OHSU School of Nursing: Post-Ph.D. Program - Risk Assessment and Intervention Research with Individuals and Families T32 Training Program

Risk Assessment and Intervention Research with Individuals and Families T32 Training Program

This training grant has two 1-year fellowships to nurses with doctoral degrees who wish to obtain advanced research training. The program emphasizes the preparation of nurse scientists to launch independent programs of research that will embrace individual and family perspectives, encompass risk assessment and intervention, and link findings to health and public policy in order to reduce health disparities. The objectives of the postdoctoral training program are to:

strengthen abilities in the conduct of all aspects of risk assessment and intervention research, with individuals and families, in order to reduce or prevent health disparities;
enhance ability to critique scientific work;
strengthen understanding of the responsible conduct of research; and
facilitate collaboration with researchers in health disparities among individuals and families through networking and collaborative opportunities.

The grant-related activities supporting the post doctoral program are designed to contribute toward the preparation for a competitive program of research. In addition, postdoctoral trainees will negotiate a tailored 10-credit program of study that will strengthen the trainee's preparation to conduct risk assessment and intervention research with individuals and families, drawing from the same courses required of predoctoral trainees but augmenting as the postdoctoral trainee's preparation permits.

Selection of Mentors for Postdoctoral Trainees

During the inquiry process for the postdoctoral training program, the applicant must identify a potential primary mentor for the training period. The basis for this relationship is typically a match between the research interests, needs and plans of the applicant and the expertise of the mentor. The applicant must discuss the possibility for working with an identified faculty to determine sufficient match and whether the mentor can indeed make the commitment to the postdoctoral trainee. Only then does the post doctoral applicant, in consultation with the mentor, develop a proposal describing his/her plan for research training.

Application

Candidates for a postdoctoral training award are expected to hold a bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited school, and an earned doctoral degree in nursing or a related field (e.g., Ph.D., DNSc, EdD, or DrPH). Individuals who inquire about postdoctoral training will be matched with appropriate potential sponsors from the training faculty. After consultation and negotiation with that faculty, applicants will submit a letter of intent, a curriculum vita, and a statement of a proposed research training plan, including how their research fits with the proposed sponsor. The core program faculty selects the postdoctoral trainees on the basis of the applicants' past academic and research training record, scholarly achievements, potential to contribute to nursing science through research, and the match between the applicant's research plans and the faculty mentor.