Johns Hopkins Training Program in STIs

描述（由申请人提供）：在此更新申请中，约翰霍普金斯大学性传播感染培训计划每年寻求4个博士预科和1个博士后职位的培训支持。受训者在临床流行病学、行为科学和卫生政策三个方面得到支持，19名有资助研究项目的教师担任导师，几乎代表了与性传播感染相关的所有学科。这是一个多学科项目，教师来自公共卫生学院的流行病学、人口和家庭科学系、国际卫生系，以及医学院的医学/传染病系、妇产科和儿科-青少年医学系。博士预科生是通过竞争性程序招收的，他们已经完成了最初的课程，并且正在撰写相关领域的论文。鼓励博士后利用巴尔的摩市卫生局和约翰霍普金斯大学的服务场所和数据库进行临床研究项目。一个结构化的教学、指导和评估项目是一个关键组成部分。所有受训人员（如果他们没有这样做）都必须参加规定的课程，包括预防和控制性传播疾病和高级流行病学课程。支持性学术活动包括每周STD系列研讨会，每月期刊俱乐部和每月研究方法研讨会。由高级教师导师组成的执行委员会对整体进展进行监督。前4年培养博士预科生10人，博士后培养3人，发表同行评议论文13篇。我们的总体目标是培养年轻有前途的研究者成为性病控制方面的临床研究领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this renewal application, the Johns Hopkins Training Program in Sexually Transmitted Infections seeks training support for 4 pre-doctoral and one postdoctoral position annually. Trainees are supported within 3 tracks-clinical epidemiology, behavioral sciences and health policy, and 19 faculty with funded research programs are mentors, representing nearly all of the disciplines relevant to STIs. This is a multidisciplinary program, with faculty from the Departments of Epidemiology, Population and Family Sciences, International Health, from the School of Public Health, and from the Departments of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics-Gynecology, and Pediatrics-Adolescent Medicine from the School of Medicine. Predoctoral students are recruited through a competitive process and who have completed their initial coursework and who are developing a thesis in one of the relevant areas. Postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to pursue clinical research projects using the Baltimore City Health Department and Johns Hopkins service venues and databases. A structured didactic, mentoring and evaluation program is a key component. All trainees will be required to take (if they have not done so) prescribed courses covering the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases and advanced epidemiology courses. Supporting academic activities include a weekly STD seminar series, a monthly journal club and a monthly research methods workshop. Overall progress is monitored by an Executive Committee of senior faculty mentors. In the first 4 years, we have trained 10 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees, who have published 13 peer-reviewed papers. Our overall aim is to train young promising investigators to be clinical research leaders in STI control.