MBRS IMSD Program at the Harvard School of Public Health

描述（由申请人提供）：哈佛大学公共卫生学院的IMSD（最大限度提高学生多样性倡议）计划旨在最大限度地提高代表性不足的少数民族学生在健康差异方面从事定量研究的人数。我们培训计划的总体目标是：1。通过每年从四个系（流行病学、生物统计学、环境卫生、社会、人类发展与健康）招收和支持10名学生，最大限度地提高哈佛公共卫生学院博士预科学生的多样性，以便- 2。使学生掌握人口健康理论和方法，开展健康差异研究；3. 在职业发展、技能和能力方面提供指导；4. 加强学校内部以及全国范围内的“管道”，让少数族裔学生从博士预科奖学金过渡到博士后奖学金，并最终升任教职；和5。根据一套明确的目标和标准评估项目的有效性。我们对健康差异这一主题的关注与美国国立卫生研究院对健康差异研究的重视是一致的，也与哈佛公共卫生学院（HSPH）的一项关键任务是一致的，即理解并干预健康差异的原因。在该机构内部，IMSD培训补助金是哈佛公共卫生学院十多年来一直寻求建立的少数族裔学生“管道”的关键一环。这一渠道的联系始于通过多样性办公室和招生办公室的努力积极招募有前途的学生。在完成IMSD项目的博士前培训后，该项目将扩展到哈佛大学的博士后培训项目，包括凯洛格少数族裔健康差异健康学者项目和阿朗佐·耶比博士后奖学金项目，旨在最大限度地促进少数族裔博士后研究员向初级教师职位的过渡。通过IMSD培训补助金支持的博士生不仅在自己的学科领域接受培训，而且还接受与健康差异研究相关的理论和方法方面的额外培训。这是通过参加每周的研讨会和与教师导师密切的工作关系来实现的。除了研究方面的培训，该项目的学生还将接受一系列公共卫生核心能力的培训，包括拨款写作、在同行评审的文献中发表、有效的公开演讲和负责任的研究行为。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The IMSD (Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity) Program at the Harvard School of Public Health is designed to maximize the number of under-represented minority students pursuing quantitative research careers in health disparities. The overall goals of our training program are to: 1. Maximize pre-doctoral student diversity at the Harvard School of Public Health by recruiting and supporting 10 students per year from four Departments (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health, and Society, Human Development and Health), in order to- 2. Equip students with population health theories and methods to undertake research on health disparities; 3. Provide mentorship in career development, skills, and competencies; 4. Strengthen the "pipeline" within the institution - as well as nationally - for minority students to transition from pre-doctoral to post-doctoral fellowships, and eventually to faculty positions; and 5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the program following a defined set of objectives and criteria. Our focus on the theme of health disparities is consistent with the NIH-wide emphasis on health disparities research, as well as with one of the key missions of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), which is to understand -- and to intervene on -- the causes of health disparities. Within the institution, the IMSD training grant serves as a critical link in the "pipeline" of under- represented minority students that the Harvard School of Public Health has sought to build for over a decade. The links in this pipeline begin with the active recruitment of promising students through the efforts of the Office of Diversity and the Admissions Office. Following completion of pre-doctoral training within the IMSD program, the pipeline then extends to postdoctoral training programs at Harvard including the Kellogg Health Scholars in Minority Health Disparities and the Alonzo Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship, which aim to maximize the transition of minority post-doctoral fellows to junior faculty positions. Doctoral students supported though the IMSD training grant are trained in their own disciplinary area, but also receive additional training in theories and methods relevant to health disparities research. This is accomplished through participation in weekly seminars and close working relationships with faculty mentors. In addition to training in research, students in the program also receive training in a set of core competencies essential for public health, including grant writing, publishing in the peer- reviewed literature, effective public presentations, and the responsible conduct of research.