UCSD Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology Fellowship

描述（申请人提供）：我们的T32培训补助金题为“综合心血管流行病学奖学金”的目标是严格培训医生和行为科学家流行病学和行为研究方法，重点是预防心血管疾病，a）为学员提供综合，全面和密集的2年研究培训经验，在心血管疾病预防和/或行为医学，B）将受训者与经验丰富、敬业的导师联系起来，导师将监督研究经验并评估他们的进展，以及3）向这些受训者提供研究过程多个相关组成部分的指导，包括流行病学和/或行为医学的教学课程、研究中人类受试者的保护、保密要求、适当和无偏见的数据分析要素，以及，培训结束后，找到合适的场地发挥自己的技能。 该计划始于2007年，重点是流行病学和预防。在过去的四年里，我们了解到，虽然所有的学员都专注于预防，但有些人主要关注流行病学，而另一些人则对预防心血管疾病的行为医学更感兴趣。为了充分适应这些不同兴趣的学员，我们建议将该计划的职位数量从四个扩大到八个，并将该计划的领导扩大到两个共同主任，其中一个具有丰富的研究经验和心血管流行病学的培训记录，而另一个在心血管行为医学方面具有类似的研究和培训经验。 这项更新提案的两名共同主任是加州大学圣地亚哥医学院家庭和预防医学系预防医学科的教师。为了实现这一目标，教师为这一更新的建议已被招募不仅从这个部门，但从家庭和预防医学系的其他几个部门，以及从其他部门在医学院，包括医学和精神病学。同样，圣地亚哥州立大学公共卫生研究生院也招聘了教师，该学院有流行病学和健康行为方面的教学计划。此外，加州大学和圣地亚哥州立大学共同赞助了两个与该提案密切相关的博士课程：公共卫生（集中在流行病学和健康行为）和临床心理学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of our T32 training grant entitled "Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology Fellowship" is to rigorously train physicians and behavioral scientists in epidemiologic and behavioral research methods focused on preventing cardiovascular diseases by a) providing trainees with an integrated, comprehensive, and intensive 2-year research training experience in cardiovascular disease prevention and/or behavioral medicine, b) linking trainees with highly experienced and dedicated mentors who will supervise the research experience and evaluate their progress and 3) providing instruction to these trainees on multiple related components of the research process, including didactic coursework on epidemiology and /or behavioral medicine, protection of human subjects in research, confidentiality requirements, elements of appropriate and unbiased analysis of data, and, after the completion of training, finding the appropriate venue to utilize their skills. This program began in 2007 with a broadly defined focus on epidemiology and prevention. Over the last four years we have learned that while all trainees are focused on prevention, some have primarily an epidemiologic focus and others are more interested in behavioral medicine in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. In order to fully accommodate trainees with these different interests, we propose to expand the number of positions in the program from four to eight, and to expand the leadership of the program to two co-directors, one of whom has extensive research experience and a training record in cardiovascular epidemiology, while the other has a similar depth of research and training experience in cardiovascular behavioral medicine. The two co-directors for this renewal proposal are faculty in the Division of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. To achieve this objective, faculty for this renewal proposal have been recruited not only from this Division but from several other divisions in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, as well as from other Departments in the School of Medicine, including Medicine and Psychiatry. Similarly, faculty have been recruited from the San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, which has teaching programs in both epidemiology and health behavior. In addition, the University of California and San Diego State University jointly sponsor two doctoral programs closely linked to this proposal: Public Health (with concentrations in Epidemiology and Health Behavior) and Clinical Psychology.