Johns Hopkins Training Program in STIs

描述（由申请人提供）：在此更新申请中，约翰霍普金斯性传播感染培训计划每年寻求4个博士前和一个博士后职位的培训支持。培训生在3个轨道内支持临床流行病学，行为科学和卫生政策，19名教师资助的研究项目是导师，代表几乎所有与性传播疾病相关的学科。这是一个多学科的计划，从流行病学，人口和家庭科学，国际卫生，从公共卫生学院的部门，并从医学/传染病，妇产科，儿科-青少年医学从医学院的部门教师。博士前学生是通过竞争过程中招募，谁已经完成了他们的初步课程，谁正在开发在相关领域之一的论文。鼓励博士后利用巴尔的摩市卫生局和约翰霍普金斯服务场所和数据库进行临床研究项目。一个结构化的教学、指导和评估方案是一个关键组成部分。所有受训人员将被要求（如果他们没有这样做）参加规定的课程，包括预防和控制性传播疾病和高级流行病学课程。支持学术活动包括每周一次的性病研讨会系列，每月一次的期刊俱乐部和每月一次的研究方法研讨会。总体进展由高级教师导师执行委员会监督。在最初的4年里，我们培养了10名博士后和3名博士后，他们发表了13篇同行评审论文。我们的总体目标是培养年轻有前途的研究人员成为STI控制的临床研究领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this renewal application, the Johns Hopkins Training Program in Sexually Transmitted Infections seeks training support for 4 pre-doctoral and one postdoctoral position annually. Trainees are supported within 3 tracks-clinical epidemiology, behavioral sciences and health policy, and 19 faculty with funded research programs are mentors, representing nearly all of the disciplines relevant to STIs. This is a multidisciplinary program, with faculty from the Departments of Epidemiology, Population and Family Sciences, International Health, from the School of Public Health, and from the Departments of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics-Gynecology, and Pediatrics-Adolescent Medicine from the School of Medicine. Predoctoral students are recruited through a competitive process and who have completed their initial coursework and who are developing a thesis in one of the relevant areas. Postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to pursue clinical research projects using the Baltimore City Health Department and Johns Hopkins service venues and databases. A structured didactic, mentoring and evaluation program is a key component. All trainees will be required to take (if they have not done so) prescribed courses covering the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases and advanced epidemiology courses. Supporting academic activities include a weekly STD seminar series, a monthly journal club and a monthly research methods workshop. Overall progress is monitored by an Executive Committee of senior faculty mentors. In the first 4 years, we have trained 10 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees, who have published 13 peer-reviewed papers. Our overall aim is to train young promising investigators to be clinical research leaders in STI control.