Training in Emerging Multidisciplinary Approaches to Mental Health and Disease

描述（由申请人提供）：“精神健康和疾病的新兴多学科方法培训（TEAM HEAD）”代表了一个已有十年历史的培训项目的发展，该项目专注于培养精神病学遗传学领域的博士后。这个更新应用程序包含几个实质性的更改和改进。首先，我们提议更换领导层。具体来说,Drs。Abraham Palmer和Nancy Cox（多名pi）将取代过去10年担任项目主任的Elliot Gershon博士。格尔森博士现在已经70多岁了，他继续管理着一个活跃的研究实验室，但即将辞去项目主任的职务。他将继续担任执行委员会成员，并将为博士们提供建议。帕尔默和考克斯确保平稳过渡。Nancy Cox博士自培训项目启动以来一直担任项目负责人，并将特别参与确定项目的课程；帕尔默博士也将有重要的智力投入，并将负责“日常”运营。其次，在过去的十年里，这个培训项目只有两个博士后名额，这使得它的规模非常小，无法达到临界规模。因此，我们建议将博士后名额从2个增加到4个，大幅扩大项目规模。此外，我们还为研究生增加了四个名额，他们将在第二年开始时申请支持，

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The "Training in Emerging Multidisciplinary Approaches to Mental Health and Disease (TEAM HEAD)" represents the evolution of a ten year old training program that has focused on training postdoctoral fellows in the area of psychiatric genetics. This renewal application contains several substantial changes and improvements. First, we are proposing a change of leadership. Specifically, Drs. Abraham Palmer and Nancy Cox (multiple-PIs) will replace Dr. Elliot Gershon, who has served as Program Director for the last 10 years. Dr. Gershon, who is now in his 70s, continues to run an active research lab, but is stepping down as Program Director. He will remain on the executive committee and will provide advice to Drs. Palmer and Cox to assure a smooth transition. Dr. Nancy Cox has been a co-I since the training program's inception and will be particularly involved in determining the program's curriculum; Dr. Palmer will also have significant intellectual input and will be responsible for "day-to-day" operations. Second, for the past ten years this training program has only had two postdoctoral slots, making it unusually small and preventing it from obtaining a critical mass. Thus, we are proposing to substantially expand the program by increasing the number of postdoctoral slots from 2 to 4. Furthermore, we are adding four slots for graduate students, who will apply for support at the beginning of their second year, once they have joined the lab of one of our training faculty and selected a project that is within the scope of this training program. Third, the focus of the training program has been broadened and refocused with an eye towards meeting the demands that the next generation of scientist will face in the coming decades. For example, there is a much greater emphasis on statistical and computational approaches, which is complimented by close integration with a recently funded Conte Center for Computational Systems Genomics of Neuropsychiatric Phenotypes and the developing Grossman Institute. Additional training faculty, particularly from the Department of Human Genetics, have been recruited to meet the new goals of the program. The overall size of the training faculty has almost doubled as a result of these changes. Students will be supported for 2 years. The number of slots is based on the extremely high quality pool of applicants at both the pre- and post-doctoral levels. Pre-doctoral students will be drawn from a variety of relevant departments and graduate programs. The University of Chicago provides a unique environment with a long history of interdisciplinary collaboration that will benefit the trainees. The scientific interactions among the trainees will be extensive, and will be enhanced by inclusion of a larger cohort of both pre- and post-doctoral students. Formal mechanisms will include student work-in-progress and journal club presentations, trainee- invited speakers, and didactic classes that will be re-structured as full-day retreats and will include a social luncheon. Expanded and appropriate efforts will be made with regard to recruitment of underrepresented minorities and training in ethical conduct of research.