Substance Abuse Interdisciplinary Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案为我们目前的跨学科培训项目提供持续五年的支持，该项目于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，已有10名博士后和11名博士前研究员获得资助，其中27%的受训者来自代表性不足的群体。该项目反映了跨学科指导模式的日益成熟。这个项目的优势包括博士后和博士生之间经常有互动的机会，以及培训师资的多样性。博士预科生达到候选人资格后录取；他们必须在自己的部门完成博士学位的要求，并完成我们培训计划的额外要求。这保证了学生在一个学科中进行密集的准备，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项目后成功地获得了适当的培训和学术机会。博士后学员需确定两名来自不同学科的指导教师；他们的主要导师来自他们自己的兴趣/学科领域，承担了大部分的指导责任。选择第二位导师，为培训提供新的视角和机会。我们的博士后学员离开我们的培训项目，具备了开始独立职业生涯所需的技能。最后，这个NIDA跨学科培训项目由主任和联合主任管理，并得到招生和课程委员会的持续建议。无论受训者是博士生还是博士后，一旦进入我们的项目，所有受训者都将在接受本学科培训的基础上参与跨学科的培训活动。博士前和博士后培训包括：1)接触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)有机会通过与UMSARC教师导师合作，开发方法上合理的研究；3)对文化和性别敏感的研究策略进行跨学科讨论（秋季会议和专业研讨会）；4)有机会将他们的研究展示给跨学科的观众进行批评；5)学习负责任的研究行为的机会；6)开始药物滥用领域的研究生涯（适用于博士前研究员）或发展额外的技能，使博士后培训生成为独立的研究者。

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.