Educational program for Population research in LGBT health

描述（由申请人提供）：女同性恋，男同性恋，双性恋和变性人（LGBT）的人经历系统性的健康差距。我们对LGBT健康的理解和采取措施解决LGBT健康差距的能力增长的一个剩余障碍是缺乏培训资源，以支持和鼓励下一代跨学科LGBT人口健康科学家的发展。拟议的培训计划将建立一个教育管道，引导有抱负的研究学者进入这一领域。我们的总体目标是为那些热衷于LGBT健康问题但尚未从事人口健康研究的学生提供综合理论和分析培训。我们建议的为期4周的暑期课程将招收12-18名硕士和博士前水平的学生参加为期一周的数据分析课程，为期3周的基石研讨会，“LGBT健康和社会生活中的人口研究”和为期3周的日常数据实验室，用于人口研究数据集的二次分析的实践培训。 公共卫生相关性： 女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性人（LGBT）人口健康已成为一门日益发展的跨学科科学，以了解性和性别少数群体的健康差异。然而，这一领域发展的一个剩余障碍是缺乏培训资源，以支持和鼓励下一代跨学科LGBT人口健康科学家的发展。我们提出的计划将解决这种缺乏培训机会的问题，并建立一个教育管道计划，以引导有抱负的研究学者进入这一领域。我们的总体目标是为那些热衷于LGBT健康问题但尚未从事人口健康研究的学生提供综合理论和分析培训。该计划旨在推动这些学生采用定量方法和人口科学观点，使用现有的基于人口的数据集和开发新的基于人口的研究。该计划的具体目标是：（1）建立一个创新的暑期项目，为LGBT人群健康研究提供定量方法的培训;（2）为从事LGBT健康研究的学生提供深入接触人口研究概念，方法，分析技能和现有的二级数据集;（3）激发学生的兴趣，提高他们的定量分析技能，这些学生在确定职业轨迹之前，作为人口健康研究科学家具有很高的未实现的潜力;（4）为有前途的学生和LGBT人群健康方面的榜样研究专家之间的互动创造机会;以及（5）影响对LGBT健康研究有高度兴趣的学生的研究职业轨迹，使其未来参与人口健康科学。为了实现这些目标，我们建议每年召开为期4周的LGBT人口健康研究夏季计划，从美国各地的机构中选择一批处于学术发展早期阶段的硕士和博士前学生。该方案将由三个相互关联的部分组成-为期一周的数据分析课程;为期三周的基石研讨会，“LGBT健康和社会生活中的人口研究”;以及与基石研讨会一起提供的为期三周的每日数据实验室。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people experience systemic health disparities. A remaining obstacle to growth of our understanding of LGBT health and ability to take steps to address LGBT health disparities is the lack of training resources to support and encourage the development of the next generation of interdisciplinary LGBT population health scientists. The proposed training program will build an educational pipeline to channel aspiring research scholars into this field. Our overall purpose is to provide integrated theoretical and analytical training to students who are passionate about LGBT health issues but are not yet engaged in the study of population health. The 4 weeks long Summer Program that we propose will enroll 12-18 Masters and pre-doctoral level students for a week-long Data Analysis Course, a 3 weeks-long Cornerstone Seminar, "Population Research in LGBT Health and Social Life" and a 3 weeks long daily Data Lab for hands-on training in secondary analysis of population research data sets. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) population health has emerged as a growing interdisciplinary science to understand health disparities for sexual and gender minorities. However, a remaining obstacle to the growth of this field is a lack of training resources to support and encourage the development of the next generation of interdisciplinary LGBT population health scientists. Our proposed program will address this lack of training opportunities and build an educational pipeline program to channel aspiring research scholars into this field. Our overall purpose is to provide integrated theoretical and analytical training to students who are passionate about LGBT health issues but are not yet engaged in the study of population health. The proposed program is designed to move these students toward adoption of quantitative methods and a population science perspective, use of existing population-based data sets and development of new population-based studies. Specific aims of the program are: (1) To build an innovative Summer Program to provide training in quantitative methods for the study of LGBT population health; (2) To provide students who are engaged in research related to LGBT health with an in-depth exposure to population research concepts, methodologies, analysis skills and existing secondary data sets; (3)To stimulate interest in and improve quantitative analysis skills among students who have high, unrealized potential as population health research scientists before their career trajectories are set; (4)To create opportunities for interaction between promising students and role model research experts in the LGBT population health; and (5) To influence the research career trajectories of students with high levels of interest in the study of LGBT health toward future engagement with population health science. To accomplish these aims, we propose to convene an annual 4 weeks Summer Program in LGBT Population Health Research, selecting a group of Masters and pre-doctoral level students from institutions across the United States at early stages of their scholarly development. The Program will be made up of three inter-locking components - a week- long Data Analysis Course; a three week-long Cornerstone Seminar, "Population Research in LGBT Health and Social Life"; and a 3 week long daily Data Lab offered in conjunction with the Cornerstone Seminar.