Population Science Research Center

描述（由申请人提供）：宾夕法尼亚大学人口研究中心（PSC）自1962年以来一直促进人口研究和培训，自1978年以来一直得到NICHD基础设施的支持。我们的目标是在人口增长和结构以及人口健康观点的研究方面保持全国和世界领先地位；在人口科学家的发展中，尤其是那些以人口统计学为基础的科学家。PSC的特点是，其高质量的研究成果显著地持续进行，这些研究直接关系到DBSB的主要主题：性传播疾病和生殖健康的人口学、行为和社会科学方法，以及基于人口的健康和人类发展研究。这个应用程序是为了延续协调基础设施，它将：支持创新、高质量的研究成果

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has fostered research and training in population since 1962, with NICHD infrastructure support since 1978. Our goal is to remain a national and world leader in research on the growth and structure of human populations and the population perspective on health; and in the development of populations scientists, especially those grounded in demography. The PSC is characterized by remarkable continuity in its production of high-quality research bearing directly on the major themes of the DBSB: demography, behavioral and social science approaches to sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive health, and population-based studies of health and human development. This application is for the continuation of a co-ordination infrastructure that will: 1. Support the production of innovative, high-quality research on human populations -- the determinants and consequences of their structure and organization, their dynamics, and their health and well-being. Our emphasis is on: a) the study of the social and behavioral bases of health, including their interaction with health care policy, the implementation of health programs, and the distribution of social and economic resources. b) a population perspective for undertaking and evaluating interventions related to human capital development with sensitivity to underlying behaviors and endowments. c) demographic concepts and methods as important frames for interpreting the aggregation of diffuse individual characteristics; for the treatment of heterogeneity in human populations; and for the distribution of human capital (including health) and social status across generations. 2. Maintain an adaptive PSC at Penn that continues to facilitate and promote innovative, long-term careers for participating research scientists with a focus on providing opportunities for interdisciplinary research, and targeted development of junior faculty towards careers as influential population scientists. 3. Be an efficient conduit for application of scientific analyses, results, and innovations and the exchange of the human capital and organizational resources embodied in the PSC through engagement and evaluation of policies for the betterment of health; and co-ordination of research and scientific exchange between the population-based social sciences and the medical sciences research communities within Penn, across US and international population research centers.