BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TRAINING IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH

描述(由申请者提供)：自1984年成立以来，药物滥用行为科学培训研究计划(BST)已成为美国最大的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项目已经培训了149名博士后和博士后学员--其中近一半是少数民族。这项申请要求授权在26至30年的每一年中维持目前的任用水平(7名博士后和9名博士后实习生)。BST计划在准学术环境中运作，由三个合作机构运作：拨款管理人纽约市医学和健康研究协会(MHRA)；培训地点国家发展和研究机构(NDRI)；以及哥伦比亚大学的梅尔曼公共卫生学院(MSPH)。布鲁斯·D·约翰逊博士领导着一支由46名来自MHRA、NDRI和MSPH的领先研究人员组成的核心教员，他们为BST学员提供高度结构化和严格的培训。BST计划的使命是为行为科学家，特别是种族/少数民族，为药物滥用研究和相关领域的职业生涯做好准备。这是通过以下方式实现的：(1)招聘和任命有前途的科学家，其中约一半来自少数族裔背景；(2)提供关于实质性课题和理论、研究方法和实践以及研究道德行为的高级培训；以及(3)指导和咨询受训人员。除了各种每周的研讨会和研讨会外，学员还定期参加监督研究--BST核心教员的200多份联邦补助金/合同提供了大量机会--他们进行自己的独立研究。这一应用程序包括两个新功能：一个加强的、所需的赠款编写研讨会，以及一个生物行为研究的跨学科培训部分。BST项目的长期成功体现在137名毕业生(包括43名已获得博士学位的博士前实习生，9名正在攻读博士学位)和14名现有研究员的重大贡献中。许多以前的学员通过他们的研究和出版物而脱颖而出--现任和前任BST学员的出版物数量估计超过1,000份。BST学员已经从NIH获得了PIS 22的资助，在NIH资助的40多个项目中担任联合调查人员，并从其他联邦、州和私人资金来源获得了80多项资助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since its inception in 1984, the Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research Program (BST) has become one of the nation's largest NRSA training programs specializing in behavioral science research on drug abuse, AIDS, and crime. The BST program has trained 149 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 26 to 30. 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, Inc. (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 46 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 racial/ethnic minorities, for careers in drug abuse research and allied fields. This is accomplished by (1) recruiting and appointing promising scientists, about half from minority backgrounds, for traineeships; (2) providing advanced training in substantive topics and theory, research methods and practices, and the ethical conduct of research; and (3) mentoring and advising trainees. In addition to a variety of weekly seminars and workshops, trainees participate regularly in supervised research-ample opportunities exist on well over 200 Federal grants/contracts of BST core faculty-and they conduct their own independent research. This application includes two new features: a strengthened, required grant writing workshop, and an interdisciplinary training component in biobehavioral research. The BST program's long-standing success is evident in the significant contributions of 137 graduates (including 43 predoctoral trainees who have received their doctorates, with 9 in progress) and 14 current fellows. Many former trainees have distinguished themselves through their research and publications-the number of publications by current and former BST trainees is estimated at over 1,000. BST trainees have received as Pis 22 grants from NIH, been Co-investigators on more than 40 NIH-funded projects, and obtained over 80 grants from other Federal, state, and private funding sources.