Neuroepidemiology Training Program

这是一项继续支持博士后研究培训计划的建议， 神经流行病学。据我们所知，它是最古老的，也是唯一一个由NIH资助的 在美国的神经流行病学培训计划。神经流行病学强调了前因和风险 因素，自然史，并最终预防神经系统疾病，并且迫切需要 临床科学家和公共卫生科学家，研究神经疾病的流行病学， 人口老龄化以及研究这些问题的现有工具的进步。该计划的目的是 准备神经学家和其他研究科学家在神经系统疾病的流行病学研究事业 紊乱自成立以来，该计划已经培训了神经学家和神经科学家，他们现在 主要学术机构、NIH和其他地方的教授或职业研究科学家。该计划， 完成了第37年的资助，利用了神经科的优势（Vagelos 内科医生和外科医生学院），流行病学和生物统计学系（梅尔曼学院） 公共卫生[MSPH]），和跨学科结构的格特鲁德H。谢尔吉耶夫斯基中心，所有在 哥伦比亚大学医学中心。该计划提供了一个研究环境中的激励培训， 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。提供的结构化教学培训， 在MSPH课程，结合参与正在进行的流行病学研究的机会， 由项目教师进行的神经系统疾病，为学员提供最佳的学术培训， 岗位学员将有机会利用不同的方法从事正在进行的大型流行病学研究。 研究设计，包括病例对照和前瞻性队列研究，如北方曼哈顿研究， 华盛顿海茨-英伍德社区老龄化项目，早发性帕金森病风险联盟 疾病，以及其他。过去的受训人员成功地从NIH获得了独立的资助， 其他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科学家 (PhD或同等物），为期五年。所有的受训者都将在该项目中学习两年，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 独立研究活动。学位（流行病学硕士）是推荐给大多数学员的课程。 受训人员每周还开会介绍研究和赠款计划，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.