BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TRAINING IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH

自1984年成立以来，药物滥用研究计划（BST）的行为科学培训， 成为全国最大的NRSA培训计划之一，专门从事行为科学研究， 毒品滥用艾滋病和犯罪BST计划已培养了149名博士前和博士后培训人员， 其中近一半是少数民族。此应用程序请求授权以维护 目前的任命水平（7博士后和9博士前实习生）在每年26至30。 BST计划在准学术环境中运作，由三个合作伙伴运营。 机构：纽约市医学和健康研究协会，Inc.（MHRA），补助金 管理员;国家发展和研究所，公司。（NDRI），培训地点;和邮递员 哥伦比亚大学附属公共卫生学院。布鲁斯博士D.约翰逊导演 一个核心教师46领先的研究人员从MHRA，NDRI，和MSPH，谁提供高度结构化， 对BST学员进行严格的培训。 BST计划的使命是为行为科学家，特别是种族/少数民族， 在药物滥用研究和相关领域的职业生涯。这是通过（1）招聘和任命 有前途的科学家，大约一半来自少数民族背景，接受培训;（2）提供高级培训 在实质性的主题和理论，研究方法和实践，以及研究的道德行为; (3)指导和建议学员。除了每周举办的各种研讨会和讲习班外， 定期参加监督研究--在200多个联邦研究机构中存在大量机会 BST核心教师的赠款/合同，他们进行自己的独立研究。本申请 包括两个新的特点：加强，所需的赠款写作讲习班，和跨学科的培训 生物行为研究的一部分。BST计划的长期成功是显而易见的， 137名毕业生（包括43名获得博士学位的博士预科生，其中9名 正在研究中）和14名现任研究员。许多以前的学员通过他们的 研究和出版物-现任和前任BST受训人员的出版物数量估计为 一千多个BST受训人员作为Pis获得了NIH的22笔赠款，并在40多个项目中担任共同研究者。 NIH资助的项目，并从其他联邦，州和私人资金来源获得了80多笔赠款。

Since its inception in 1984, the Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research Program (BST) has become one of the nation's largest NRSA training programs specializing in behavioral science research on drug abuse, AIDS, and crime. The BST program has trained 149 predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees-with nearly half of them being racial/ethnic minorities. This application requests authorization to maintain the current levels of appointments (7 postdoctoral and 9 predoctoral trainees) during each of Years 26 to 30. The BST program operates in a quasi-academic environment and is operated by three collaborating institutions: Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. (MHRA), the grant administrator; National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI), the training site; and the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) at Columbia University, the university affiliate. Dr. Bruce D. Johnson directs a core faculty of 46 leading researchers from MHRA, NDRI, and MSPH, who provide highly structured and rigorous training for BST trainees. The mission of the BST program is to prepare behavioral scientists, especially racial/ethnic minorities, for careers in drug abuse research and allied fields. This is accomplished by (1) recruiting and appointing promising scientists, about half from minority backgrounds, for traineeships; (2) providing advanced training in substantive topics and theory, research methods and practices, and the ethical conduct of research; and (3) mentoring and advising trainees. In addition to a variety of weekly seminars and workshops, trainees participate regularly in supervised research-ample opportunities exist on well over 200 Federal grants/contracts of BST core faculty-and they conduct their own independent research. This application includes two new features: a strengthened, required grant writing workshop, and an interdisciplinary training component in biobehavioral research. The BST program's long-standing success is evident in the significant contributions of 137 graduates (including 43 predoctoral trainees who have received their doctorates, with 9 in progress) and 14 current fellows. Many former trainees have distinguished themselves through their research and publications-the number of publications by current and former BST trainees is estimated at over 1,000. BST trainees have received as Pis 22 grants from NIH, been Co-investigators on more than 40 NIH-funded projects, and obtained over 80 grants from other Federal, state, and private funding sources.