Training Program in Psychiatric Genetics and Translational Research

描述（由申请人提供）：此竞争性更新申请（修订）是为了继续在哈佛公共卫生学院（HSPH）的精神病学流行病学和生物统计学联合培训计划。培训补助金的主要目标是教育有前途的博士前和博士后受训人员成为精神病学研究方面的流行病学和生物统计科学家，重点领域有两个：精神病学遗传学和转化研究的分析方法。我们的目标是培训精神科医生和其他心理健康研究人员在这两个领域的相关方法，并培养在这些领域工作的方法学家真正参与精神病学研究和精神病学诊断，评估和结果的理解。HSPH的生物统计学和流行病学系拥有一支在这两个领域合作多年的优秀教师队伍。我们还从其他世界知名的机构，包括哈佛医学院，马萨诸塞州总医院，布里格姆妇女医院和姆克林医院的哈佛教师的专业知识。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。我们要求这两个部门共9名学员，5名博士预科生，2名博士后候选人（寻求硕士或博士学位的精神科医生）和2名博士后非学位候选人。培训将结合课程，研讨会，实践，以及独立和协作的心理健康研究。在流行病学和生物统计学的同伴核心学科的高水平培训是在未来几十年的心理健康研究的领导至关重要。

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.