MBRS IMSD Program at the Harvard School of Public Health

描述（由申请人提供）：这是第一次竞争性续约， 哈佛的IMSD培训项目总的目标是增加 代表性不足的少数民族追求定量研究事业在公共 通过扩大和支持研究生培训机会， 在哈佛公共卫生学院（HSPH），少数族裔的代表人数不足。 虽然我们的计划已经运行了只有三年，相当大的进步， 我们的目标是实现我们最初的目标。因此， 原有的建议书将予保留，以供建议续期时使用。我们继续 科学的重点将是基于社区的定量方法 流行病学和干预研究。最初，赠款提供了 每年支持两个系的6名博士生， 生物统计学与健康和社会行为。在这次更新中，我们建议 每年支持另外四名博士生，总共十名， 在该计划中增加两个部门：流行病学和母婴 健康这些额外的博士前职位将取代我们的两个职位， 目前，M.D.实习生除了通常的产品外， 参与计划的部门，计划支持的博士生 将接受设计和分析技术方面的专门培训， 基于社区的研究（例如调查抽样，多层次建模）以及 实际和道德问题（例如， 研究）。学员将参加每周一次的社区研究 研讨会，并与教师导师保持密切的工作关系。 我们的项目将继续为六名本科生提供支持， 作为暑期实习生参与社区研究十周。我们 实习生的中心目标将是提供一个积极和愉快的 研究经验，这将激励和准备他们的研究生工作。 最后，我们将继续每年举行一次为期一天的研讨会， 与健康差距有关的研究，特别是与种族有关的研究 和种族。持续的措施确保提供适当的 申请人池为拟议方案。此外，我们还组建了强大的 与少数民族入学率高的几所本科院校有联系。的 该计划将由教育发展中心有限公司进行评估。(EDC)得双曲余切值. 非营利性教育研究机构。我们还收到宝贵的建议 和建设性的批评。院长 的HSPH热情支持该计划，并将继续提供一个 每年以学费的形式提供大量的财政捐助 补贴、可自由支配的资金以及高级工作人员的时间和努力， 尤其是在招生办和学生事务处

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first competitive renewal of the IMSD training program at Harvard. The general aim is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing quantitative research careers in Public Health by expanding and supporting graduate training opportunities for underrepresented minorities at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Although our program has been running only three years, considerable progress has been made towards achieving our original goals. Hence, many key features of the original proposal will be retained for the proposed renewal. Our continuing scientific focus will be quantitative methods for community-based epidemiological and intervention research. Originally, the grant provided support for six doctoral students per year in the two departments, Biostatistics and Health and Social Behavior. In this renewal, we propose to support an additional four doctoral students per year, for a total of ten, and add two additional departments to the program: Epidemiology and Maternal/Child Health. These additional predoctoral slots will replace two positions our current grant has for M.D. trainees. In addition to the usual offerings of the departments involved in the program, doctoral students supported by the program will receive specialized training in design and analysis techniques for community-based research (e.g. survey sampling, multilevel modeling) as well as practical and ethical issues (e.g. culturally sensitive approaches to research). Trainees will participate in a weekly community-based research seminar and maintain close working relationships with faculty mentors. Our program will continue to provide support for six undergraduates to spend ten weeks as summer interns participating in community-based research. Our central goal for the interns will be to provide a positive and enjoyable research experience that will motivate and prepare them for graduate work. Finally, we will continue to hold an annual one-day symposium focused on research related to health disparities, particularly those associated with race and ethnicity. Ongoing initiatives ensure the availability of a suitable applicant pool for the proposed program. In addition, we have formed strong ties with several undergraduate institutions with high minority enrollment. The program will be evaluated by Educational Development Center Inc. (EDC), a non-profit educational research institution. We also receive valuable advice and constructive criticism at our annual Advisory Committee meeting. The Dean of HSPH enthusiastically supports the program and will continue to provide a substantial financial contribution each year in the form of tuition supplements, discretionary funds, as well as time and effort from senior staff, especially in the Offices of Admissions and Student Affairs.