Graduate Education
The Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) Program
The Prevention Research Center and the Methodology Center, College of Health and Human Development, have received funding from the National Institutes of Health for a training grant that will focus on preparing pre- and postdoctoral students as prevention methodologists. Read more information about on pre- and postdoctoral opportunities through the Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) program.
Graduate Education in the Penn State Prevention Research Center
The Prevention Research Center is committed to rigorous training of the next generations of prevention scientists. This involvement includes both pre- and post-doctoral training programs that focus on collaborations with experienced mentors and emphasize the growth in the number of externally funded studies that include funds to train students in prevention research.
By following this mission, we seek to strengthen the nation's supply of prevention researchers by preparing a core of well-prepared scholars in prevention science. Our goal is to ensure that each student is ready to launch his or her research career with the requisite skills for scholarly publication, teaching, conference presentation, and grant proposal development.
Through enrollment in graduate programs and experience in funded research projects, pre- and post-doctoral students are trained to conceptualize problems and questions for study, design research studies, understand and apply appropriate data analysis, write for publication and proposal development, and collaborate on interdisciplinary teams. These skills are acquired through a combination of structured experiences (coursework, seminars, workshops) and mentorship.
Examples of graduate student poster presentations, based on work they are accomplishing on funded research projects, may be found here.