Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases Training Grant

项目摘要 自1991年以来由NIA资助，这项申请寻求第6次竞争性续签 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校(UW)T32项目成功。IT请求 继续支持4名博士后和4名博士后学员进行老龄化研究。 T32的主要任务是提供跨学科、最先进的培训，以 生物学和临床/翻译研究方面的有才华的博士后和博士后研究员 在衰老和相关疾病方面。与之前的受训人员类似，预计大多数 在下一个资助期，学员将追求成功的学术生涯，并领导 全国各地在老龄化研究方面的突出项目。此应用程序构建在 华盛顿大学在老年学研究方面的杰出资源，包括35人(16名女性 和19名男性)在老龄化研究方面拥有公认专业知识的教师导师。值得注意的是， 导师在教授(18人)、副教授(18人)这三个教员职级之间保持平衡 教授(9人)和助理教授(8人)，每个导师都有一段著名的 开展尖端老龄化研究，培养成功的老年学科学家。 在超过25年的时间里，这款T32已经获得了大量的机构承诺。这个 本申请包括重大财政承诺，包括支持 每年新增(即第5个)博士前职位，并提供5%的资金用于 每年担任项目主任和副主任。这方面的其他优势 申请包括：1)纳入16名(46%)代表新兴市场的新教师导师 老龄化研究领域，2)初级、中级导师的均衡分配 和高级教员级别，3)过去支持的T32学员中超过93%的历史 仅15年就在老龄化研究方面追求成功的学术生涯，4) 确认该培训计划不与威斯康星大学的任何其他T32计划重叠，5) 加强努力，以增加招聘和留住受训人员 代表性不足的群体，以及6)在这两个方面都纳入了杰出的培训课程 基础生物学和临床研究，增加了几个新的教学计划。 总体而言，目前的T32将继续为有才华的年轻人提供出色的培训 从事基于实验室和临床/转化性研究的科学家 并帮助他们在老年学领域开创成功的学术生涯。

Project Summary Funded by NIA since 1991, this application seeks the 6th competitive renewal for a highly successful T32 program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW). It requests continued support for 4 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees in aging research. The major mission of this T32 is to provide interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art training to talented pre- and post-doctoral fellows in both biology and clinical/translational research in aging and related diseases. Similar to prior trainees, it is projected that the majority of trainees in the next funding period will pursue successful academic careers, and lead prominent programs in aging research across the country. This application builds upon the remarkable resources of UW in gerontology research, and includes 35 (16 women and 19 men) faculty mentors with acknowledged expertise in aging research. Notably, the mentors are balanced across the three faculty ranks of professor (18), associate professor (9) and assistant professor (8), and each mentor has a celebrated history of conducting cutting edge aging research and training successful scientists in gerontology. For over 25 years, this T32 has received substantial institutional commitment. The present application includes significant financial commitments, including support for a new (i.e., 5th position) predoctoral position each year and funds to cover 5% effort for both the Program Director and Associate Director annually. Additional strengths of this application include: 1) inclusion of 16 (46%) new faculty mentors representing emerging areas in aging research, 2) balanced distribution of mentors between junior, mid-level and senior faculty ranks, 3) history of over 93% of T32 trainees supported over the past 15 years alone have pursued successful academic careers in aging research, 4) confirmation that this training program does not overlap with any other T32 at UW, 5) enhanced efforts to increase recruitment and retention of trainees from underrepresented groups, and 6) inclusion of an outstanding training curriculum in both basic biological and clinical research with the addition of several new teaching programs. Overall, the present T32 will continue to provide outstanding training to talented young scientists in both laboratory-based and clinical/translational research in aging and related diseases, and help them launch successful academic careers in gerontology.