Mental Health/Disabilities(MHDD)Research Education Program

描述（申请人提供）：发展计划和波士顿儿童医院的发展障碍卓越大学中心（UCEDD）和波士顿大学（BU）的STAART/自闭症卓越中心，与哈佛医学院（HMS）和哈佛公共卫生学院（HSPH）的学术项目合作，要求5- 2005年NIMH R25赠款支持建立一个跨学科的研究教育计划，在心理健康和发育障碍（MH/DD）。这个修订后的新R25应用程序解决了NIMH在MH/DD研究中招募，保留和培训年轻科学家的紧迫优先事项。研究领域包括：发展心理病理学、发展认知神经科学、儿童精神病学流行病学、干预措施、服务和政策-与MH/DD相关。两个研究培训轨道将提供：（1）NIMH暑期实习的医学生在BU，HMS，和其他国家的学校（n=8，8周）;和（2）NIMH学年奖学金的高级研究学位候选人或研究导向的精神病学/儿童精神病学居民和其他心理健康临床医生，学员在“桥梁”年，以加强MH/DD研究（n=3; 12个月）。学员将参加指导研究项目和结构化指导，以发展研究思路，道德和职业管理。该计划将利用协作学习，通过IT，传统的内容/方法研讨会，以及强调MH/DD研究主题的主题座谈会的国家和国际研究网络。该计划的优势包括：（一）在全国范围内运行的良好记录（R25之前）和国际（D43 Fogarty ICOHRTA）培训计划;（B）促进MH/DD研究作为跨学科研究培训的旗舰;（c）在国家承认的UCEDD和STAART卓越中心内进行嵌套研究;（d）专门的指导记录;（e）学员招聘的多样性;（f）课程教员榜样的多样性;（g）对研究与学术时间表相结合的机构支持;（h）通过教员捐赠的时间、课程和赞助科学会议的成本分担机制（例如，（I）与家庭和自闭症家长协会建立伙伴关系。该计划极大地丰富了美国公民/居民在自闭症，相关疾病和许多其他严重儿童发育障碍的心理健康研究中的机会，并为全球研究能力建设工作提供了国家和国际视角，美国调查人员和NIMH发挥了主导作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Developmental programs and University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Children's Hospital Boston and STAART/Autism Center for Excellence at Boston University (BU), in collaboration with academic programs at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) are requesting 5-year NIMH R25 grant support to establish an interdisciplinary research education program in Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (MH/DD). This revised new R25 application addresses urgent NIMH priorities for recruitment, retention, and training of young scientists in MH/DD research. The research domains include: developmental psychopathology, developmental cognitive neuroscience, child psychiatric epidemiology, interventions, services and policies- relevant to MH/DD. Two research training tracks will be offered: (1) NIMH Summer Internships for medical students at BU, HMS, and other national schools (n=8, 8 wks); and (2) NIMH Academic Year Fellowships for advanced research degree candidates or for research-oriented psychiatry/child psychiatry residents and other mental health clinician-trainees during "bridge" years to enhance MH/DD research (n=3; 12-mos). Trainees will participate in mentored research project and structured instruction for development of research ideas, ethics and career management. The program will utilize collaborative learning, national and international research networks through IT, traditional contents/methods seminar, and keynote colloquia emphasizing MH/DD research themes. The strength of this program include: (a) excellent record of running both national (prior R25) and international (D43 Fogarty ICOHRTA) training programs; (b) promotion of MH/DD research as flagship of interdisciplinary research training; (c) nested research within nationally recognized UCEDD and STAART Centers for Excellence; (d) dedicated record of mentoring; (e) diversity of trainee recruitment; (f) diversity of program faculty role models; (g) institutional supports for integration of research with academic timetables; (h) cost sharing mechanisms through time donated by faculty, coursework and sponsorship in scientific meetings (e.g., IACAPAP, IASSID); and (I) partnerships with families and parent autism associations. This program greatly enriches opportunities available to U.S. citizens/residents in mental health research in autism, related disorders, and many other serious childhood developmental disorders, and offers both national and international perspectives for research capacity building efforts worldwide, with U.S. investigators, and NIMH, taking a leading role.