BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TRAINING IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH

描述（由申请人提供）：自1984年成立以来，药物滥用研究行为科学培训计划（BST）已成为全国最大的NRSA培训计划之一，专门从事药物滥用，艾滋病和犯罪的行为科学研究。BST项目已培养了149名博士生和博士后，其中近一半是少数民族。本申请要求授权在第26至30年每年维持目前的任命水平（7名博士后和9名博士预科学员）。BST项目在准学术环境中运作，由三个合作机构运营：纽约市医学与健康研究协会（MHRA），赠款管理机构；国家发展研究机构（NDRI），培训地点；以及哥伦比亚大学附属机构梅尔曼公共卫生学院（MSPH）。Bruce D. Johnson博士带领来自MHRA， NDRI和MSPH的46名主要研究人员组成的核心团队，为BST学员提供高度结构化和严格的培训。BST项目的使命是培养行为科学家，特别是少数种族/民族，从事药物滥用研究和相关领域的职业。这是通过以下方式实现的：(1)招募和任命有前途的科学家，其中大约一半来自少数民族背景；(2)提供实质性主题和理论、研究方法和实践以及研究伦理行为方面的高级培训；(3)对学员进行指导和建议。除了各种各样的每周研讨会和讲习班之外，学员还定期参加有监督的研究——BST核心教师的200多个联邦资助/合同中有充足的机会——他们进行自己的独立研究。该应用程序包括两个新功能：一个加强的，必需的拨款写作研讨会，以及生物行为研究的跨学科培训组成部分。BST项目长期以来的成功体现在137名毕业生（包括43名已获得博士学位的博士生，9名正在攻读博士学位）和14名现任研究员的重大贡献上。许多前受训者在研究和出版刊物方面表现杰出，目前和以前的BST受训者出版的刊物估计超过1,000份。BST学员已获得美国国立卫生研究院的22项资助，在40多个美国国立卫生研究院资助的项目中担任合作研究者，并从其他联邦、州和私人资金来源获得80多项资助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since its inception in 1984, the Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research Program (BST) has become one of the nation's largest NRSA training programs specializing in behavioral science research on drug abuse, AIDS, and crime. The BST program has trained 149 predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees-with nearly half of them being racial/ethnic minorities. This application requests authorization to maintain the current levels of appointments (7 postdoctoral and 9 predoctoral trainees) during each of Years 26 to 30. The BST program operates in a quasi-academic environment and is operated by three collaborating institutions: Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. (MHRA), the grant administrator; National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI), the training site; and the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) at Columbia University, the university affiliate. Dr. Bruce D. Johnson directs a core faculty of 46 leading researchers from MHRA, NDRI, and MSPH, who provide highly structured and rigorous training for BST trainees. The mission of the BST program is to prepare behavioral scientists, especially racial/ethnic minorities, for careers in drug abuse research and allied fields. This is accomplished by (1) recruiting and appointing promising scientists, about half from minority backgrounds, for traineeships; (2) providing advanced training in substantive topics and theory, research methods and practices, and the ethical conduct of research; and (3) mentoring and advising trainees. In addition to a variety of weekly seminars and workshops, trainees participate regularly in supervised research-ample opportunities exist on well over 200 Federal grants/contracts of BST core faculty-and they conduct their own independent research. This application includes two new features: a strengthened, required grant writing workshop, and an interdisciplinary training component in biobehavioral research. The BST program's long-standing success is evident in the significant contributions of 137 graduates (including 43 predoctoral trainees who have received their doctorates, with 9 in progress) and 14 current fellows. Many former trainees have distinguished themselves through their research and publications-the number of publications by current and former BST trainees is estimated at over 1,000. BST trainees have received as Pis 22 grants from NIH, been Co-investigators on more than 40 NIH-funded projects, and obtained over 80 grants from other Federal, state, and private funding sources.