Graduate Training in Demography

摘要 我们要求继续向宾夕法尼亚大学提供人口学方面的NICHD培训补助金 (宾夕法尼亚)。拟议的计划延续了宾夕法尼亚大学在人口学方面的长期卓越表现，根据 受训人员的安置和科学贡献。在即将到来的周期内，将通过(A) 医学部卫生政策司人口研究人员的新工作 佩雷尔曼医学院的道德和卫生政策；(B)对培训顺序进行重大重组 在人口统计方法方面；(C)生物标志物、复杂数据结构、数据领域的新综合培训 科学和定量方法；(D)与两个著名的欧洲人开展新的交流培训方案 研究中心(马克斯·普朗克人口研究所和法国人口研究所 研究)；(E)扩大活动以增强多样性。6个博士后职位(没有博士后职位) 都是被要求的。宾夕法尼亚大学人口学博士前项目的主要目标是培养独立的 准备在人口分析中发挥主导作用的研究人员。这一目标是通过 (I)深入讲授人口学的方法、理论途径和经验实质以及 联合学科；(Ii)逐步将学生纳入教职研究活动；以及(Iii)随后 进入独立研究的分支。本提案中描述的人口学培训反映了一种愿景 人口科学和人口健康的其中一个强大的人口逻辑背景 过程是应用社会和行为科学其他领域贡献的门户 一系列公众和科学感兴趣的话题。

SUMMARY We are requesting continuation of the NICHD training grant in Demography to the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). The proposed program continues Penn’s longstanding excellence in training in Demography, as per placement of, and scientific contributions by, trainees. It will be enhanced during the upcoming cycle by (a) new engagement of population researchers from the Health Policy Division of the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine; (b) a major reorganization of the training sequence in demographic methods; (c) new integrated training in the areas of biomarkers, complex data structures, data science, and quantitative methods; (d) new exchange training programs with two prominent European research centers (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and French Institute for Demographic Research); (e) expanded activities to enhance diversity. Six predoctoral positions (no postdoctoral positions) are requested. The principal aim of the Demography predoctoral program at Penn is to train independent researchers who are prepared to play leading roles in population analysis. This goal is achieved through (i) intensive instruction in the methods, theoretical approaches, and empirical substance of demography and allied disciplines; (ii) progressive incorporation of students into faculty research activities; and (iii) subsequent branching into independent research. The training in Demography described in this proposal reflects a vision of the population sciences and population health in which a strong background in the logic of demographic process is the gateway to the application of contributions from elsewhere in the social and behavioral sciences to an array of topics of public and scientific interest.