Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：精神障碍是世界上导致残疾的主要原因之一，需要改进战略以减轻其负担。该培训计划的目标是培养下一代精神病学流行病学家，他们可以通过开展研究来解决这一需求，这将促进我们对精神障碍的原因和后果的理解;开发，实施和评估合理设计的干预措施，以预防和控制这些疾病;并严格检查精神卫生服务和护理系统，以改善精神卫生结果。最近在基因组学、蛋白质组学和信息学等方面的科学进展为加速发现和将发现转化为公共卫生成果提供了新的机会。该培训计划将利用约翰霍普金斯大学生物医学研究异常丰富的资源，为学员提供领导多学科研究所需的技能和经验，以利用这些新兴的机会，促进心理健康。它将通过严格的课程计划，研究学徒和综合活动来实现这一目标，为学员提供精神病学核心专业的坚实基础，同时让他们有机会在四个专业领域之一进行专业培训，这些领域建立在我们部门的优势之上，并被公认为高度优先：精神疾病的遗传和环境病因学，精神卫生服务和结果，精神卫生和老龄化，以及全球精神卫生。该计划将包括5名博士前学生和2名博士后研究员，他们由20名核心教师和23名附属教师组成的经验丰富的团队提供支持，这些教师在一个或多个确定的领域具有专业知识。学员将准备在学术界担任领导职务，通常由公共卫生或医学院的教师进行心理健康研究，在政府制定地方、州、国家和国际层面的研究优先事项和心理健康政策，在私营企业中进行应用研究制药或其他心理健康护理提供公司，以及在非营利精神卫生机构或非政府组织中为精神障碍患者宣传。这个培训项目已经成功地培训了30多年的精神病学流行病学家。该项目的前主任威廉·伊顿博士最近辞职，将领导权交给了彼得·赞迪博士。赞迪博士是该计划的毕业生，现在是一个有成就的教师，在精神疾病的遗传和药物流行病学的专业知识。在这种竞争性的更新，他准备建立在该计划的丰富传统，并带领它在新的方向，这将准备在精神病流行病学的下一代领导者谁将推动超越传统的研究领域的发病率和精神疾病的患病率（即，描述性流行病学）和推动研究，重点是病因机制，有针对性的干预措施，和提供服务（即，分析流行病学）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mental disorders are among the leading causes of disability in the world, and improved strategies to reduce their burden are needed. The goal of this training program is to produce the next generation of psychiatric epidemiologists who can address this need by conducting research that will advance our understanding of the causes and consequences of mental disorders; developing, implementing, and evaluating rationally designed interventions to prevent and control these disorders; and critically examining mental health services and systems of care to improve mental health outcomes. Recent scientific advances such as in genomics, proteomics, and informatics present new opportunities for accelerating the discovery and translation of findings into public health gains. This training program will capitalize on the unusually rich resources for biomedical research at the Johns Hopkins University to provide trainees with the skills and experiences needed to lead multi-disciplinary research that takes advantage of these emerging opportunities and promotes mental health. It will achieve this through a rigorous program of coursework, research apprenticeships, and integrative activities that provide trainees with a solid foundation in the core proficiencies of psychiatric epidemiology while giving them the opportunity to pursue specialized training in one of four Domains of Expertise that build on strengths within our department and are recognized as high priority: Genetic and Environmental Etiology of Mental Disorders, Mental Health Services and Outcomes, Mental Health and Aging, and Global Mental Health. The program will include 5 predoctoral students and 2 postdoctoral fellows who are supported by an experienced group of 20 Core Faculty and 23 Affiliate Faculty with expertise in one or more of the identified domains. The trainees will be prepared to assume leadership positions in academia carrying out mental health research typically on faculty in Schools of Public Health or Medicine, in government formulating research priorities and mental health policy at the local, state, national, and international levels, in private industry conducting appled research for pharmaceutical or other mental health care delivery companies, and in non-profit mental health agencies or non-governmental organizations advocating for those with mental disorders. This training program has successfully trained psychiatric epidemiologists for over 30 decades. The former Director of the program, Dr. William Eaton, recently stepped down and handed the leadership to Dr. Peter Zandi. Dr. Zandi is a graduate of the program and now an accomplished faculty member with expertise in the genetic and pharmaco-epidemiology of mental disorders. In this competing renewal, he is poised to build on the rich tradition of the program and lead it in new directions that will prepare the next generation of leaders in psychiatric epidemiology who will advance the field beyond traditional studies of the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders (i.e., descriptive epidemiology) and drive research that focuses on etiologic mechanisms, targeted interventions, and delivery of services (i.e., analytic epidemiology).