Workshop on the Methodology of Twin and Family Studies

双胞胎与家庭研究方法论研讨会

• 批准号: 7680045
• 负责人: JOHN K. HEWITT
• 金额: $ 13.99万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-30 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7680045
• 关键词: Area; Characteristics; Collaborations; Collection; Colorado; DNA; Data; Data Set; Education; Educational workshop; Epidemiologic Studies; Equilibrium; Etiology; Family; Family Study; Funding; Genetic; Grant; Guidelines; Individual; Interdisciplinary Study; Knowledge; Mental Health; Methodology; Methods; Participant; Postdoctoral Fellow; Publications; Request for Applications; Request for Proposals; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Scientist; Training; Twin Multiple Birth; United States Public Health Service; Update; Work; career; design; experience; innovation; meetings; programs; skills

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests a further five years of funding to support the organization and delivery, on five occasions, of a one week intensive training workshop. The workshop is targeted at post-doctoral trainees and experienced investigators (MDs and PhDs), carrying out mental health research supported by the Public Health Service, who are currently working with twin and family study data (including linkage and association studies), planning to initiate such research, or considering the inclusion of twins and families, or DNA collection, epidemiological studies. So as to keep a balance between the needs of investigators conducting different kinds of studies and those using a variety of methodologies, we propose to alternate between a workshop focusing on biometrical analyses of twin and family data, and an advanced workshop focusing on association and linkage studies. During the current period there have been over 90 participants at each introductory workshop and an average of 60 participants at each advanced workshop. Since the inception of the workshops in 1987, over 1200 individuals have attended this training. Sixteen of the 21 workshops have been hosted by the current PI (John Hewitt) in Boulder, Colorado. Although a training workshop, it shares some characteristics of a scientific meeting. Participants are encouraged discuss their current research, to bring copies of their data to work on directly while at the workshop, and to discuss and develop research plans. New collaborations are established to facilitate both high quality research and publication on existing data sets, and new research initiatives are strengthened by the collaboration of experts with a phenotypic focus with experts in methodology. This application follows the guidelines in PA Number: PAR-06-494 for Mental Health Research Education Grants and extends the training work previously funded by grants T35MH19392, T35MH19918, and R25MH19918. The workshop offers an innovative educational program designed to prepare researchers for interdisciplinary research careers in the area of genetics and mental health. Research scientists participating in the workshops will update their knowledge and expertise, refine their research skills and, specifically, obtain specialized training in methods of genetic design and analysis and their integration into research on the genetic and environmental etiology of mental health.

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求另外五年的资金来支持组织和交付，五次进行一周的密集培训研讨会。该研讨会针对博士后学员和经验丰富的研究人员（MDS和PHD），由公共卫生服务提供支持的心理健康研究，他们目前正在与双胞胎和家庭研究数据（包括联系和协会研究）合作，计划启动此类研究，或考虑将双胞胎和家庭或家属或DNA收集纳入DNA收集，流行病学研究。为了在进行各种研究的研究人员的需求与使用各种方法的研究者之间保持平衡，我们建议在重点是双胞胎和家庭数据的生物识别分析的研讨会之间进行交替，以及专注于关联和联系研究的高级研讨会。在当前期间，每个入门研讨会上有90多名参与者，每个高级研讨会平均有60名参与者。自1987年的研讨会成立以来，超过1200人参加了这项培训。 21个研讨会中有16个由现任科罗拉多州博尔德的PI（John Hewitt）举办。尽管是培训研讨会，但它具有科学会议的一些特征。鼓励参与者讨论他们当前的研究，将数据的副本直接在研讨会上进行，并讨论和制定研究计划。建立了新的合作，以促进高质量的研究和现有数据集的出版物，并通过与方法论专家的表型重点的专家合作加强了新的研究计划。该申请遵循PA编号的准则：PAR-06-494，用于精神健康研究教育，并扩展了先前由赠款T35MH19392，T35MH19918和R25MH19918资助的培训工作。该研讨会提供了一项创新的教育计划，旨在为研究人员准备遗传学和心理健康领域的跨学科研究职业。参加研讨会的研究科学家将更新他们的知识和专业知识，完善他们的研究技能，特别是在遗传设计和分析方法中获得专门的培训，及其整合到对心理健康遗传和环境病因的研究。