MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN POPULATION

描述(由申请者提供)：约翰霍普金斯大学人口与家庭健康科学系、社会学系和经济学系请求支持人口研究的多学科培训。这项提案要求为六名博士前实习生提供支持。约翰霍普金斯大学在人口研究和培训方面有着悠久的历史，主要设在卫生与公共卫生学院[SHPH]。该学院的多学科、跨国环境是拟议项目的一大优势。受训人员将从所有三个部门中挑选出来，从而形成一大批合格的受训人员。他们将在本国系完成学位要求。人口学和人口学的核心课程要求将在卫生和公众服务部完成。卫生与公众服务部将提供共同的物理空间，以及各种与培训相关的活动和研究机会，这将有助于将该计划整合到三个部门。霍普金斯大学的17名教职员工来自不同的学科背景，对人口研究有着共同的承诺，他们组成了这个项目的培训教师。教师在人口和健康这两个广泛领域的深入研究，以及贫困和福利，反映在教职员工之间和教职员工与学生之间的合作研究中，是该项目的第二大优势，为学生提供了在美国和发展中国家参与和发起研究的机会。申请者描述的项目吸引了优秀的学生，提供了出色的培训，并培养出了非常成功的毕业生。然而，尽管申请者能够资助国际学生进行人口研究，但她对来自美国的学生几乎没有支持。这项建议的目的是弥补这一不足。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Departments of Population and Family Health Sciences, Sociology, and Economics join in requesting support for multidisciplinary training in population research at the Johns Hopkins University. This proposal asks support for six predoctoral trainees. Johns Hopkins University has a long history of research and training in population, located primarily in the School of Hygiene and Public Health [SHPH]. The School's multidisciplinary, multinational environment is a major strength of the proposed program. Trainees will be drawn from all three departments, making for a large and well-qualified pool of traineeship candidates. They will complete degree requirements in their home department. Core course requirements in demography and population will be completed at the SHPH. Common physical space to be provided at SHPH, along with a variety of training-related activities and research opportunities, will contribute to integration of the program across the three departments. Seventeen Hopkins faculty members from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and with a common commitment to population research constitute the training faculty for this program. The depth of faculty research in the two broad areas of population and health, and poverty and welfare, as reflected in collaborative research among the faculty and between faculty and students, are a second strength of this program, offering opportunities for students to participate in, and to initiate, research both in the U.S. and in developing countries. The program that the applicant describes attracts outstanding students, provides excellent training, and produces highly successful graduates. However, while the applicant is able to fund international students in population research, she has little support for students from the United States. The purpose of this proposal is to remedy that deficiency.