Alcohol Research: Risk and Protection in Ethnic Groups

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是一个独立的科学家奖的竞争性续期。候选人塔玛拉·L.沃尔博士，加州大学圣地亚哥分校精神病学副教授建议继续她的研究计划，重点是使个人，特别是少数民族，易受酒精和其他物质影响的因素和过程。该研究计划包括六个项目，其中三个项目已获得资助并正在进行中;其他三个项目正在考虑资助或正在进行科学审查。候选人的职业目标是：（1）推动她成为导致酒精参与差异的生物学和心理社会影响的科学研究的领导者;（2）增加她在统计建模技术，遗传学和相关方法问题方面的专业知识;（3）继续指导初级科学家。候选人对酒精相关研究做出了坚定的承诺。她继续职业发展的活动包括：（1）与领先的研究科学家进行磋商;（2）在纵向和遗传信息数据的分析课程，并负责进行研究;和（3）参加部门研讨会和科学会议。沃尔博士的独立科学家奖的更新将使她有机会继续从事研究活动，几乎全职的基础上，从而确保她作为一个科学家和导师的持续发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a competitive renewal for an Independent Scientist Award. The candidate, Tamara L. Wall, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, proposes to continue her program of research focused on factors and processes that predispose and/or protect individuals, particularly ethnic minorities, from alcohol and other substance involvement. The research plan includes six projects, three of which have been funded and are ongoing; the other three are being considered for funding or are under scientific review. The candidate's career goals are: (1) to advance her progress in becoming a leader in the scientific study of biological and psychosocial influences that lead to differences in alcohol involvement; (2) to increase her expertise in statistical modeling techniques, genetics, and related methodological issues; and (3) to continue to mentor junior scientists. The candidate has made a strong commitment to alcohol-related research. Activities for her continued career development include: (1) consultation with leading research scientists; (2) coursework in the analysis of longitudinal and genetically informative data, and the responsible conduct of research; and (3) participation in department seminars and scientific meetings. Renewal of Dr. Wall's Independent Scientist Award will provide her the opportunity to continue to engage in research activities on nearly a full-time basis, thus ensuring her continued development as a scientist and as a mentor.