Mental Health/Disabilities(MHDD)Research Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：波士顿儿童医院的发展项目和大学发展障碍卓越中心（UCEDD）以及波士顿大学的STAART/自闭症卓越中心（BU）与哈佛医学院（HMS）和哈佛公共卫生学院（HSPH）的学术项目合作，正在申请5年NIMH R25资助，以建立一个精神健康和发展障碍（MH/DD）的跨学科研究教育项目。修订后的新R25申请解决了NIMH在MH/DD研究中招募、保留和培训年轻科学家的紧迫优先事项。研究领域包括：发展精神病理学、发展认知神经科学、儿童精神流行病学、干预措施、服务和政策——与MH/DD有关。(1) NIMH暑期实习项目（n= 8,8周），面向波士顿大学、哈佛医学院和其他国立院校的医学生；(2) NIMH学年奖学金，为高级研究学位候选人或研究型精神病学/儿童精神病学住院医生和其他精神卫生临床医生-实习生提供“桥梁”年的奖学金，以加强MH/DD研究（n=3； 12个）。学员将参加指导的研究项目和结构化的指导，以发展研究思想、道德和职业管理。该项目将利用协作学习、通过信息技术建立国内和国际研究网络、传统内容/方法研讨会以及强调MH/DD研究主题的主题讨论会。这个项目的优势包括：(a)运行国家（先前的R25）和国际（D43福格蒂ICOHRTA）培训项目的优秀记录；(b)促进MH/DD研究，作为跨学科研究培训的旗舰；(c)在国家认可的UCEDD和starart卓越中心内进行嵌套研究；(d)专门的指导记录；(e)培训生招聘多元化；(f)项目教师榜样的多样性；(g)机构支助将研究与学术时间表结合起来；(h)通过教师捐赠的时间、课程作业和科学会议赞助（例如，亚太科学与发展研究所、国际科学与发展研究所）来分担费用的机制；(I)与自闭症家庭和家长协会的合作关系。该项目极大地丰富了美国公民/居民在自闭症、相关疾病和许多其他严重儿童发育障碍方面的心理健康研究的机会，并为全球范围内的研究能力建设工作提供了国家和国际视角，美国研究人员和NIMH发挥了主导作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Developmental programs and University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Children's Hospital Boston and STAART/Autism Center for Excellence at Boston University (BU), in collaboration with academic programs at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) are requesting 5-year NIMH R25 grant support to establish an interdisciplinary research education program in Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (MH/DD). This revised new R25 application addresses urgent NIMH priorities for recruitment, retention, and training of young scientists in MH/DD research. The research domains include: developmental psychopathology, developmental cognitive neuroscience, child psychiatric epidemiology, interventions, services and policies- relevant to MH/DD. Two research training tracks will be offered: (1) NIMH Summer Internships for medical students at BU, HMS, and other national schools (n=8, 8 wks); and (2) NIMH Academic Year Fellowships for advanced research degree candidates or for research-oriented psychiatry/child psychiatry residents and other mental health clinician-trainees during "bridge" years to enhance MH/DD research (n=3; 12-mos). Trainees will participate in mentored research project and structured instruction for development of research ideas, ethics and career management. The program will utilize collaborative learning, national and international research networks through IT, traditional contents/methods seminar, and keynote colloquia emphasizing MH/DD research themes. The strength of this program include: (a) excellent record of running both national (prior R25) and international (D43 Fogarty ICOHRTA) training programs; (b) promotion of MH/DD research as flagship of interdisciplinary research training; (c) nested research within nationally recognized UCEDD and STAART Centers for Excellence; (d) dedicated record of mentoring; (e) diversity of trainee recruitment; (f) diversity of program faculty role models; (g) institutional supports for integration of research with academic timetables; (h) cost sharing mechanisms through time donated by faculty, coursework and sponsorship in scientific meetings (e.g., IACAPAP, IASSID); and (I) partnerships with families and parent autism associations. This program greatly enriches opportunities available to U.S. citizens/residents in mental health research in autism, related disorders, and many other serious childhood developmental disorders, and offers both national and international perspectives for research capacity building efforts worldwide, with U.S. investigators, and NIMH, taking a leading role.