Mental Health Biostatistics Training Program

心理健康生物统计学培训计划

• 批准号: 8102864
• 负责人: WARREN B. BILKER
• 金额: $ 6.82万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8102864
• 关键词: Biometry; Mental Health; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Medicine (SOM) submits this proposal to continue an innovative and successful predoctoral training program in mental health biostatistics. The objective is to train individuals to be rigorous and independent academic investigators able to use the range of approaches in biostatistics to answer questions in mental health research. The program is built upon existing collaborative relationships among biostatistics, statistics, and mental health research faculty in the CCEB, the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (DBE), the Department of Psychiatry (PSYCH), and Wharton's Department of Statistics (STAT). The four- to five-year training program for predoctoral students provides didactic training in fundamental skills, methodologies, and principles of biostatistics, with specific emphasis on the areas of most importance to mental health research. Courses are offered in general and advanced biostatistics and research methods, leading toward a PhD degree in Biostatistics. Trainees are required to obtain a strong background in substantive areas related to mental health through participation in research seminars and a series of interdisciplinary reading courses in mental health research that examine methodologic issues, scientific approaches, technologies, concepts, and applications of statistical approaches in mental health research. Specifically, the training program is designed to: 1) recruit trainees with interests in mental health research; 2) provide in-depth knowledge of the biostatistical techniques appropriate to mental health research; 3) provide research experiences with mentors in both biostatistics and mental health; 4) provide an inter-disciplinary infrastructure, bringing together faculty and students in the CCEB, DBE, PSYCH, and STAT, designed to support graduate education in mental health biostatistics; 5) help ensure that trainees will pursue academic careers in developing methods and collaborations needed in mental health research; and 6) place graduates in academic mental health research positions. Strengths of the program are the training program in biostatistics, including comprehensive course offerings available to trainees; the wide-ranging experience of the biostatistics faculty in multiple areas of biostatistics methods and mental health research; the commitment of the faculty to collaborative research and training; the established teaching program in STAT; the long history of successful clinical research training programs offered by the CCEB; and the existing collaborative links among CCEB, DBE, PSYCH, and STAT faculty. The resources available to students include a broad array of ongoing research projects, including clinical trials, observational studies, translational research, and experimental studies; Penn's commitment to collaborative research and training; and the broad range of expertise and experiences of faculty participating in this training program.

描述（由申请人提供）：宾夕法尼亚大学 (Penn) 医学院 (SOM) 临床流行病学和生物统计学中心 (CCEB) 提交此提案，以继续开展心理健康生物统计学创新且成功的博士前培训计划。目标是培养个人成为严谨和独立的学术研究人员，能够使用生物统计学的一系列方法来回答心理健康研究中的问题。该项目建立在 CCEB、生物统计和流行病学系 (DBE)、精神病学系 (PSYCH) 和沃顿商学院统计系 (STAT) 的生物统计学、统计学和心理健康研究人员之间现有的合作关系的基础上。博士前学生为期四到五年的培训计划提供生物统计学基本技能、方法和原理的教学培训，特别强调对心理健康研究最重要的领域。课程提供一般和高级生物统计学和研究方法，最终获得生物统计学博士学位。学员需要通过参加研究研讨会和一系列心理健康研究的跨学科阅读课程来获得与心理健康相关的实质性领域的强大背景，这些课程探讨心理健康研究中的方法论问题、科学方法、技术、概念和统计方法的应用。健康研究。具体来说，培训计划旨在：1）招募对心理健康研究感兴趣的学员； 2）提供适合心理健康研究的生物统计技术的深入知识； 3）与导师一起提供生物统计学和心理健康方面的研究经验； 4) 提供跨学科基础设施，将 CCEB、DBE、PSYCH 和 STAT 的教师和学生聚集在一起，旨在支持心理健康生物统计学的研究生教育； 5）帮助确保学员将在开发心理健康研究所需的方法和合作方面追求学术生涯； 6）将毕业生安置在学术心理健康研究岗位上。该计划的优势是生物统计学培训计划，包括为学员提供的综合课程；生物统计学教师在生物统计学方法和心理健康研究多个领域的广泛经验；教师对合作研究和培训的承诺； STAT既定的教学计划； CCEB 提供的临床研究培训项目有着悠久的成功历史；以及 CCEB、DBE、PSYCH 和 STAT 教师之间现有的合作联系。学生可用的资源包括一系列正在进行的研究项目，包括临床试验、观察性研究、转化研究和实验研究；宾夕法尼亚大学致力于合作研究和培训；以及参与该培训计划的教师广泛的专业知识和经验。