Johns Hopkins Training Program in STIs

描述(由申请人提供)：在这份续签申请中，约翰霍普金斯大学性传播感染培训计划寻求每年4个博士后和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名拥有资助研究项目的教职员工是导师，代表了几乎所有与性传播感染相关的学科。这是一个多学科的项目，教员来自流行病学、人口和家庭科学系、国际卫生学系、公共卫生学院、医学院医学/传染病系、妇产科和儿科-青春期医学系。博士前学生是通过竞争程序招收的，他们已经完成了最初的课程，并正在相关领域中的一个领域撰写论文。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、指导和评估计划是一个关键组成部分。所有学员将被要求参加(如果他们没有这样做)有关预防和控制性传播疾病的规定课程和高级流行病学课程。支持学术活动包括每周一次的性病系列研讨会、每月一次的期刊俱乐部和每月一次的研究方法研讨会。总体进展由资深教师导师组成的执行委员会监督。在最初的4年里，我们培养了10名博士后和3名博士后实习生，他们发表了13篇同行评议论文。我们的总体目标是培养有前途的年轻研究人员成为性传播感染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.