Pre- and Post-doctoral Training in Environmental Biostatistics

描述(由申请人提供) 约翰霍普金斯大学彭博公共卫生学院生物统计系提议，环境生物统计学博士后和博士后培训计划每年支持四(4)名博士后和一(1)名博士后。博士前课程需要两年或更长时间的课程学习，然后是考试和一篇研究论文。培训补助金将在最初的3年内提供；研究助学金将为剩余的培训期提供资金。博士后项目将提供为期两(2)年的支持，包括与研究导师或导师合作，与系(2009-2010)和学院的其他博士后学生进行正式和非正式的互动。这两个项目将设在生物统计系；学院生物统计学、环境健康科学、流行病学、卫生服务研究、国际健康、精神健康、分子微生物学和免疫学系的教职员工；医学院、怀廷工程学院和艺术与科学学院的教职员工将作为课堂教育者和研究导师/合作者参加。通过课程作业、研讨会、参加工作组和指导博士研究，研究人员应教育下一代领导人，使其发展、应用生物统计科学于环境研究和政策。他们应将生物统计学和生物统计学家与其他环境和基础科学结合起来，营造一种理想的教育氛围，培养生物统计学和其他领域的研究生、博士后和教职员工之间的持久关系。因此，受训人员将有效地进行跨学科协作，确定关键的方法需求，开发和应用满足这些需求的统计设计和分析。受训者将有效地向科学家、政策制定者和公众传达实质性的发现。该项目和附属教职员工致力于尊重这一理念并实现这些目标。 相关性：顶尖生物统计学家对统计概念和技术的深入理解以及对相关科学的有效理解对公共卫生相关研究的设计、实施、分析和报告至关重要。博士后和博士后课程培养和适应学员成为这些角色的领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health proposes Environmental Biostatistics pre- and postdoctoral training programs to support four (4) pre-doctoral and one (1) postdoctoral student each year. The pre-doctoral program entails two or more years of coursework followed by examinations and a research thesis. Training grant support will be provided for the initial 3 years; research assistantships will fund the remaining training period. The postdoctoral program will provide support for two (2) years and will include collaboration with a research mentor or with mentors, formal and informal interactions with other postdoctoral students in the department (10 for 2009-2010) and the school. Both programs will be located in the Department of Biostatistics; faculty in the School's Departments of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Services Research, International Health, Mental Health, and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; and faculty in the Medical School, the Whiting School of Engineering and the School of Arts and Sciences will participate as classroom educators and research mentors/collaborators. Through coursework, seminars, participation in working groups and directed doctoral research, the investigators shall educate the next generation of leaders in development application of biostatistical science to environmental research and policy. They shall integrate biostatistics and biostatisticians with other environmental and basic sciences in an educational climate ideally suited to fostering lasting relationships among graduate students, postdoctoral students and faculty in biostatistics and other fields. Consequently, trainees will effectively collaborate across disciplines, identify the key methodological needs, develop and apply statistical designs and analyses that address these needs. Trainees will effectively communicate substantive findings to scientists, policy makers and the general public. Program and affiliated faculty are committed to honoring this philosophy and to achieving these goals. Relevance: Participation of top tier biostatisticians with a deep understanding of statistical concepts and techniques empowered by effective understanding of the relevant science is essential to the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of public health relevant research. The pre- and postdoctoral programs educate and acculturate trainees to be leaders in these roles.