综合性的进步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal represents a request for continued, five-year support of our current, interdisciplinary training program, which was founded at the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC) in 1994. The primary objective of the training program is to produce new scholars who eventually will conduct ground-breaking substance abuse research and will incorporate other disciplinary perspectives into their research. Over the previous five-year training period, 10 post-doctoral and 11 pre-doctoral fellows have been funded and 27% of these trainees were from underrepresented groups. The program reflects an increasing sophistication with interdisciplinary mentoring models. Strengths of this program include the frequent opportunities for interaction among the pre and post-doctoral fellows and the diverse nature of the training faculty. The pre-doctoral trainees are admitted after reaching candidacy; they are required to complete the Ph.D. requirements in their home departments and to complete the additional requirements of our Training Program. This guarantees that students have intensive preparation in one discipline while also receiving interdisciplinary training. Our pre-doctoral fellows are successful in obtaining appropriate training and academic opportunities after leaving our program. The post-doctoral trainees are required to identify two UMSARC faculty mentors from different disciplines; their primary mentor is from their own area of interest/discipline and assumes the majority of mentorship responsibilities. The second mentor is selected to offer new perspectives and opportunities for training. Our post-doctoral trainees leave our training program with the skills necessary to begin independent careers. Finally, this NIDA interdisciplinary training program is administered by a Director and Co-director, with the continuing advice of the Admissions and Curriculum Committee. Regardless of whether the trainee is a pre- or a post-doctoral fellow, once in our program all trainees are expected to engage in interdisciplinary training activities in addition to the training they receive in their own disciplines. The pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training includes: 1) an exposure to a critical analysis of extant research on substance abuse (Pro-seminars and Interdisciplinary Speakers Series); 2) an opportunity to develop methodologically sound research by working with UMSARC faculty mentors; 3) an interdisciplinary discussion of culturally and gender sensitive research strategies (fall meetings and Pro- seminar); 4) the opportunity to present their research to an interdisciplinary audience for critique; 5) an opportunity to learn about the responsible conduct of research; and 6) the initiation of a research career in the field of substance abuse (for pre-doctoral fellows) or the development of additional skills to enable the post-doctoral trainee to become an independent investigator. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE ; This unique training program will produce scholars with a broad perspective on substance abuse who will seek to incorporate interdisciplinary and translational components into their research. The ability of the trainees to assimilate their knowledge of addiction literally from the bench to the beside will lead to more rapid and integrative advances in substance abuse research.