RECRUITMENT OF UNDERGRADUATES FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

招募本科生进行心理健康研究

• 批准号: 6538736
• 负责人: GRETCHEN L HAAS
• 金额: $ 15.99万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-30 至 2004-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6538736
• 关键词: health science research; mental health; university student

This application (and response to the Program Announcement, entitled "Mental Health Education Grants") requests competing continuation support for the R-25 program, "Recruitment of Undergraduates for Mental Health Research" that received three years of initial NIMH funding as a pilot project and has been continued for a fourth year with a no-cost administrative extension. This program is a collaborative effort between the Department of Psychiatry and the Departments of Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, Psychology and Chemistry of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. It provides a 12-month intensive research education experience to talented undergraduate science majors who seek post-baccalaureate training in preparation for careers in mental health-relevant research. The ultimate goal is to identify exceptionally talented students who have an aptitude in the sciences and recruit them to careers in mental health research. This unique undergraduate research education program consists of a practical research experience in a clinical or basic science laboratory for one full year, conducting supervised research on a scientific question with direct relevance to mental health or mental disorders; a didactic educational program featuring courses in clinical neuroscience and psychiatry; and a ten-week summer program at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) that provides exposure to clinical care in psychiatry, lectures in clinical research, and visits to a clinical labs and facilities. The program represents a timely example of the NIMH's continuing effort to promote active collaboration between clinical and basic science researchers, in this case in the education of undergraduate science students. It capitalizes on the extraordinary strengths of the institutions involved and their past and continuing successful inter-disciplinary collaboration on educational and research programs. The pilot stage of this program offers evidence of feasibility and effectiveness in identifying and recruiting talented undergraduate students into a mental health research education program, as well as the enthusiastic participation of senior clinical researchers in the education of undergraduate students. We propose to continue this program with an expanded recruitment effort over the next five years to: increase the number and diversity of students trained, further develop and refine the curriculum, and continue to evaluate short- and longer-term outcomes of the program--in terms of trainees' completion of their research projects, successful publication of research findings, and their subsequent career decisions and choices--at annual follow-up evaluations over a period of five years following their university graduation

该应用程序（以及对计划公告的响应，标题为“心理健康教育赠款”）要求对R-25计划进行竞争持续支持，“招募了精神健康研究的本科生”，该计划获得了三年的初始NIMH资助作为飞行员项目，并且已经继续进行了第四年，而无需进行管理。 该计划是精神病学系与匹兹堡大学和卡内基·梅隆大学神经科学，生物科学，心理学和化学系之间的合作努力。 它为才华横溢的本科科学专业的专业人士提供了12个月的强化研究教育经验，他们寻求后掌的培训，以准备与心理健康有关的研究做准备。最终的目标是确定在科学方面有才华的异常才华横溢的学生，并将他们从事心理健康研究的职业。 这个独特的本科研究教育计划包括一年的临床或基础科学实验室的实践研究经验，对与精神健康或精神障碍直接相关的科学问题进行了监督研究；一项教育课程，介绍了临床神经科学和精神病学课程；以及西方精神病学研究所和诊所（WPIC）的为期十周的夏季计划，可在精神病学中接触临床护理，临床研究的讲座以及访问临床实验室和设施。 该计划代表了NIMH继续努力促进临床和基础科学研究人员之间的积极合作的及时例子，在这种情况下，本科生科学专业的学生教育。 它利用所涉及的机构及其过去的非凡优势，并继续在教育和研究计划上取得成功的跨学科合作。 该计划的试点阶段提供了可行性和有效性，可在确定和招募才华横溢的本科生参加心理健康研究教育计划中，以及高级临床研究人员在本科生的教育中的热情参与。 我们建议在接下来的五年中扩大招聘工作继续继续该计划，以增加培训的学生的数量和多样性，进一步发展和完善课程，并继续评估该计划的短期和长期成果，从受训者完成的研究项目中，他们的研究项目的成功及其后续的职业生涯和随后的培训期间，及其后期的培训，及其后期的培训，以及其后续的决定培训，以及其后期的决定，以毕业的培训。