Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training in Global Health Through a Novel Joint Project for Trainees from Diverse Disciplines: Benefits, Risks, and Observations.
Postdoctoral training programs are usually highly individualized arrangements between trainees and a limited number of senior mentors in their field, an approach that contrasts with current trends in public health education that promote interdisciplinary training to spur innovation. Herein, we describe an alternative model for postdoctoral training for a group of fellows from distinct disciplines. Fellows work with mentors from diverse fields to create a joint research project or a group of complementary projects, with the goal of developing a new device, intervention, or innovation to address a global health problem. The perceived benefits, challenges, and limitations of this team approach to interdisciplinary postdoctoral training are presented.
Office of Global Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.|Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Richard A
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Oberhelman
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.|Office of Global Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Cynthia Anticona
CA
Huaynate
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.|Office of Global Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Malena
M
Correa
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.|Office of Global Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Holger Mayta
HM
Malpartida
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.|Office of Global Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Monica
M
Pajuelo
Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.|Office of Global Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Valerie A
VA
Paz-Soldan
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.|Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
Robert H
RH
Gilman
Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Science, Faculty of Science, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
Mirko
M
Zimic
Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Laura
L
Murphy
Instituto de Efectividad Clinica y Sanitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jose
J
Belizan
D035843:Biomedical Research; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D017145:Models, Educational