Training Program in Psychiatric Genetics and Translational Research

描述(由申请人提供)：本次竞争续签申请(修订)是为了继续在哈佛公共卫生学院(HSPH)进行精神流行病学和生物统计学方面的联合培训计划。培训补助金的主要目标是培养有前途的博士后和博士后受训人员，使他们成为精神病学研究的流行病学和生物统计学科学家，重点是两个领域：精神病学遗传学和翻译研究的分析方法。我们的目标是培训精神病学家和其他心理健康研究人员使用与这两个领域相关的方法，并培训真正参与精神病学研究并了解精神病学诊断、评估和结果的方法论专家。HSPH的生物统计学和流行病学系拥有一位经验丰富的教员，他们在这两个领域合作多年。我们还借鉴了来自其他世界知名机构的哈佛教师的专业知识，包括哈佛医学院、马萨诸塞州总医院、布里格姆妇女医院和麦克莱恩医院。这些合作为学生和博士后培训提供了丰富的持续项目来源。我们要求两个系共有9名实习生，5名博士后，2名博士后候选人(寻求硕士或博士学位的精神病学家)和2名博士后非学位候选人。培训将是精神健康方面的课程作业、研讨会、实践以及独立和合作研究的结合。流行病学和生物统计学相关核心学科的高水平培训对于在未来几十年领导心理健康研究至关重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competitive renewal application (revised) is for continuation of the joint training program in psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The principal objectives of the training grant are to educate promising pre- and post-doctoral trainees as epidemiological and biostatistical scientists in psychiatric research, with two focus areas: psychiatric genetics and analytical methods for translational research. We aim to train psychiatrists and other mental health researchers in methods relevant to these two fields, and to train methodologists working in these areas with genuine engagement in psychiatric research and an understanding of psychiatric diagnosis, assessment, and outcomes. The Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at HSPH have an accomplished faculty who has worked collaboratively in these two areas for many years. We also draw on the expertise of Harvard faculty from other world-renown institutions, including the Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and McLean Hospital. These collaborations offer a rich source of ongoing projects for student and postdoctoral training. We are requesting a total of nine trainees across the two departments, five pre-doctoral, two post-doctoral degree candidates (psychiatrists seeking masters or doctoral degrees) and two post-doctoral non-degree candidates. Training will be a combination of coursework, seminars, practica, and independent and collaborative research in mental health. High level training in the companion core disciplines of epidemiology and biostatistics is critical to leadership of mental health research in the coming decades.