Research Training Program in Psychiatric Epidemiology

在44年的持续资助历史中，哥伦比亚大学精神病学流行病学 培训计划（PET）培养了几代高产的精神病学流行病学家。跨 在这段历史中，精神病学经历了几个显著的变化时期，包括 现在的时间PET教师和前学员在带来过去和现在发挥了重要作用 改变了。我们制定了“平衡增长”战略，以适应这些变化，并坚持 在当前的更新中。平衡增长首先需要广泛努力保持高质量， PET工作的活力，第二，在精心选择的领域的增长或改进， 特别是那些正在发生重大变化的国家。PET领导层的平稳过渡 使其更容易保持这种连续性和增长的平衡。该计划最初由布鲁斯领导 Dopelwend（仍然是联合主任）;然后是布鲁斯林克（以前的联合主任）;现在是以斯拉 Susser（以前是布鲁斯林克的共同主任）。Ezra Susser积极参与了我们的概念性研究， 框架，非常适合一个时代，我们将整合多个组件，生物， 以及社会。Sharon Schwartz还帮助制定了概念框架，并将继续担任 培训主任，但也将在这次更新的共同主任。新的联合导演凯瑟琳凯斯带来了 下一代的领导层沿着进入她在研究和培训方面的杰出成就。 多年来，我们开发了一种培训方法，使研究员能够确定重要的 研究问题，并利用理论，战略研究设计和适当的解决这些问题， 在多学科背景下的测量和分析方法。通过课程学习，研究 经验和学院研究员研讨会，我们的目标是提供一个创造性的氛围， 技能的发展，以整合理论和方法。虽然我们的一般培训方法保留在 在这次更新中，培训内容根据 这个提议例如，我们已经招募了新的教师，他们有整合神经科学的经验， 流行病学研究，我们已经重塑了我们的课程，以更好地为这种培训做好准备。 综合研究。 我们计划的潜在优势在于教师对学生的承诺，包括数据 访问和指导活动，如关于演讲和写作技巧的科学反馈，以及职业生涯 发展哥伦比亚PET项目的跟踪记录表明，我们有能力，有历史， 和教员来培养下一代流行病学家的领导者。为了保持这一记录，我们 继续改进我们的计划，完善我们的培训，以适应该领域的最新变化。

During its 44-year history of continuous funding, the Columbia University Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program (PET) has trained generations of highly productive psychiatric epidemiologists. Across this history, psychiatric epidemiology has undergone several periods of marked change, including the present time. PET faculty and former trainees have played significant roles in bringing past and present changes about. We developed a strategy of “balanced growth” for incorporating such changes, and adhere to it in the current renewal. Balanced growth entails, first, a broad effort to sustain the high quality and vitality of the work being done in PET, and second, growth or improvement in carefully chosen areas, especially those where pivotal changes are taking place. Smooth transitions in the leadership of PET have made it easier to maintain this balance of continuity and growth. The program was initially led by Bruce Dohrenwend (who remains co-Director); then by Bruce Link (previously co-Director); and now by Ezra Susser (previously co-Director to Bruce Link). Ezra Susser was active in developing our conceptual framework and is well-suited to an era in which we will be integrating multiple components, biological as well as social. Sharon Schwartz also helped formulate the conceptual framework, and will remain as Training Director, but will also be co-Director in this renewal. New co-Director Katherine Keyes brings the next generation into the leadership along with her outstanding achievements in research and training. Over the years we have developed an approach to training that prepares fellows to identify important research problems and to tackle these problems using theory, strategic study designs, and appropriate measurement and analytic approaches in a multi-disciplinary context. Through course work, research experience and a Faculty-Fellows seminar we aim to provide an atmosphere where creativity flourishes and skills are developed to integrate theory and methods. While our general approach to training is retained in this renewal, the content of training has been updated, in accord with the changing scenario described in the proposal. For example, we have recruited new faculty who have experience integrating neuroscience with epidemiologic research, and we have reshaped our courses to better prepare trainees for this kind of integrative research. The underlying strength of our program lies in the commitment of faculty to our students, including data access and mentoring activities such as scientific feedback on presentation and writing skills, and career development. The track record of the Columbia PET program indicates that we have the capacity, history, and faculty to train leaders of the next generation of epidemiologists. To sustain this track record, we continue to improve our program and refine our training to accommodate the latest changes to the field.