MENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOMETRY

这是一个竞争性的继续申请的培训计划， 自1977年以来一直在爱荷华州的大学。大学 爱荷华州/NIMH精神病学流行病学和生物统计学培训计划是 目前是一个博士后计划，提供高级培训， 精神病流行病学和生物统计学的医生和博士。 科学家在其历史上，该计划吸引了精神病学家， 生物统计学家、流行病学家、心理学家和健康教育工作者。 该计划为两类人提供了教育机会， 个体第一个是典型的医学博士。精神病医生已经 致力于精神病学的研究在这些人中， 是一些谁寻求在方法和技术的深入培训， 生物统计学和流行病学;他们通常完成硕士学位。学位 通过这个项目的健康。第二类个人 招聘的博士后程序通常具有广泛的，或 特殊的科学技能，但需要在该领域的接触和培训 精神病流行病学。通常是PhD。科学家希望 进入精神病流行病学领域 在该计划的历史上，该计划的优势一直是它的能力， 招募医学博士博士后大约有112名研究员 到目前为止，进入该计划的人都是医生。 该计划包括三个主要活动：（1）正式课程， 生物统计学、流行病学和精神病学（2） 参加精神病学研究研讨会、临床会议 生物统计学和流行病学方面的活动和研讨会，以及（3）a 在精神病流行病学方面的经验。 过去，该计划每年进入四名博士后研究员， 两个在医学部两个是博士轨道对于这场竞争 继续申请，建议博士后计划 减少到只有一个博士学位每年都有研究员，但保持医学博士学位。组件 每年两名博士后研究员。提议的另一项变动是 该计划是一个博士前培训计划， 生物统计学和/或流行病学。预计博士前 研究员将需要四年的时间来完成该计划，而后- 博士研究员将在一两年内完成该项目 根据背景和兴趣。 根据不同的背景和兴趣，研究员将获得教学 流行病学方法、生物统计学、精神病学培训 以及其他必要的课程，以补充其现有的背景。所有 研究员将被要求参加负责任行为的课程 研究，在精神病学系的研讨会计划， 流行病学和生物统计学司，并进行了一次 研究经验。该计划的所有研究员都从事研究 项目由来自预防部门或 医学或精神病学。

This is a competing continuation application for a training program that has been in place at The University of Iowa since 1977. The University of Iowa/NIMH Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biometry Training Program is currently a post-doctoral program providing advanced training in psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics to physicians and Ph.D. scientists. In its history, the program has attracted psychiatrists, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, psychologists, and health educators. The program has offered educational opportunities to two types of individuals. The first is typically an M.D. psychiatrist who has already made a commitment to a research career psychiatry. Among these individuals are some who seek in depth training in the methods and techniques of biostatistics and epidemiology; they usually complete the M.S. degree in Community Health through this program. The second type of individual recruited for the post-doctoral program typically possess broad, or special, scientific skills but require exposure and training to the field of psychiatric epidemiology. These are ordinarily Ph.D. scientists wishing to enter the field of psychiatric epidemiology. Over the program's history, the program's strength has been its ability to recruit M.D. post-doctoral fellows. Approximately 112 of the fellows who have entered the program to date have been physicians. The program consists of three major activities: (1) formal coursework in biostatistics, epidemiology and psychiatric epidemiology, (2) participation in psychiatric research seminars, clinical conference activities and seminars in biostatistics and epidemiology, and (3) a precepted research experience in psychiatric epidemiology. In the past, the program has entered four post-doctoral fellows per year, two in the M.D. track and two in the Ph.D. track. For this competing continuation application, it is proposed that the post-doctoral program be reduced to only one Ph.D. fellow per year, but keeping the M.D. component at two post-doctoral fellows per year. An additional change proposed for this program is the inclusion of a pre-doctoral training program in biostatistics and/or epidemiology. It is expected that pre-doctoral fellows will require four years to complete the program while post- doctoral fellows will complete the program in either one or two years depending on background and interests. Depending on background and interest, fellows will receive didactic training in epidemiologic methods, biostatistics, psychiatric epidemiology and other courses as needed to complement their existing background. All fellows will be required to participate in courses in Responsible Conduct of Research, in the seminar programs of the Department of Psychiatry, the Divisions of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and to conduct a precepted research experience. All fellows in the program engage in research projects supervised by faculty from either the Department of Preventive Medicine or Psychiatry.