Translational Prevention Science Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的培训计划的总体目标是教育和指导下一代儿童心理健康预防科学家，他们将使用转化的观点进行研究，解决NIMH四个战略目标中的三个。由于他们的参与， 转化预防科学培训计划，预计学员将（1）加强他们对儿童和青少年精神，情绪和行为障碍的遗传，神经生物学和经验基础的理解，（2）学习如何开发和测试基于机制的认知，情感和行为干预措施，通过创新的干预策略寻求优化结果，（3）将文化敏感的需求和偏好纳入个性化预防方案的设计中，同时考虑到个人和文化因素（例如，文化适应，语言偏好，不同的育儿实践， 心理健康污名）和更大的系统性护理障碍（例如，获得服务），以及（4）发展沟通和协作技能，促进社区合作研究协作。拟议的培训计划将由明尼苏达大学三个学术研究部门的科学家组成的跨学科（TD）财团以及代表双子城地区儿童心理健康护理儿童服务系统的社区实践合作伙伴网络提供。 该提案寻求为四名博士预科学员提供三年期支助。受训人员将进入培训补助金 第二年PhD学生通过在他们的研究生涯中相对较早地开始，最大限度地发挥TD培训的潜力，以免他们的观点因专业领域的培训而变得过于狭隘。拟议的博士前培训经验的特点TD合作围绕三个核心领域：预防科学（PS核心），神经行为发展（NBD核心），社区干预和实施（CI/I核心）。PS核心将为每个学生提供以下方面的课程和指导培训：（a）预防研究概念和方法，（B）儿童和青少年心理健康问题的流行病学，（c）发展，风险和复原力观点，以及（d）预防研究中的跨文化问题。NBD核心将为每个学生提供专业的正式课程工作，研讨会和座谈会以及在转化科学实验室的研究学徒的机会。在CI/I核心，每个学生将参加一个混合方法的跨学科小组，并被放置在一个社区实践护理设置相匹配的儿童的心理健康问题，有关他/她选择的科学探究领域。在此设置中，学员将与社区从业者合作，设计，实施和评估他们的职业学徒制产生的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of the proposed training program is to educate and mentor the next generation of prevention scientists in children's mental health who will conduct research addressing three of the four NIMH strategic objectives for scientific research using a translational perspective. By virtue of their participation in this translational prevention science training program, it is anticipated that trainees will (1) strengthen their understanding of the genetic, neurobiological and experiential basis of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders in children and adolescents, (2) learn how to develop and test mechanism-based cognitive, affective, and behavioral interventions that seek to optimize outcomes via innovative intervention strategies, (3) incorporate culturally sensitive needs and preferences into the design of personalized prevention programs, taking into account individual and cultural factors (e.g., acculturation, language preference, different child- rearing practices, mental health stigma) and larger systemic barriers to care (e.g., access to services), and (4) develop communication and collaboration skills that facilitate community-partnered research collaboration. The proposed training program will be offered by a transdisciplinary (TD) consortium of scientists affiliated with three academic research sectors at the University of Minnesota, as well as a network of community practice partners representing child-serving systems of care in children's mental health in the greater Twin Cities area. The proposal seeks support for four pre-doctoral trainees for three-year terms. Trainees will enter the training grant as 2nd year Ph.D. students to maximize the potential for TD training by beginning relatively early in their research careers before their viewpoint becomes too narrowed by training in their major field. The proposed pre-doctoral training experience features TD collaboration oriented around three core areas: prevention science (PS Core), neurobehavioral development (NBD Core), and community intervention and implementation (CI/I Core). The PS Core will provide each student with coursework and mentored training in (a) prevention research concepts and methods, (b) epidemiology of child and adolescent mental health problems, (c) development, risk, and resilience perspectives, and (d) cross-cultural issues in prevention research. The NBD Core will provide each student with opportunities for specialized formal course work, seminars and colloquia and a research apprenticeship in a translational science laboratory. In the CI/I Core, each student will participate in a mixed methods interdisciplinary group and be placed in a community practice care setting matched to a children's mental health problem relevant to his/her chosen area of scientific inquiry. Within this setting trainees will collaborate with community practitioners in the design, implementation, and evaluation of a research study emanating from their translational-based apprenticeship.