BURPPE:BU Reproductive, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：这项NICHD Ruth L. Kirschstein国家研究服务奖申请旨在培养生殖、围产期和儿科流行病学方面的博士生。尽管有明确的公共卫生需要，但与流行病学的其他领域相比，这一领域的增长速度较慢。该应用程序的长期目标是通过由训练有素的科学家增加研究者发起的研究，扩大生殖、围产期和儿科流行病学领域，并最终减少生殖和儿科疾病的人口负担。波士顿大学公共卫生学院的三个中心将提供教学和应用培训：斯隆流行病学中心、流行病学系和妇幼保健系。通过这三个中心，学员将：1)获得理论和应用流行病学及相关生物统计学的扎实理解；2)学习怀孕和/或儿童的基本生物学过程和主要临床特征；3)在项目导师的指导下为研究项目做出贡献；4)学习撰写生物医学论文和拨款申请；5)展示进行独立原创研究的能力。波士顿大学公共卫生学院的三个中心非常适合实现这些目标。该项目的主要优势包括：1)易于并入已建立的、获得认可的流行病学博士项目，吸引高水平的学生；2)建立相关主题的课程设置；3)生殖、围产期和儿科研究资源丰富；4)在生殖、围产期和儿科结果和药理学、环境暴露、传染病、非法药物使用等社会/行为因素和种族/民族差异方面具有流行病学方法和应用流行病学专业知识的教师导师；5)在培训生殖、儿科和围产期流行病学家方面有良好记录的教师导师。该计划将由一名公认的生殖流行病学家主管监督，他致力于实地工作，并与所有三个中心的课堂、研究和指导组成部分建立联系，确保培训计划的成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This NICHD Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award application seeks to train pre-doctoral students in reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology. This field has experienced slower growth relative to other fields in epidemiology, despite a clear public health need. The long-term objective of this application is to expand the field of reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology through increased investigator-initiated research by solidly trained scientists and to ultimately reduce the population burden of reproductive and pediatric diseases. Didactic and applied training will be provided by three Boston University School of Public Health centers: the Slone Epidemiology Center, the Epidemiology Department, and the Maternal and Child Health Department. Through these three centers, trainees will: 1) gain a solid understanding of theoretical and applied epidemiology and associated biostatistics, 2) learn the basic biological processes of and major clinical features of pregnancy and/or childhood, 3) contribute to a research project under the guidance of a program mentor, and 4) learn to write bio-medical manuscripts and grant proposals, and 5) demonstrate the ability to conduct independent, original research. The three centers within Boston University School of Public Health are ideally suited to meet these objectives. Major strengths of the program include 1) easy incorporation into an established, accredited epidemiology doctoral program that attracts high level students; 2) established course curricula in relevant topics; 3) an abundance of reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric research resources; and 4) faculty mentors with expertise in epidemiologic methods and applied epidemiology in reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric outcomes and pharmacologies, environmental exposures, infectious disease, social/behavioral factors such as illicit drug use, and racial/ethnic disparities; and 5) faculty mentors with track records in training academic reproductive, pediatric, and perinatal epidemiologists. The program will be overseen by a director who is a recognized reproductive epidemiologist and whose commitment to the field and links to the classroom, research, and mentoring components of all three centers, ensure a successful training program.