MBRS IMSD Program at the Harvard School of Public Health

描述（由申请人提供）：哈佛公共卫生学院的IMSD（最大化学生多样性倡议）计划旨在最大限度地增加代表性不足的少数族裔学生的数量，他们在健康差异方面从事定量研究职业。我们的培训计划的总体目标是：1。通过每年从四个系（流行病学，生物统计学，环境卫生，社会，人类发展和健康）招募和支持10名学生，最大限度地提高哈佛公共卫生学院博士生的多样性。使学生掌握人口健康理论和方法，进行健康差异研究;在职业发展、技能和能力方面提供指导; 4.加强机构内的“管道”-以及全国-为少数民族学生从博士前过渡到博士后奖学金，并最终教师的职位;和5。根据一套确定的目标和标准评估项目的有效性。我们对健康差异主题的关注与NIH对健康差异研究的广泛重视是一致的，也与哈佛公共卫生学院（HSPH）的主要任务之一是了解-并干预-健康差异的原因。在该机构内部，信息管理司培训补助金是哈佛公共卫生学院十多年来一直寻求建立的代表性不足的少数民族学生“管道”中的一个关键环节。在这条管道的链接开始通过多样性办公室和招生办公室的努力积极招募有前途的学生。在IMSD计划内完成博士前培训后，该管道然后延伸到哈佛的博士后培训计划，包括少数民族健康差异的凯洛格健康学者和Alonzo Yerby博士后奖学金，旨在最大限度地提高少数民族博士后研究员向初级教师职位的过渡。通过IMSD培训补助金支持的博士生在自己的学科领域接受培训，但也接受与健康差异研究相关的理论和方法的额外培训。这是通过参加每周研讨会和与教师导师密切的工作关系来实现的。除了研究培训外，该计划的学生还接受了一系列对公共卫生至关重要的核心能力的培训，包括赠款写作，在同行评议的文献中发表，有效的公开演讲以及负责任的研究行为。 公共卫生相关性：虽然美国在改善整体健康方面取得了令人印象深刻的成就，但一些美国人的健康前景比其他人差得多。迫切需要为新一代学者提供理论和定量方法来分析-并干预-这个国家的健康差距问题。哈佛公共卫生学院IMSD培训方案的使命是培养新一代来自代表性不足的少数族裔背景的博士预科生，使他们成为健康差距领域的未来领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The IMSD (Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity) Program at the Harvard School of Public Health is designed to maximize the number of under-represented minority students pursuing quantitative research careers in health disparities. The overall goals of our training program are to: 1. Maximize pre-doctoral student diversity at the Harvard School of Public Health by recruiting and supporting 10 students per year from four Departments (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health, and Society, Human Development and Health), in order to- 2. Equip students with population health theories and methods to undertake research on health disparities; 3. Provide mentorship in career development, skills, and competencies; 4. Strengthen the "pipeline" within the institution - as well as nationally - for minority students to transition from pre-doctoral to post-doctoral fellowships, and eventually to faculty positions; and 5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the program following a defined set of objectives and criteria. Our focus on the theme of health disparities is consistent with the NIH-wide emphasis on health disparities research, as well as with one of the key missions of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), which is to understand -- and to intervene on -- the causes of health disparities. Within the institution, the IMSD training grant serves as a critical link in the "pipeline" of under- represented minority students that the Harvard School of Public Health has sought to build for over a decade. The links in this pipeline begin with the active recruitment of promising students through the efforts of the Office of Diversity and the Admissions Office. Following completion of pre-doctoral training within the IMSD program, the pipeline then extends to postdoctoral training programs at Harvard including the Kellogg Health Scholars in Minority Health Disparities and the Alonzo Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship, which aim to maximize the transition of minority post-doctoral fellows to junior faculty positions. Doctoral students supported though the IMSD training grant are trained in their own disciplinary area, but also receive additional training in theories and methods relevant to health disparities research. This is accomplished through participation in weekly seminars and close working relationships with faculty mentors. In addition to training in research, students in the program also receive training in a set of core competencies essential for public health, including grant writing, publishing in the peer- reviewed literature, effective public presentations, and the responsible conduct of research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: While the nation has witnessed impressive gains in improving overall health, some Americans face much poorer prospects for good health than others. There is a critical need to equip a new generation of scholars with the theories and quantitative methods to analyze - and intervene on - the problem of health disparities in this country. The mission of the IMSD training program at the Harvard School of Public Health is to train a new generation of pre-doctoral students from under-represented minority backgrounds to become future leaders in the field of health disparities.