Recruitment of Undergraduates to Mental Health Research

心理健康研究本科生招聘

• 批准号: 7065679
• 负责人: GRETCHEN L HAAS
• 金额: $ 22.91万
• 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 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7065679
• 关键词: clinical research; health care personnel education; health science profession; health science research; health science research potential; mental health; minority health professional; neurosciences; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In response to the need to recruit new investigators into the field of mental health research, this application requests competing continuation support for the R-25 program, "Recruitment of Undergraduates for Mental Health Research" -a collaborative effort between the Department of Psychiatry and the Departments of Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, Psychology and Chemistry of the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Mellon University. The program features a full year of intensive research experience for promising undergraduate science majors with an interest in mental health relevant research. The ultimate aim is to provide early exposure to hands-on research to undergraduates to increase the national pool of talented students who go on to seek post-baccalaureate training in preparation for careers in mental health research. This unique undergraduate research education program consists of: 1) a 12-month research experience, conducting supervised research on a scientific question with direct relevance to mental health or mental disorders; 2) a didactic educational program featuring courses in clinical neuroscience and psychiatry; and 3) 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 success in inter-disciplinary collaboration on educational and research programs. Follow-up data for the first eight groups of graduates indicate that a remarkably high percentage have entered MD, MD/Ph.D. or Ph.D. programs in the health sciences (68%) or are completing research preparatory to application to these programs (an additional 18%). Our findings to date provide evidence of feasibility and effectiveness in identifying and recruiting talented undergraduate students into a mental health research education program, as well as evidence of the continuing progress of a large majority (86%) in pursuing further education and training in the health sciences. Based on the success of this program to date, we propose to continue this program over the next five years to: increase the number of students trained (from the current 92 to :[72), expand to include two full-time medical students per year in the program, evaluate both short- and long-term career education and training pathways of trainees, and evaluate the longer-range impact of the program on recruitment into the field of mental health research and mental health-related sciences.

描述（由申请人提供）：为了满足心理健康研究领域招募新研究人员的需要，本申请要求对 R-25 计划“招募心理健康研究本科生”提供竞争性持续支持——一项协作努力匹兹堡大学和卡内基梅隆大学精神病学系、神经科学系、生物科学系、心理学系和化学系之间的合作。该项目为对心理健康相关研究感兴趣的有前途的科学专业本科生提供一整年的深入研究经验。最终目标是让本科生尽早接触实践研究，以增加全国优秀学生的数量，让他们继续寻求学士学位后培训，为心理健康研究职业做好准备。这个独特的本科研究教育计划包括：1）为期12个月的研究经验，对与心理健康或精神障碍直接相关的科学问题进行监督研究； 2）以临床神经科学和精神病学课程为特色的教学教育计划； 3) 在西方精神病学研究所和诊所 (WPIC) 进行为期十周的夏季项目，提供精神病学临床护理、临床研究讲座以及临床实验室和设施参观。该项目是 NIMH 持续努力促进临床和基础科学研究人员之间积极合作的一个及时的例子，在本例中是对本科生的理科学生的教育。它利用了所涉及机构的非凡优势及其过去和持续在教育和研究项目跨学科合作方面取得的成功。前八组毕业生的追踪数据表明，进入医学博士、医学博士/博士学位的比例非常高。或博士学位健康科学项目（68%）或正在完成申请这些项目的研究准备（另外 18%）。迄今为止，我们的研究结果证明了在识别和招募有才华的本科生参加心理健康研究教育计划方面的可行性和有效性，以及绝大多数人（86%）在继续接受健康教育和培训方面取得的持续进展的证据。科学。基于该计划迄今为止所取得的成功，我们建议在未来五年内继续实施该计划，以： 增加接受培训的学生人数（从目前的 92 人增加到：[72 人），扩大到每个项目包括两名全日制医学生在该计划的一年中，评估受训者的短期和长期职业教育和培训途径，并评估该计划对心理健康研究和心理健康相关科学领域招聘的长期影响。