Training Program in Perinatal Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的目的是更新全国唯一的T32培训计划，专注于围产期流行病学领域。这一培训方案是为了满足日益增长的国家对怀孕和儿童疾病及其后期后遗症流行病学专业知识的需求。我们计划在5年内招聘和培训13名博士前和博士后，为他们提供设计、实施、分析和传播围产期流行病学领域同行评议研究的技能。我们将寻找能够在经验丰富的科学家的指导、投入和监督下，在围产期流行病学的广泛领域开展自己的研究议程的自我启动、高度积极的个人。11名围产期流行病学家将指导受训者，他们都得到了NIH的资助或同等的资助，这是美国该学科最大的集中地之一。培训计划强调正式的课程作业，密集和精心指导的研究经验。研究伦理培训是项目要求。特殊培训单元涉及实验室遗传学、围产期临床护理、数据协调中心的业务、将研究成果转化为妇幼保健公共卫生政策以及科学传播。项目主任和副主任都是儿科流行病学家，该项目致力于将流行病学纳入医疗保健和公共卫生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of this application to renew the nation's only T32 training program focused exclusively on the field of perinatal epidemiology. This training program is needed to meet a growing national need for expertise in the epidemiology of pregnancy and childhood disorders and their later sequelae. We plan to recruit and train 13 pre- and post-doctoral fellows over a five year period, and to provide them with the skills to design, implement, analyze and disseminate peer-reviewed studies in the field of perinatal epidemiology. We will seek out self-starting, highly motivated individuals who can pursue their own research agendas in the broad field of perinatal epidemiology with guidance, input and supervision from experienced scientists. Eleven perinatal epidemiologists, all with NIH funding or the equivalent, one of the largest concentrations of the discipline in the US, will mentor trainees. The training program emphasizes formal course-work, intensive and carefully-mentored research experiences. Training in research ethics is a program requirement. Special training modules address laboratory genetics, perinatal clinical care, operations of a data coordination center, translation of research into public health policy in maternal and child health, and scientific communication. With a program director and associate director who are both pediatrician-epidemiologists, the program is committed to the integration of epidemiology into both medical care and public health.