Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research

这是耶鲁大学老年临床流行病学培训计划的第四次竞争性更新 老龄化相关研究。耶鲁计划的目标是培养一支内科科学家和 具有老年临床流行病学和/或专业知识的博士研究人员(临床医生和非临床医生) 翻译衰老研究，并使他们有能力解决关于 健康问题的诊断、病因、治疗、预防和预后 老年人的数量不断增加。我们将通过提供高素质的医生来实现这一目标， 已经在老年病学和/或与年龄相关的次级专业方面接受过良好培训，并表现突出 经过2至3年严格研究培训的博士生。我们的实习生将发展11项技能中的每一项 基本领域：1)提出有意义和重点的研究问题和假设；2)设计 针对重点研究问题的观察性、机械性和/或试验性研究；3)技术 成功执行具体的研究设计；4)项目和/或实验室管理；5)关键分析 科学文献；6)数据科学原理；7)研究结果的解释；8)口头和书面 传播科学方法和研究结果；9)制定和实施战略，以 研究支持；10)研究团队方法和领导力；11)预算管理。这些技能 将通过包括教学和体验两个部分的培训经验来发展。这个 教学课程包括通过临床医生学者计划、调查医学提供的课程 耶鲁大学公共卫生项目和公共卫生学院，以及几个高质量的老龄化专门培训论坛 和“场外”。耶鲁计划的核心部分是有指导的研究体验，其中包括 与老年病学/老年学计划学院举行有组织的会议，并至少进行一项监督研究 为学员的经验和兴趣量身定做的项目，目标是首先产生一个或多个- 撰写、同行评议的出版物和支持进一步研究的赠款申请。耶鲁大学的项目 在前19年的每一年都成功地招聘并保留了一批优秀的实习生 多年来，它成功地将许多毕业生安排在终身教职轨道上，担任研究密集型职位- 三级学术机构。在接下来的五年里，我们要求继续为四个博士后职位提供资金。

This is the fourth competing renewal of the Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research. The objective of the Yale Program is to develop a cadre of physician scientists and PhD investigators (clinicians and nonclinicians) with expertise in geriatric clinical epidemiology and/or translational aging research and equip them to address the myriad of unanswered questions concerning the diagnosis, etiology, treatment, prevention, and prognosis of the health problems experienced by the ever- increasing number of older persons. We will accomplish this objective by providing highly qualified physicians, who are already well trained in geriatrics and/or subspecialties with age-related relevance, and outstanding PhD investigators with 2 to 3 years of rigorous research training. Our trainees will develop skills in each of 11 essential areas: 1) formulation of significant and focused research questions and hypotheses; 2) design of observational, mechanistic and/or experimental studies to address focused research questions; 3) techniques to successfully execute specific study designs; 4) project and/or laboratory management; 5) critical analysis of the scientific literature; 6) principles of data science; 7) interpretation of findings; 8) oral and written communication of scientific methods and findings; 9) development and implementation of strategies for research support; 10) research team approaches and leadership; and 11) budget management. These skills will be developed through a training experience that includes both didactic and experiential components. The didactic curriculum includes courses offered through the Clinician Scholars Program, Investigative Medicine Program and School of Public Health, coupled with several high quality aging-specific training forums at Yale and “off site”. The central component of the Yale Program is a mentored research experience, which includes structured meetings with Program Faculty in geriatrics/gerontology and at least one supervised research project tailored to the trainee’s experiences and interests, with the goal of producing one or more first- authored, peer-reviewed publications and a grant application to support further research. The Yale Program has successfully recruited and retained a full complement of outstanding trainees during each of the first 19 years, and has successfully placed many of its graduates in tenure-track, research-intensive positions at top- tier academic institutions. For the next five years, we request continued funding for four postdoctoral positions.