POPULATION STRUCTURE/HEALTH/BIOLOGY OVER THE LIFE COURSE

描述（申请人的摘要）：本申请是在PSU人口和老龄化博士后培训计划的五年延续。该方案以来自人类学系、生物行为健康系、卫生政策和管理系、人类发展和家庭研究系、农村社会学系和社会学系以及妇女研究方案的25名培训教员的专业知识为基础。随着培训教师的增加，培训主题已扩大到：（1）老龄化，家庭和生命历程，（2）老龄化和健康，（3）老龄化的正式人口统计学，以及（4）老龄化的生物人口学。培训方案设在PRI，并利用广泛的可用资源。整个培训教师都是PRI协会，并在一个或多个培训主题的研究活动计划。校园内提供了许多关于人口和老龄化以及最先进的方法工具的课程，讲习班和研讨会，创造了丰富的知识环境。由于认识到合格的受训人员有限，该方案只要求两个博士后职位，而不是目前的四个，并设想在五年的项目期内任命五个新的职位。拟议的培训强调三个相辅相成的要素：（1）通过专门的高级课程、研讨会和讲习班提高方法技能;（2）通过正在进行的教师项目的合作研究和新项目的指导开发，提高研究技能，以及（3）通过研讨会演讲，参加专业会议，提交和发表研究论文，以及准备研究申请，以便通过受训者的下一个机构提交。该计划有一个强大的，十年之久的有效招聘，培训和实习生安置的记录。

DESCRIPTION (applicant s abstract): This application is for a five-year continuation of the postdoctoral training program in population and aging at PSU. The program is based on the expertise of 25 members of the training faculty, drawn from the Departments of Anthropology, Biobehavioral Health, Health Policy and Administration, Human Development and Family Studies, Rural Sociology, and Sociology, and from the Women's Studies Program. With an increase in training faculty, the training themes have been broadened to: (1) aging, family, and the life course, (2) aging and health, (3) the formal demography of aging, and (4) the biodemography of aging. The training program is housed in the PRI, and makes use of the extensive resources available. The entire training faculty are PRI Associates, and have an active program of research in one or more of the training themes. Numerous courses, workshops, and seminars on topics in population and aging and on state-of-the-art methodological tools are offered on campus, creating a rich intellectual environment. In recognition of the limited availability of qualified trainees, the program requests only two postdoctoral positions instead of the current four, and envisages five new appointments over the five-year project period. The proposed training emphasizes three complementary elements: (1) enhancement of methodological skills through specialized advanced courses, seminars, and workshops; (2) growth in research skills through collaborative research in ongoing faculty projects and the mentored development of new projects, and (3) professionalization through seminar presentations, participation in professional meetings, the submission and publication of research papers, and the preparation of a research application for submission through the trainee's next institution. The program has a strong, decade long record of effective recruitment, training, and placement of trainees.