Short-Term Training on Epidemiologic Methods

描述（由申请人提供）：流行病学研究学会（SER）是当今世界上历史最悠久、规模最大的流行病学家学会。SER的主要目标是促进流行病学学生和年轻调查人员的专业发展。实现这一目标的一种方法是为博士生提供一个论坛，这些博士生在各个实质性领域利用各种类型的流行病学研究，但重点是癌症，与他们的同行和高级流行病学家进行互动。这是通过在每年6月的SER年度科学会议前一天为12名学生举办为期一天的学生研讨会来实现的。该讲习班于1977年首次举办，至今已连续举办了30年。研讨会的目的是为博士生提供一个机会，让他们的论文工作在支持和建设性的气氛中由资深流行病学家和教师进行审查，批评和讨论，他们是“真实的世界”中富有成效的研究人员，并且拥有各种流行病学，临床和方法学专业知识。 每年，SER的新当选总统担任学生研讨会主席，并选择一位具有癌症专业知识的联合主席，他在研讨会前一天晚上发表正式演讲。当选总统还选择了一个由4名教师组成的小组，每个小组都是一位有成就的流行病学家/生物统计学家和导师。博士水平的流行病学学生在他们的论文研究的任何阶段，从设计到分析，都有资格申请。从平均32名申请人中，12名学生是根据对他们的研究方案的盲审选出的，其中至少一半（12人中的6人）的建议集中在癌症上。每个教员被分配3个协议，深入审查，并在研讨会上领导讨论。所有的学生和教师都参与所有提案的讨论。教师还担任导师为他们的3名学生的论文工作的持续时间。这些讲习班的成功和价值清楚地体现在每年不断有新的申请人、现有参加者的评价信以及过去参加者的支持信和良好的学习成绩。最近和未来参与者的成就将被跟踪10年，并张贴在SER网站上。本申请要求NCI继续资助SER学生研讨会5年。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) is the oldest and largest society of epidemiologists in the world today. A primary objective of the SER is to foster the professional development of students of epidemiology and young investigators. One way to meet this objective is by providing a forum for doctoral-level students working on theses that utilize various types of epidemiologic studies in various substantive areas but with an emphasis on cancer to interact with their peers and senior epidemiologists. This has been accomplished by conducting a one-day Student Workshop for 12 students on the day before the SER annual scientific meeting in June of each year. The workshop, which first took place in 1977, has been conducted continuously for 30 years. The purpose of the workshop is to provide doctoral students an opportunity to have their thesis work reviewed, critiqued, and discussed in a supportive and constructive atmosphere by senior epidemiologists and teachers who are productive researchers in the "real world" and who have a variety of epidemiologic, clinical, and methodological expertise. Each year, the new President-Elect of SER serves as the Student Workshop Chair and selects a co-Chair with expertise in cancer, who gives a formal lecture the evening before the workshop. The President-Elect also selects a panel of 4 faculty members, each an accomplished epidemiologist/biostatistician and mentor. Doctoral-level epidemiology students at any stage of their thesis research, from design to analysis, are eligible to apply. From an average pool of 32 applicants, 12 students are selected based on a blind review of their research protocols, with at least one-half (6 of 12) of the chosen proposals focusing on cancer. Each faculty member is assigned 3 protocols to review in depth and lead the discussion at the workshop. All students and faculty participate in the discussion of all proposals. Faculty members also serve as mentors for their 3 students for the duration of the thesis work. The success and value of these workshops has been clearly demonstrated by the consistent yearly pool of new applicants, the letters of evaluation from current participants, and the letters of support and strong academic performance of past participants. The accomplishments of recent and future participants will be tracked for 10 years and posted on the SER website. This application requests a 5-year continuation of NCI funding of the SER Student Workshop.