Research Training on Alcohol Etiology and Treatment

描述（由申请人提供）：这个成瘾研究所（RIA）项目的目的是为寻求从事酒精研究事业的个人提供专门的博士后培训。拟议方案的重点是在两个主要领域提供高质量的研究培训：(1)酒精使用和滥用的病因和过程，以及(2)酒精使用障碍的治疗。该计划的目标是培养经过全面培训的科学家，他们可以在这些和相关主题上进行教学和系统研究。该计划的特点是有几个优势。首先，采用跨学科方法作为培训计划的框架。核心和联合学院包括心理学、社会学、流行病学、行为神经科学、刑事司法、社会工作、内科和精神病学等不同但互补的领域的代表。其次，教师都是经验丰富、富有成效的研究人员。所有人都积极参与相关的研究工作，并且大多数人都在联邦资助的项目中担任首席研究员（PI）。第三，RIA为研究培训企业提供各种必要的支持，包括专业图书馆，最先进的计算机中心，动物护理设施和相关实验室，人类研究实验室和门诊临床研究治疗中心。该学院为六名博士后提供培训。受训者会根据他们的研究兴趣分配一个特定的导师。导师在受训者的主要研究领域提供概念化、方法论和研究伦理方面的培训。该计划还包括几个必要的研讨会组成部分：跨学科酒精研究基础，当前酒精研究（包括每月的“期刊俱乐部”），拨款写作，专业问题和职业发展。受训者每季度与培训补助金监督委员会会面，并参加RIA的系列研讨会，其中包括统计讲习班。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) program is to provide specialized postdoctoral training for individuals seeking to pursue a career in alcohol research. The proposed program focuses on providing quality research training in two (2) primary areas: (1) etiology and course of alcohol use and misuse and (2) treatment for alcohol use disorders. The goal of the program is to produce scientists who are thoroughly trained to teach and conduct systematic research on these and related topics. The program is characterized by several strengths. First, an interdisciplinary approach is used as the framework for the training program. The Core and Associated Faculty include representation of such diverse yet complementary fields as psychology, sociology, epidemiology, behavioral neuroscience, criminal justice, social work, internal medicine, and psychiatry. Second, the faculty are all experienced and productive researchers. All are actively involved in relevant research endeavors, and the majority are serving as Principal Investigator (PI) on federally-funded projects. Third, RIA provides a variety of supports requisite to the research training enterprise, including a specialized library, a state-of-the-art computer center, an animal care facility and associated laboratories, laboratories for human studies, and an outpatient clinical research treatment center. The faculty provides training for six postdoctoral fellows. Trainees are assigned a specific preceptor, based on their research interests. The preceptor provides training in conceptualization, methodology, and ethics of research in the trainee's primary area of study. The program also includes several required seminar components: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Alcohol Research, Current Alcohol Research (including a monthly "journal club"), Grant Writing, and Professional Issues and Career Development. Trainees meet quarterly with the Training Grant Supervisory Committee and attend RIA's Seminar Series, which includes statistics workshops.