Neuroepidemiology Training Program

这是一项继续支持#年博士后研究培训计划的建议。 神经流行病学。据我们所知，它是历史最悠久的，也是仅有的由NIH资助的 美国的神经流行病学培训项目。神经流行病学研究的是前因和风险 因素，自然历史，并最终预防神经疾病，迫切需要 临床医生-科学家和公共卫生科学家根据 人口老龄化和研究这些问题的现有工具的进展。该计划的目标是 使神经学家和其他研究科学家为神经流行病学的研究生涯做好准备 精神错乱。自成立以来，该计划培养了神经学家和神经科学家，他们现在是 主要学术机构、美国国立卫生研究院和其他地方的教授或职业研究科学家。该计划， 它完成了第37年的资助，利用了神经内科(Vagelos)的优势 内科和外科医学院)，流行病学和生物统计学系(梅尔曼学院 公共卫生[MSPH])，以及Gertrude H.Sergievsky中心的跨学科结构，所有这些都在 哥伦比亚大学医学中心。该计划在研究环境中提供激励性培训， 培养计划使用流行病学方法研究神经系统疾病的神经科学家， 并将研究或学术职位作为职业目标。组织机构提供的有组织的说教培训 MSPH的课程，并有机会参与正在进行的流行病学研究 由项目教员教授的神经疾病，为学员提供最佳的学术培训 各就各位。受训者将有机会利用不同的方法进行大规模的流行病学研究 研究设计，包括病例对照和前瞻性队列研究，如曼哈顿北部研究， 华盛顿高地-因伍德社区老龄化项目，早发性帕金森风险联盟 疾病，以及其他。过去的学员成功地从NIH和NIH获得了独立资金 其他消息来源。我们请求支持四名MD/DO神经学家或适当的博士后神经学家 (博士或同等学历)，每年连续五年。所有实习生都要参加两年的培训，在此期间 流行病学和生物统计学的顺序教学课程工作将与越来越多的 自主研究活动。对于大多数学员来说，学位(流行病学硕士)是推荐的课程。 受训者还每周开会，介绍研究和资助计划，并讨论职业发展。

This is a proposal for continuation of support for a postdoctoral research training program in Neuroepidemiology. To our knowledge, it is the oldest and one of the only NIH-funded Neuroepidemiology training programs in the US. Neuroepidemiology addresses the antecedents and risk factors, natural history, and, ultimately, the prevention of neurological diseases, and there is a critical need for clinician-scientists and public health scientists to study the epidemiology of neurological disorders in light of the aging of the population and advances in available tools to study these issues. The objective of the program is to prepare neurologists and other research scientists for research careers in the epidemiology of neurologic disorders. Since its inception, the program has trained neurologists and neuroscientists who are now professors or career research scientists at major academic institutions, the NIH, and elsewhere. The program, which completed its 37thyear of funding, capitalizes on the strengths of the Department of Neurology (Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons), the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Mailman School of Public Health [MSPH]), and the inter-disciplinary structure of the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, all at Columbia University Medical Center. The program provides stimulating training in a research environment for developing neuroscientists who plan to use epidemiologic methods to study diseases of the nervous system, and have as a career goal a research or academic position. The structured, didactic training provided by the curriculum at the MSPH, combined with the opportunity to participate in ongoing epidemiologic studies of neurologic disease conducted by program faculty, provides trainees with optimal training for academic positions. Trainees will have the opportunity to work on large ongoing epidemiological studies utilizing different study designs, including case-control and prospective cohort studies such as the Northern Manhattan Study, the Washington Heights-Inwood Community Aging Project, the Consortium on Risk for Early Onset Parkinson's Disease, and others. Past trainees have successfully competed for independent funding from the NIH and other sources. We request support for four MD/DO neurologists or appropriate postdoctoral neuroscientists (PhD or equivalent) each year for five years. All trainees spend two years in the program, during which time sequenced didactic course work in epidemiology and biostatistics will be integrated with increasingly independent research activity. A degree (MS in Epidemiology) is the recommended course for most trainees. Trainees also meet weekly to present research and grant plans, and to discuss career development.