Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT)

描述（由申请人提供）：跨学科预防和方法培训（PAMT）计划的主要目标（T32 DA017629）是培养两类训练有素的科学家：预防科学家，他们在研究中采用最适当的方法，即使方法先进和尖端，也能做到这一点;以及了解并致力于预防的方法学家，他们致力于改进和传播用于预防研究的方法。博士前和博士后培训计划涉及预防研究中心（PRC）和宾夕法尼亚州立大学的方法学中心（MC），以及人类发展和家庭研究，生物行为健康和传播艺术与科学部门。自成立以来，PAMT已成功培训了26名多产科学家：20名由T32资助，6名由宾夕法尼亚州立大学提供的配套资金资助。PAMT计划寻求五年以上的资金有几个原因。首先，在其五年期间，由于MC和PRC的高知名度以及宾夕法尼亚州立大学在预防研究中的作用，我们吸引了一批非常聪明和多样化的早期职业科学家，他们在此期间非常富有成效：六人被授予个人NRSA; 89篇文章已在着名期刊上发表; 122次演讲已在全国会议上发表。第二，PAMT计划的定位是满足一系列关键的培训需求，这些需求已被确定为NIDA组合的核心，以及国家在预防研究方面的需求，如两份新的突出报告所确定的：预防年轻人的精神，情绪和行为障碍：进步和潜力（国际移民组织，2009年）;以及NIDA理事会关于NIDA预防研究组合的审查委员会报告（NIDA，2009年），其中建议增加与方法学和预防科学的接口有关的研究和培训。为促进这种相互作用，该项目的每名研究员都与两名导师密切合作，一名专门研究预防问题，另一名专门研究方法问题，以确保研究员同时处理预防的应用方面和方法方面的基本问题。大多数导师都有美国国立卫生研究院的资助，以确保研究员致力于与公共卫生相关的问题，这些问题既符合当前的要求，又符合高度的科学严谨性。因此，在药物滥用预防研究所设立的指导和培训方案促使青年科学家通过参与预防研究领域的方法培训，解决药物滥用预防方面的研究问题。 公共卫生相关性：预防研究是复杂的，需要应用新的方法和分析战略，以最大限度地从实地预防试验中吸取经验教训。与此同时，方法学的进步必须立足于实地工作的现实：测量问题、研究设计和相应的数据分析策略必须充分应对在应用环境中开展实地工作的复杂性。PAMT博士前和博士后研究员从事尖端工作，将预防科学和方法融入理解和预防药物滥用的无缝方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The main objective of the interdisciplinary Prevention And Methodology Training (PAMT) program (T32 DA017629) is to produce two types of well-trained scientists: prevention scientists who apply the most appropriate methodology in their research and can do this even when the methodology is advanced and cutting-edge; and methodologists who understand and are committed to prevention, and who work on improving and disseminating methodology for use in prevention research. The pre- and post-doctoral training program involves the Prevention Research Center (PRC) and the Methodology Center (MC) at Penn State, and the Departments of Human Development and Family Studies, Biobehavioral Health, and Communication Arts & Sciences. PAMT has successfully trained 26 productive scientists since its inception: twenty were funded by the T32 and six through matching funds provided by Penn State. The PAMT program seeks five more years of funding for several reasons. First, during its five years, due to the high visibility of both the MC and PRC and the role of Penn State in prevention research, we have attracted a very bright and diverse group of early career scientists who have been very productive during this period: six have been awarded individual NRSAs; 89 articles have been published in prestigious journals; and 122 presentations have been made at national conferences. Second, the PAMT program is positioned to meet a critical set of training needs that have been identified as central to NIDA's portfolio and the nation's needs in prevention research as identified in two new, prominent reports: Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities (IOM, 2009); and a review committee report from the NIDA Council on the NIDA prevention research portfolio (NIDA, 2009), which recommended increasing both research and training related to the interface of methodology and prevention science The PAMT program is specifically designed to facilitate this interface; each PAMT fellow works closely with two mentors--one who specializes in prevention and one who specializes in methods--to assure that fellows simultaneously address both applied aspects of prevention and basic issues in methods. Most mentors have active NIH grants, ensuring that the fellows are working on issues related to public health that are both current and meet high scientific rigor. Thus the mentoring and training program established in PAMT propels young scientists to address research questions in substance abuse prevention as a result of engaging in methodology training in the field of prevention research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Prevention research is complex, requiring the application of new methods and analytic strategies to maximize lessons to be learned from field trials of prevention. At the same time, methodological advances must be grounded in the reality of field work: measurement issues, research designs, and accompanying data analysis strategies must be fully responsive to the complexities of conducting field work in applied settings. PAMT pre- and post-doctoral fellows engage in cutting-edge work that integrates prevention science and methods into a seamless approach to understanding and preventing substance abuse.