PREDOC TRNG: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND AGING

描述（改编自申请书）：CWRU社会学系申请资助，以继续培养其独特而成功的健康研究和老龄化项目的博士生。每年有6名博士预科生（2名新生和4名在读生）获得资助。在这个项目的头四年里，首席研究员（PI）吸引了在老龄化和健康领域表现出职业兴趣的高素质学生。所有的实习生职位都已被填补，学生们在完成学位方面取得了进展。学生的成就反映在国家论文奖学金、在国家会议上的论文演讲、出版物和专业组织内的学生选举中。毕业后，该项目的学生在学术和应用环境中都获得了大学教师和研究科学家的职位。该项目聘请了3名专门从事健康或老龄化研究的优秀学者，加强了师资力量。该培训项目以老龄化与健康社会学为主要专业，在社会学理论、研究方法、医学社会学和老龄化社会学方面提供坚实的基础，并结合创新和系统的专业社会化计划。学生学习作为不同资助项目的多学科研究团队的成员，其中包括来自社会学系的项目教师，以及来自医学院、护理学院和应用社会科学学院的相关教师。国家认可的教师在该计划提供了一个以学生为中心，便利的环境。培训计划的目标是通过精心设计的课程来实现的，包括正式的课程和专业的社会化组成部分。学习经验包括研究学徒、研究研讨会系列、学术讨论会系列和教学技能培训。此外，该计划通过学生参与专业协会、参加国家会议和准备在专业期刊上发表的论文来促进早期职业发展。该项目的持续资助将为在老龄化和健康领域培养训练有素、富有创造力的博士级研究人员提供机会，从而有助于提高该领域研究的复杂性。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from the application): The department of sociology at CWRU requests funding to continue training predoctoral students in its unique and successful program in health research and aging. Funding is requested for six predoctoral students in each year of the training program (2 new and 4 continuing students). During the first four years of this program, the principal investigator (PI) attracted high caliber students with demonstrated career interests in the field of aging and health. All trainee positions have been filled and students have made progress toward degree completions. Student accomplishments are reflected in national dissertation fellowships, paper presentations at national conferences, publications, and in student elections to offices within professional organizations. Upon graduation, students from the program have obtained positions as college teachers and research scientists in both academic and applied settings. The program faculty has been strengthened by hiring three productive scholars who specialize in research in health or aging. Based in a department with primary specialization in the sociology of aging and health, the training program offers strong grounding in sociological theory, research methods, medical sociology, and the sociology of aging, combined with an innovative and systematic program of professional socialization. Students learn to work as members of multi-disciplinary research teams on diverse funded projects which include program faculty from the department of sociology, and associated faculty from the schools of medicine, nursing, and applied social sciences. Nationally recognized teachers in the program provide a student-centered, facilitative environment. Goals of the training program are implemented by a carefully designed curriculum consisting of formal coursework and professional socialization components. Learning experiences include research apprenticeships, a research proseminar series, a colloquium series, and teaching skills training. In addition, the program fosters early career development through student involvement in professional associations, attendance at national meetings, and the preparation of papers for publication in professional journals. Continued funding of this program will provide opportunities for developing well-trained and creative doctoral level researchers in aging and health, and thus contribute to enhancing the sophistication of research in this field.