Research Training in Child Psychopathology & Treatment

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个为期5年的竞争性更新的机构博士后研究培训计划，主要研究儿童和青少年严重精神障碍的干预研究。该计划将有助于解决该领域训练有素的临床研究人员短缺的问题。该计划的具体目标是培训青少年干预研究的以下领域的临床研究人员：评估新药物和/或心理治疗的疗效研究；在不同人群和环境中应用经验支持的治疗方法的有效性研究；评估精神药物的安全性和不良反应，特别是在长期治疗期间；以及与干预研究有关的相关研究领域——仪器开发、功能神经成像和结果评估策略。项目教师包括6名主要导师和6名次要导师，他们在培养和指导博士后研究人员方面具有丰富的经验，并已建立了资助的研究组合。该培训方案设在儿童和青少年精神病学司，并与医学院、公共卫生学院和肯尼迪克里格研究所（一个专门研究发育障碍儿童的机构）积极合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a 5-year competitive renewal of an institutional post-doctoral research training program in interventions research in children and adolescents with major mental disorders. The program will serve to address the shortage of well-trained clinical researchers in this field. The specific aims of the proposed program are to train clinical researchers in the following areas of interventions research with youth: efficacy studies evaluating new medication and/or psychosocial treatments; effectiveness studies of empirically supported treatments applied in diverse populations and settings; evaluation of safety and adverse effects of psychotropic medications, particularly during long-term treatment; and related areas of study as they pertain to interventions research--instrument development, functional neuroimaging, and outcomes assessment strategies. The program faculty includes 6 primary mentors and 6 secondary mentors who have extensive experience in training and mentoring post-doctoral fellows and an established funded research portfolio. The training program is located in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, with active collaborations elsewhere in the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, an institution devoted to children with developmental disabilities. The training program, which draws upon our experience over the past 4 years, will have 5 positions, and will include Ph.D.s (for 2 years of training) and M.D.s (for 3 years). Recruitment of underrepresented minorities will be emphasized. Training consists of: 1) core coursework to ensure a basic understanding of the principles of research methods, design and statistics; 2) supervised clinical research in collaboration with a primary mentor, 3) an individual research project to generate pilot data for a successful career development award or other NIH grant application, 4) research seminars that involve study proposal reviews/critiques, didactics/formal presentations, and a journal club; and 5) attendance and presentations at national professional meetings. The training will occur in a supportive environment of multidisciplinary researchers who are committed to research mentoring. This training program is thoughtfully organized to produce a cadre of graduates who will become productive independent interventions researchers in child and adolescent major mental disorders.