POPULATION STRUCTURE/HEALTH/BIOLOGY OVER THE LIFE COURSE

描述（申请人摘要）：本申请为PSU人口与老龄化领域的博士后培养计划提供为期五年的延续。该方案以25名培训教员的专业知识为基础，他们来自人类学、生物行为健康、卫生政策与行政、人类发展与家庭研究、农村社会学和社会学以及妇女研究方案。随着培训师资队伍的增加，培训主题已扩大到：(1)老龄化、家庭与生命历程；(2)老龄化与健康；(3)正式老龄化人口学；(4)老龄化生物人口学。培训项目设在PRI，并利用了广泛的可用资源。整个培训教员都是PRI协会成员，在一个或多个培训主题上有一个积极的研究项目。校园里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。由于认识到合格学员的数量有限，该项目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间新增五个职位。拟议的培训强调三个互补的要素：(1)通过专门的高级课程、研讨会和讲习班提高方法技能；(2)通过对正在进行的教师项目的合作研究和新项目的指导开发来提高研究技能；(3)通过研讨会演讲、参加专业会议、提交和出版研究论文以及准备研究申请提交给受训者的下一个机构来实现专业化。该项目在有效招聘、培训和安置学员方面有着长达十年的良好记录。

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.