Goals & Objectives

Goals of the Graduate Training and Education Center

• Enrich the educational experiences and skills of participating graduate students to prepare them for future careers in academics, industry, and government research settings;
• Enhance the professional skills of graduate students to increase the likelihood of success and completion of graduate school; and
• Increase the interest in, and likelihood of, participating graduate students entering careers in biomedical sciences following degree and program completion.

Objectives of the Graduate Training and Education Center

• Establish a graduate level certificate program focused on cardiovascular epidemiology research.
• Establish JHS data mentoring teams to oversee efforts by graduate students to analyze, present, and publish their research from Jackson Heart Study data.
• Work closely with the affiliated JHS Centers to assure coordination of the JHS Graduate Training and Education Center Program and support the JHS in achieving its five major aims.
• Work with the JHS Coordinating Center to develop and maintain a student database with evaluation metrics for student performance.
• Disseminate the achievements of the JHS through presentations, publications in peer-review journals, and reports to the JHS Coordinating Center, OSMB, and NHLBI.