Behavioral and Biological Training in Typical and Atypical Development

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的主要目标是通过培养高素质的博士后，利用生物学和行为学工具和技术，促进典型和非典型发展的跨学科研究。我们的目标学员既有行为学科（如心理学或交际障碍）的博士学位，也有生物学学科（如神经科学）的博士学位，还有儿科学科（如发育儿科学或儿童精神病学）的博士学位。我们建议每年培养三名博士和两名博士后，为期三年的培训周期，采用创新的计划，提供丰富的教学和密集的研究经验的结合。更具体地说，培训方案将包括四个关键要素：(a)协调和监测个别培训的机制；(b)密集的研究训练经验；(c)核心课程；(d)要求培训经验及时产生定义良好的产品。密集的研究经验将旨在达到以下目标：(a)增加受训者对典型和非典型发展的认识；(b)扩大受训者在设计和进行生物学或行为学研究方面的技巧；(c)使受训者能够发展跨学科探究的程序化路线。与公共卫生相关的将是培养一批医学和生物行为科学家，他们拥有必要的技能和知识来整合典型和非典型发展的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of this application is to promote interdisciplinary research on typical and atypical development, using biological and behavioral tools and techniques, by training highly qualified postdoctoral fellows. We shall target trainees who have received Ph.D.s either in behavioral disciplines, such as Psychology or Communicative Disorders, or in biological disciplines, such as Neuroscience, along with M.D.s from Pediatric disciplines such as Developmental Pediatrics or Child Psychiatry. We propose to train three Ph.D. and two M.D. postdoctoral trainees per year, in three-year traineeship cycles, using an innovative program that provides a rich combination of didactic and intensive research experiences. More specifically, the training program will have four key elements: (a) mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring individualized training; (b) intensive research training experiences; (c) a core curriculum; and (d) a requirement that training experiences result in well-defined products in a timely manner. The intensive research experiences will be designed to achieve the following goals: (a) increase the trainee's knowledge of typical and atypical development; (b) expand the trainee's repertoire of techniques for designing and conducting biological or behavioral research; and (c) enable the trainee to develop a programmatic line of interdisciplinary inquiry. The public health relevance will be the development of a cadre of medical and biobehavioral scientists who possess the requisite skills and knowledge to integrate the study of typical and atypical development.