Graduate Training in Demography

摘要 我们要求继续向宾夕法尼亚大学提供人口学方面的NICHD培训补助金 (宾夕法尼亚)。拟议的计划延续了宾夕法尼亚大学长期以来在人口学培训方面的卓越表现，并将 通过(A)创建一个新的培训讲习班，(B)正式确立研究学徒制度来加强 方案，(C)改进与宾夕法尼亚大学社会学研究生方案的交叉授精，(D)招聘 培训来自多个学科的新教员；(E)扩大活动以增强多样性。六个月前- 需要博士职位(没有博士后职位)。人口学预科课程的主要目标是 宾夕法尼亚大学的博士课程是培养准备在 人口分析。这一目标是通过(I)在方法、理论上的强化教学来实现的 人口学和相关学科的方法和经验实质；(2)逐步纳入 学生参与教员研究活动；以及(Iii)随后进入独立研究的分支。这个 本提案中描述的人口学培训反映了人口科学和人口的愿景 在人口统计过程的逻辑中具有强大背景的健康是应用 来自社会和行为科学的其他领域对一系列公共和科学主题的贡献 利息。

SUMMARY We are requesting continuation of the NICHD training grant in Demography to the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). The proposed program continues Penn's longstanding excellence in training in Demography and will be enhanced by (a) the creation of a new training workshop, (b) the formalization of a research apprenticeship program, (c) improved cross-fertilization with Penn's graduate program in Sociology, (d) the recruitment of new training faculty from multiple disciplines, and (e) expanded activities to enhance diversity. Six pre- doctoral positions (no post-doctoral positions) are requested. The principal aim of the Demography pre- doctoral program at Penn is to train independent researchers who are prepared to play leading roles in population analysis. This goal is achieved through (i) intensive instruction in the methods, theoretical approaches, and empirical substance of demography and allied disciplines; (ii) progressive incorporation of students into faculty research activities; and (iii) subsequent branching into independent research. The training in Demography described in this proposal reflects a vision of the population sciences and population health in which a strong background in the logic of demographic process is the gateway to the application of contributions from elsewhere in the social and behavioral sciences to an array of topics of public and scientific interest.