Berkeley Population Center

描述(由申请人提供)：该提案请求NICHD为加州大学伯克利分校的人口研究提供下一阶段的支持。伯克利人口中心(BPC)利用R21发展基础设施资金，在历来被学术部门孤立的教职员工中，包括初级教职员工，创建了对校园内正在进行的大量人口研究的认识。这种认识(和支持)导致了研究和赠款申请活动。有了坚实的基础，BPC现在寻求利用加州大学伯克利分校校园的核心优势，首先是人口学系的教学和研究，以及在公共政策研究生院公共卫生学院进行的人口研究。经济学，以及其他学院和系。与校园内的几个研究中心的协作关系进一步促进了校园内的人口研究，特别是与经济和人口老龄化中心(CEDA)、社会问题研究所(ISSI)、罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊学者计划和其他中心的合作。BPC吸引了60多名校园内的教职员工和其他研究人员，以及邻近机构如加州大学旧金山分校、加州大学戴维斯分校和斯坦福大学的研究人员，并与他们建立了联系。因此，人口研究的主题领域来自加州大学伯克利分校校园的独特优势：生殖与艾滋病毒、死亡率、健康差异、不平等与机会、行为经济学和正式人口学。所使用的BPC研究问题和方法具有交叉性和创新性。为了促进我们的人口研究使命，我们提出了3个研究基础设施核心。研究支持核心由两个子核组成：(1)管理和(2)数据和计算。研究开发是第三个核心。所有核心都隐含着公众宣传。这些核心将通过协助确定相关赠款、协助赠款申请的准备和管理、提供用于数据分析的硬件和软件，以及为具有可靠外部资金潜力的项目发放试点赠款，为业务伙伴关系附属机构提供支助。 相关性：伯克利人口中心的存在是为了促进和加强人口研究中的创新和跨学科合作。BPC的优势体现在生殖和艾滋病毒、死亡率、健康差距、不平等和机会、行为经济学和正式人口学等研究主题上。BPC研究的目标是在个人和社会层面上优化人口健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests the next stage in NICHD support for population research at UC Berkeley. The Berkeley Population Center (BPC) capitalized on R21 developmental infrastructure funding to create an awareness of the plentiful population research being conducted on campus among faculty, including junior faculty, who have been historically isolated by academic department. This awareness (and support) led to research and grant application activity. With a foundation firmly set, BPC now seeks to leverage the core strengths of the UC Berkeley campus, beginning with the teaching and research in the Demography Department, as well as population research conducted in the School of Public Health, Graduate School of Public Policy, Dept. of Economics, and other schools and departments. Synergistic ties with several research centers on campus further promote population research on campus, notably with the Center of Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA), Institute for the Study of Social Issues (ISSI), the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars Program, and other centers. BPC has attracted and connected with over 60 faculty members and other researchers on campus, as well as researchers in neighboring institutions such as UCSF, UC Davis and Stanford University. As a result, the thematic areas in population research emerged from the unique strengths of the UC Berkeley campus: Reproduction and HIV, Mortality, Health Disparities, Inequalities and Opportunities, Behavioral Economics, and Formal Demography. BPC research questions and methods utilized are cross-cutting and innovative. To foster our mission of population research, we propose 3 Research Infrastructure Cores. The Research Support Core consists of two subcores: (1) Administrative and (2) Data and Computing. Research Development is the third core. Implicit in all cores is public outreach. These cores will provide support for BPC affiliates by assisting with the identification of relevan grants, assistance with grant application preparation and administration, providing hardware and software for data analysis, and awarding pilot grants for projects with solid potential for externa funding. RELEVANCE: The Berkeley Population Center exists to foster and enhance the innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration in population research. BPC's strengths are reflected in the research themes of Reproduction and HIV; Mortality; Health Disparities; Inequalities and Opportunities; Behavioral Economics; and Formal Demography. The goal of BPC research is to optimize population health at the individual and societal level.