Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program

精神障碍是世界上导致残疾的主要原因之一，并改进了战略，以 减轻他们的负担是必要的。该培训计划的目标是培养下一代 精神病流行病学家，他们可以通过进行研究来解决这一需求，这将促进我们的 了解精神障碍的原因和后果，并发展、实施和 评估合理设计的干预措施，以预防和/或控制这些疾病。最近的科学研究 组学(如基因组学、表观基因组学、转录组学、蛋白质组学和代谢组学)、信息学的进展 (例如，电子病历、移动技术和生物传感器)和成像提供了新的机会 加速发现研究成果并将其转化为公共卫生成果。这项培训计划将 利用约翰霍普金斯大学异常丰富的生物医学研究资源，提供 具有领导多学科研究所需技能和经验的受训者，这些研究利用 这些新出现的机会和促进心理健康。它将通过严格的计划来实现这一点 课程、研究实习和综合活动，为学员提供坚实的基础 精神病学流行病学的核心能力，同时让他们有机会攻读专业 在两个集中的训练中：精神障碍的病因和精神障碍的干预。在……里面 此外，它还将提供一个方法支持中心，该中心将汇聚与 约翰霍普金斯大学社区的数据密集型方法，特别是在基因组学、信息学和 支持受训者的活动，并为他们提供必要的资源，以促进他们的 训练。该项目将包括4名博士后学生和2名博士后研究员，他们得到了 由21个核心学院和25个附属学院组成的经验丰富的小组，他们与两个集中度中的一个保持一致。 受训人员将准备在学术界担任领导职务，进行心理健康研究。 通常是在公共卫生或医学院的教员，在政府制定研究优先事项和 地方、州、国家和国际层面的精神卫生政策，在私营行业开展应用 为制药或其他精神卫生保健提供公司以及非营利性精神卫生机构进行研究 为精神障碍患者宣传的机构或非政府组织。这项培训计划 成功地培训了40年的精神病学流行病学家。彼得·赞迪博士，曾从哈佛大学毕业 在上一个项目期间，他接任了该项目的负责人。他准备继续在这个基础上继续发展 计划的丰富传统，并将其引向新的方向，这将为下一代领导人做好准备 谁将使这一领域超越传统的发病率和流行率研究 精神障碍(即描述性流行病学)，并推动侧重于病因机制的研究 和有针对性的干预措施(即分析流行病学)。

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, and developing, implementing, and evaluating rationally designed interventions to prevent and/or control these disorders. Recent scientific advances in omics (e.g., genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics), informatics (e.g., electronic medical records, mobile technologies, and biosensors) and imaging 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 two Concentrations: Etiology of Mental Disorders and Interventions in Mental Disorders. In addition, it will provide a Methods Support Hub that will bring together the extensive expertise in working with data-intensive methods around the Johns Hopkins community, particularly in genomics, informatics and imaging, to support the activities of the trainees and provide them with resources needed to advance their training. The program will include 4 predoctoral students and 2 postdoctoral fellows who are supported by an experienced group of 21 Core and 25 Affiliate Faculty who are aligned with one of the two Concentrations. 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 applied 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 4 decades. Dr. Peter Zandi, a former graduate of the program, took over as Director of the program in the last project period. He is poised to continue building 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 and targeted interventions (i.e., analytic epidemiology).