Multidisciplinary Schizophrenia Research Training

描述(由申请人提供)：这是马里兰精神病学研究中心精神分裂症研究的多学科博士后培训计划的修订申请。这个应用程序以前的标题是“精神分裂症：异质性和发展”。在这份申请中，我们描述了一项针对精神病学、心理学、实验室神经科学和药剂学研究员的培训计划，该计划涵盖了从卫生服务研究和临床试验到使用动物和身体人体组织的实验室研究。我们所有的研究员都分享了许多共同的培训经验，包括许多专门为受训者与MPRC和其他中心的资深科学家举行的小组会议，一个关于精神分裂症和相关方法学问题的核心课程，以及参加MPRC教职员工的许多研讨会和其他科学活动。我们培训方面的改进建议包括：准备一份拨款申请，然后是教师反馈；对学员的进步进行外部审查，重点放在他们的长期职业发展上；指派临床和临床前导师；一个宣传计划的计划；以及从过去和现在的研究员那里得到更多的反馈。马里兰精神病学研究中心(MPRC)是奖学金培训计划的绝佳环境，拥有NIMH资助的干预研究中心，一支稳定的基础和临床教师队伍，以及许多有竞争力的研究拨款。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application for a multidisciplinary, postdoctoral training program in schizophrenia research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. This application was previously titled "Schizophrenia: Heterogeneity and Development." In this application, we describe a training program for fellows in psychiatry, psychology, laboratory neuroscience, and pharmacy in a program that spans schizophrenia research from health services research and clinical trials, to laboratory studies using animals and postmortem human tissue. All of our fellows share a number of common training experiences, including many small group meetings exclusively for trainees with senior scientists from the MPRC and other centers, a core curriculum on schizophrenia and related methodological issues, and participation in the many seminars and other scientific activities of the MPRC faculty. Proposed improvements in our training include: preparation of a grant proposal, followed by faculty feedback; an outside review of trainees' progress that will focus on their long-term career development; assignment of both clinical and preclinical mentors; a program for publicizing the program; and greater feedback from past and current fellows. The Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC) is an excellent setting for fellowship training program with the presence of an NIMH-funded Intervention Research Center, a stable cadre of accomplished basic and clinical faculty, and a number of competitive research grants.