BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TRAINING IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH

描述（由申请人提供）： 自1984年成立以来，药物滥用研究计划（BST）的行为科学培训已成为全国最大的NRSA培训计划之一，专门从事药物滥用，艾滋病和犯罪的行为科学研究。BST计划已经培训了128名博士前和博士后培训人员，其中近一半是少数民族。本申请要求授权在21至25年的每一年保持目前的任命水平（7名博士后和9名博士前实习生）。BST计划在准学术环境中运作，由三个合作机构运营：纽约市医学与健康研究协会，Inc。（MHRA），赠款管理员，国家发展和研究所（NDRI），培训地点，以及哥伦比亚大学的梅尔曼公共卫生学院（MSPH），大学附属机构。布鲁斯博士D.约翰逊领导着一个由36名来自MHRA、NDRI和MSPH的顶尖研究人员组成的核心教师团队，他们为BST学员提供高度结构化和严格的培训。BST计划的使命是培养行为科学家，特别是来自少数民族背景的行为科学家，从事药物滥用研究和相关领域的职业。这是通过以下方式实现的：（1）招聘和任命有前途的科学家，其中一半来自少数民族背景，担任培训员;（2）在实质性主题和理论，研究方法和实践以及研究的道德行为方面提供高级培训;（3）指导和建议学员。受训人员定期参加监督研究-充分的机会存在于BST核心教师的100多个联邦赠款/合同-他们进行自己的独立研究。BST计划的成功体现在其112名毕业生（包括44名获得博士学位的博士前实习生）和16名现任研究员的重大贡献中。许多以前的受训人员通过他们的研究和出版物而脱颖而出-目前和以前的BST受训人员的出版物数量估计超过750种。BST受训人员撰写并获得了17份NIH资助的研究金，是27个NIH项目的共同研究员，并获得了来自非NIH资金来源的75份赠款。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since its inception in 1984, the Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research Program (BST) has become one of the nations largest NRSA training programs specializing in behavioral science research on drug abuse, AIDS, and crime. The BST program has trained 128 predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees-with nearly half of them being racial/ethnic minorities. This application requests authorization to maintain the current levels of appointments (7 postdoctoral and 9 predoctoral trainees) during each of Years 21 to 25. The BST program operates in a quasi-academic environment, and is operated by three collaborating institutions: Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. (MHRA), the grant administrator, National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI), the training site, and the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) at Columbia University, the university affiliate. Dr. Bruce D. Johnson directs a core faculty of 36 leading researchers from MHRA, NDRI, and MSPH, who provide highly structured and rigorous training for BST trainees. The mission of the BST program is to prepare behavioral scientists, especially from minority backgrounds, for careers in drug abuse research and allied fields. This is accomplished by (1) recruiting and appointing promising scientists, half from minority backgrounds, for traineeships; (2) providing advanced training in substantive topics and theory, research methods and 0ractices, and the ethical conduct of research; and (3) mentoring and advising trainees. Trainees regularly participate in supervised research--ample opportunities exist on well over 100 Federal grants/contracts of BST core faculty--and they conduct their own independent research. The BST program's success is evident in the significant contributions of its 112 graduates (including 44 predoctoral trainees who have received their doctorates) and 16 current fellows. Many of the former trainees have distinguished themselves through their research and publications--the number of publications by current and former BST trainees is estimated at over 750. BST trainees have written and received as PIs 17 NIH funded grants, been Co-investigators on 27 more NIH projects, and received over 75 grants from non-NIH funding sources.