MD-PhD Training Program in Aging and the Social/Behavioral Sciences

项目总结 沉浸在临床实践和研究的两个世界中，内科科学家，特别是那些训练有素的 在量化社会科学中，拥有独特的视角是有效解决 美国老龄化人口的医疗保健需求。哈佛大学，历史悠久的 国家认可的医学博士项目以及世界知名的卫生政策研究生项目， 经济学、社会科学和行为科学在培训医学科学家方面做得特别好 这些区域。在这一机构NIA培训赠款的支持下，我们培养了越来越多的 这样的受训者，并激励他们从事有影响力的老龄化相关研究。培训通常遵循以下步骤 2-4-2模式：两年医学院，四年研究生院，最终获得博士学位 该项目的重点是老龄化人口，然后是医学院的最后两年。当口音对齐时 通过他们的学费分配，学生们在整个时间表上都参与了临床和研究培训。 这一培训计划的特点包括定期提供教程以及与 马库斯老龄化研究所。这两个机会都为学生提供了导师、社区、 跨学科互动，接触到广泛的社会科学定量方法，并提供 一个确定激动人心的研究问题的论坛。学生被任命为M1的这一培训助学金， M2、G1、M3、M4年。G2-Gn年由他们各自的博士项目涵盖。我们的 参与的博士项目包括1)卫生政策博士项目(经济学专业， 管理和政策研究方法)，培训学生从事研究和教学职业生涯 通过跨学科和跨教职的方法制定健康政策；2)美国大学经济学博士项目 经济学系，为学生在经济领域从事富有成效和刺激的职业做准备 学术界或政府、研究机构或企业的职位；以及3)博士学位 人口健康科学(社会科学和行为科学研究领域)，由 哈佛大学陈冯富珍公共卫生学院，该学院培养学生成为研究人员 阐明健康的社会和行为决定因素，并开发和评估创新 旨在改善人口健康的干预措施和政策。参与的28名教职员工 和Large对指导医生-科学家实习生具有强烈的兴趣和经验，并拥有 与衰老相关的研究方面的专业知识。在拥有约190名医学博士研究生和约27名社会工作者的大社区内 理科医学博士研究生现在是一个充满活力和紧密联系的10人小组，他们是NIA培训的一部分 程序。现有的杰出校友记录和不断增长的当前实习生队伍， 通过此NIA培训补助金，我们提交此竞争续订，以便我们可以继续 在这些成就的基础上再接再厉。

PROJECT SUMMARY Immersed in the two worlds of clinical practice and research, physician-scientists, particularly those trained in quantitative social sciences, have unique perspectives that are key to effectively addressing the healthcare demands of America’s aging population. Harvard University, home to a long established nationally recognized MD-PhD program as well as world-renowned graduate programs in Health Policy, Economics, and Social and Behavioral Sciences, is exceptionally well poised to train physician-scientists in these areas. With the support of this institutional NIA training grant, we have cultivated a growing cohort of such trainees and are inspiring them to pursue impactful aging related research. Training typically follows a ‘2-4-2’ model: 2 years of medical school, 4 years of graduate school culminating in a PhD with at least one project focused on aging populations, and then, 2 final years of medical school. While the accent is aligned with their tuition assignment, students participate in clinical and research training throughout their timeline. Hallmarks of this training program include regular tutorials run as well as meetings with the directors of the Marcus Research Institute of Aging. Both opportunities provide students with mentorship, community, interdisciplinary interactions, exposures to a wide range of social science quantitative methods, and provide a forum for identifying exciting research questions. Students are appointed to this training grant in the M1, M2, G1, M3 and M4 years. The G2-Gn years are covered by their respective PhD program. Our participating PhD programs include 1) the PhD Program in Health Policy (concentrations in Economics, Management, and Methods for Policy Research), which trains students for research and teaching careers in health policy through an interdisciplinary and interfaculty approach; 2) the PhD Program in Economics in the Department of Economics, which prepares students for productive and stimulating careers as economists in academia or for positions in government, research organizations, or business enterprises; and, 3) the PhD in Population Health Sciences (field of study in Social and Behavioral Sciences), offered through the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, which prepares students to be scholars whose research illuminates social and behavioral determinants of health and develops and evaluates innovative interventions and policies leading to the improvement of population health. The 28 participating faculty by and large possess a strong interest in and experience with mentoring physician-scientist trainees and have expertise in aging-related research. Within the greater community of ~190 MD-PhD students and ~27 social science MD-PhD students is now a vibrant and tight knit group of 10 who are part of this NIA training program. With an existing track record of distinguished alumni and this growing cohort of current trainees, made possible by this NIA training grant, we submit this competing renewal so that we may continue to build on these accomplishments.