Research Education in Statistical Genetics of Substance Abuse

该申请寻求国家药物滥用研究所R25机制的支持， 弗吉尼亚大学的博士前和博士后研究职位、基础设施和研讨会 弗吉尼亚联邦大学精神病学和行为遗传学研究所（VIPBG） （VCU）。这项研究教育计划的总体目标是提供一个环境， 统计遗传学方法的创新发展和应用 物质使用、滥用和依赖。我们的研究教育计划将进一步 与统计创新，高级统计遗传学， 药物滥用和神经科学的流行病学，以促进跨学科研究，一个关键 NIDA的使命的一部分。研究教育计划包括博士前和 博士后组成部分。博士前参与者攻读精神病学，行为学， 和统计遗传学，人类和分子遗传学，生物统计学或计算机科学。这 组成部分旨在招募潜在的未来研究人员在统计遗传学研究 专注于SUAD目的是创造一批博士毕业生， 并开始发表这方面的研究。博士后部分认识到，许多 有前途的研究人员有相关的培训，但不集中在，统计遗传学， SUAD。这个灵活的2-3年博士后培训部分引导年轻的研究人员， 研究领域，并为他们提供综合培训，使他们能够在 SUAD的统计遗传学研究教育是为个人与培训， 数学、统计学、生物统计学、遗传学、心理学、计算机科学或药理学 以及那些已经完成医学博士学位临床要求的人。的 博士后组成部分旨在教育独立的研究人员谁有助于努力， 确定和描述SUAD的遗传和环境决定因素， 发展、预防和治疗。因此，我们：i）提供并仔细监测 多学科综合研究培训计划，研究范围广泛 （二）满足SUAD新兴研究领域的培训需求;（三）提供 为来自不同学术和种族的研究人员提供正规教育和密集指导 背景; iv）提供一个专门的课程，将SUAD研究的优势融合在我们的 ㈤传播教材， 开发软件，用户指南和示例脚本，通过教学向更广泛的社区提供 讲习班和维护一个有网播、播客和脚本库的网站。

This application seeks support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse R25 mechanism for pre-doctoral and postdoctoral research positions, infrastructure and workshops at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics (VIPBG) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The overall goal of this research education program is to provide an environment for the innovative development and applications of statistical genetics methodology relevant to substance use, abuse and dependence (SUAD). Our research education program will be further developed with new courses in Statistical Innovation, Advanced Statistical Genetics, Epidemiology of Drug Abuse and Neuroscience to foster interdisciplinary research, a key component of NIDA's mission. The research education program consists of predoctoral and postdoctoral components. Pre-doctoral participants pursue degrees in Psychiatric, Behavioral and Statistical Genetics, Human & Molecular Genetics, Biostatistics or Computer Science. This component is designed to recruit potential future investigators to research in statistical genetics focused on SUAD. The aim is to create a cohort of PhD graduates who have been exposed to, and begun to publish research in, this area. The postdoctoral component recognizes that many promising researchers have training relevant to, but not focused on, the statistical genetics of SUAD. This flexible 2-3 year post doctoral training component guides young investigators to this field of study and provides them with integrated training that enables them to pursue careers in statistical genetics of SUAD. Research education is intended for individuals with training in mathematics, statistics, biostatistics, genetics, psychology, computer science or pharmacology and to those who have completed their clinical requirements for the MD degree. The postdoctoral component aims to educate independent investigators who contribute to efforts to identify and characterize the genetic and environmental determinants of SUAD, its development, prevention and treatment. Accordingly we: i) Offer and carefully monitor a multidisciplinary integrated research training program with a wide range of research opportunities; ii) Meet the needs for training in emerging research areas in SUAD; iii) Provide formal education and intensive mentoring to researchers from diverse academic and ethnic backgrounds; iv) Offer a specialized curriculum that merges strengths in SUAD research at our institution with training in methodological innovation; and v) Disseminate course materials, developed software, user guides and example scripts to the wider community by teaching workshops and maintaining a website with webcasts, podcasts and script libraries.