Transdisciplinary Training for Predoctoral Behavioral Scientists

描述(由申请人提供)：行为因素对影响健康和疾病的生物因素有很大影响，并经常与之相互作用。虽然行为科学和生物/生物医学在历史上是独立运作的，但如果没有多学科的努力，健康促进和疾病预防就不可能完全实现。圣地亚哥州立大学公共卫生研究生院提供的公共卫生联合博士项目 卫生和加州大学圣地亚哥分校的医学院是培训未来研究人员的理想环境，他们可能会连接这些学科。两名行为科学家和两名生物医学科学家将指导该项目。执行委员会将挑选研究员提供资金，并将他们分配给适当的导师。由行为学和生物/生物医学系组成的咨询委员会将监督研究员的培训。来自这两个机构的几个行为和生物/生物医学系的教职员工将参加。研究专长领域包括但不限于饮食和锻炼；传染病和慢性病流行病学和预防；烟草暴露和控制；药物滥用和成瘾；基因-环境相互作用；产前和围产期畸形学；以及种族和健康。每年，最多5名有兴趣将生物/生物医学科学培训整合到其行为科学学习计划中的新博士后公共卫生专业学生将获得3年的T32支持。理想的T32应聘者将获得公共卫生或相关领域的硕士学位，在生物/生物医学方面的背景有限，并表示有兴趣在这些领域获得更多培训。根据学员的兴趣，个性化的学习计划将包括JDP课程，增加相关生物/生物医学概念和方法的课程；在以行为和生物/生物医学为重点的研究实验室中轮换；进行伦理研究方面的培训；以及教学部分。我们的目标是培养精通行为和生物/生物医学科学并准备进行多学科伦理研究的科学家。相关性：医学研究所已经认识到，了解、控制和预防发病率需要多学科研究和公共卫生促进系统。这一培训计划将使行为科学家具备必要的生物/生物医学背景，以便与生物医学研究人员合作，预防和控制人群中的疾病。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Behavioral factors contribute significantly to and often interact with biological factors to influence health and disease. While behavioral and biological/biomedical sciences have historically operated independently, health promotion and disease prevention cannot be fully realized without multidisciplinary efforts. The joint doctoral program (JDP) in Public Health offered by San Diego State University's Graduate School of Public Health and the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine is an ideal setting for training future investigators who may bridge these disciplines. Two behavioral and two biomedical scientists will direct the program. An executive committee will select fellows for funding and assign them to appropriate mentors. Advisory committees comprised of behavioral and biological/biomedical faculty will oversee fellows' training. Faculty from several behavioral and biological/biomedical departments at both institutions will participate. Research expertise areas include but are not limited to diet & exercise; infectious & chronic disease epidemiology & prevention; tobacco exposure & control; substance abuse & addiction; gene-environment interactions; prenatal & perinatal teratology; and ethnicity & health. Each year, up to 5 new predoctoral public health students who are interested in integrating biological/biomedical science training in their behavioral science program of study will be offered 3 years of T32 support. Ideal T32 candidates will enter with a Master's in Public Health or related field and have a limited background in biology/biomedicine and a stated interest in obtaining additional training in these areas. Based on fellows' interests, individualized programs of study will include the JDP curriculum with added coursework in related biological/biomedical concepts & methodologies; rotations in behavioral- & biological/biomedical-focused research labs; training in the conduct of ethical research; and a teaching component. Our goal is to produce scientists who are versed in behavioral and biological/biomedical science and are prepared to conduct ethical multidisciplinary research. Relevance: The Institute of Medicine has recognized that the understanding, control, and prevention of morbidity require multidisciplinary research and public health promotion systems. This training program will equip behavioral scientists with the biological/biomedical background necessary to work collaboratively with biomedical investigators to prevent and control disease in populations.