Population Science Training Grant

项目总结/摘要 人口科学研究培训计划的总体目标是培养一批未来的领导干部 在社会科学和公共卫生学科与主题的专业知识，跨学科的方向， 人口观点和数据技能，以解决人口学中的紧迫问题并对其产生影响， 人口健康和生殖健康。该项目位于卡罗莱纳人口中心（CPC）， 汇集了来自11个部门的优秀培训教师，社会和经济之间大致平衡 科学和公共卫生学科;他们广泛和持续地参与培训方案。的 以研究为基础的培训是多学科和跨学科的。博士前课程结合了 通过课程，研讨会和讲习班，在人口科学方面有着坚实基础的学科博士 以及一个由一名或多名教员指导的研究实习，该实习在整个培训过程中持续进行。的 博士后计划是围绕培训教师之间的密切指导关系， 博士后学者，定制，以适应双方的目标和利益。与CPC的优势相一致， 最佳实践，博士前和博士后计划促进跨学科和团队合作，提供 专业化的机会，并创造一个欢迎和支持新兴社区 人口学者博士预科课程从已经被录取的研究生中招募 博士课程在斯坦福大学，一个高度选择性的游泳池。作为对多学科性质的适应， 计划，所有新的和返回的博士前学员申请，并审查每年。新晋学者 具有博士学位或同等学历的社会科学或健康学科直接招募到该计划的两个- 一年后（一年后进行审查）。需要支持八名博士前和两名博士后 每年的培训，一个水平很好地证明了目前的计划和优秀的竞争力 生产力和安置以前的受训人员。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The overall goal of UNC's Population Science Research Training Program is to create a cadre of future leaders in social science and public health disciplines with the subject matter expertise, interdisciplinary orientation, population perspective, and data skills to address and have an impact on pressing issues in demography, population health, and reproductive health. Housed in the Carolina Population Center (CPC), the program has assembled an outstanding training faculty drawn from 11 departments, roughly balanced between social science and public health disciplines; their participation in the training program is broad and sustained. The training, based in research, is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. The predoctoral program combines disciplinary PhDs with a strong grounding in population science through coursework, seminars, and workshops and a mentored research practicum with one or more faculty members that continues throughout training. The postdoctoral program is structured around a close mentoring relationship between the training faculty and postdoctoral scholars, customized to fit the goals and interests of both. Consistent with CPC's strengths as best practice, the predoctoral and postdoctoral programs promote interdisciplinarity and teamwork, provide opportunities for professionalization, and create a welcoming and supportive community for emerging population scholars. The predoctoral program recruits from among graduate students already accepted into PhD programs at UNC, a highly selective pool. As an accommodation to the multidisciplinary nature of the program, all new and returning predoctoral trainees apply and are reviewed each year. Newly minted scholars with PhDs or equivalent in a social science or health discipline are recruited directly into the program for a two- year appointment (with review after a year). Support is requested for eight predoctoral and two postdoctoral traineeships per year, a level well justified by the competitiveness of the current program and the outstanding productivity and placement of prior trainees.