Psychology and Medicine: An Integrative Research Approach

描述(由申请者提供)：这个博士后培训计划，目前已进入第19个年头，培训科学家在心理学和医学的交叉点进行跨学科研究。根据NIMH战略计划对转化性和临床研究的重视，该计划培训研究员对促进疾病和心理健康的遗传、行为和经验因素之间的相互作用进行转化性研究。研究人员学习应用心理学理论和尖端研究方法来解决(1)压力、抑郁和心理生物学以及(2)健康危险行为方面的问题，因为它们与预防和改善疾病有关，包括严重的抑郁症、创伤后应激障碍和艾滋病。在这样做的过程中，他们暴露在与健康差距以及制定和测试干预措施的方法有关的问题中。在两年的培训期间，研究员共享一个共同的教学核心，包括心理学和医学研讨会、研究过程研讨会、思维和生物学、负责任的研究行为、六个统计模块，并根据需要参加额外的课程。他们在一名主要导师的监督下进行独立研究，提交论文发表并在国家会议上发表，并完成拨款申请的草稿。该项目得益于它位于领先的健康科学园区，在生物、社会/行为和临床科学方面拥有强大的培训和研究项目。该计划的其他优势包括：拥有致力于培训和示范协作跨学科工作的一流教师；有充足的机会与其他项目的研究员和教师进行交叉授精；可以访问关键数据库，并为试点研究提供种子资金。该项目培养出了杰出的、多产的年轻研究人员，他们后来在医学或学术中心从事了富有成效的职业生涯。在我们当前的五年周期中，我们增加了对抑郁症、创伤后应激障碍和其他精神疾病的研究；加强了将压力、心理/社会过程和行为与精神和身体障碍联系起来的心理生物学机制的培训；增加了干预研究和对差异的研究，并招聘了我们的第一位精神病学家。在更新中，我们减少和重组了教师，以创建一个更连贯的计划，任命了一名副主任，增加了更多的生物统计学家，与精神病学住院医师研究轨道建立了更正式的联系，并制定了更积极的计划，招募代表不足的少数族裔。在我们的更新周期中，我们计划每年招募三名新研究员，这将使我们能够招聘心理学家和精神病学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This post-doctoral training program, currently in its 19th year, trains scientists to conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of Psycholog and Medicine. In line with the NIMH strategic plan's emphasis on translational and clinical research, the program trains fellows to conduct translational research on the interactions between genetic, behavioral, and experiential factors that promote illness and mental health. Fellows learn to apply psychological theories and cutting-edge research methodologies to address issues in (1) stress, depression, and psychobiology and (2) health-risk behavior, as they relate to the prevention and amelioration of diseases including major depression, PTSD, and AIDS. In so doing, they are exposed to problems related to health disparities and approaches to developing and testing interventions. During the two years of training, fellows share a common didactic core including the Psychology and Medicine Seminar; Research Process Seminar; Mind and Biology; Responsible Conduct of Research; six statistics modules, and take additional courses as needed. They conduct independent research with the supervision of a primary mentor, submit papers for publication and presentation at national conferences, and complete a draft of a grant application. The program benefits from its placement in a leading health science campus, with strong training and research programs in the biological, social/behavioral and clinical sciences. Other strengths of the program include: a top-rank faculty who are committed to training and model collaborative transdisciplinary work; ample opportunities for cross-fertilization with fellows and faculty from other programs; and access to key databases and to seed funds for pilot research. The program has produced outstanding, productive young researchers who have gone on to productive careers in medical or academic centers. During our current five year cycle, we have increased research on depression, PTSD and other mental illnesses; enhanced training in psychobiological mechanisms that link stress, psychological/social processes and behavior with mental and physical disorders; increased intervention research and research on disparities and recruited our first psychiatrist. In the renewal we have reduced and reorganized faculty to create a more coherent program, appointed an Associate Director, added additional biostatisticians, established more formal ties to the Psychiatry residency research track, and made more active plans for recruiting underrepresented minorities. In our renewal cycle we plan for three new fellows a year, which will allow us to recruit both psychologists and psychiatrists.