Psychosocial Determinants and Biological Pathways to Healthy Aging (Pathways)

项目总结 寻求了解和促进健康老龄化的科学家必须能够将研究方法和 从基本的生物机制到复杂的社会现象的发现。我们的博士后和博士后 培训方案，“健康老龄化的心理社会决定因素和生物学途径”(途径) 促进了这种综合方法。Path的总体目标是启动未来领导者的职业生涯 学术界内外的老龄化研究，谁拥有促进老龄化的知识和技能 科学。我们试图通过两种类型的培训活动来实现这一目标。首先，路径计划 为个人提供必要的基础培训，以整合广泛的心理社会和 在自己的研究中使用先进的数据采集和分析方法。这是 通过我们的双导师模式、个人发展计划、课程作业和参与 与同行和戒律者的座谈会。第二，我们在职业发展问题上提供指导， 是启动和维持一个成功的研究计划的关键。这种指导是通过一个 一年一度的助学金写作“新兵训练营”，有导师和外部演讲者参加的座谈会，并通过提供 在线资源(例如，资助提案的例子)。这一新计划的成功，支持了 迄今有15名博士后和8名博士后实习生，反映在实习生出版物的数量很多， 受训者之间的跨学科合作、资助的赠款申请和终身教职安排 教职员工职位。路径计划是通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学的健康老龄化中心管理的 有50年的卓越研究和培训个人的历史，这些人改变了老龄化科学 和发展的方法。我们的教员资金充足，在跨学科方面有很好的记录。 研究培训，来自人类发展和家庭研究，运动学， 生物行为健康和心理学。我们请求继续支持2名博士前实习生和2名博士后 在该计划的下一个周期每年招收博士后实习生，每个人都将参加该计划 已经两年了。此外，宾夕法尼亚州立大学已向Path计划承诺约210万美元，该计划 包括支持额外的5名博士后学生，3名额外的博士后实习生，以及项目资金 行政管理。

PROJECT SUMMARY Scientists seeking to understand and promote healthy aging must be able to integrate research methods and findings that span from basic biological mechanisms to complex social phenomena. Our pre- and postdoctoral training program, “Psychosocial Determinants and Biological Pathways to Healthy Aging” (Pathways) facilitates this integrative approach. The overall goal of Pathways is to launch the careers of future leaders in aging research, within and beyond academia, who possess the knowledge and skills to advance aging science. We seek to accomplish this goal through two types of training activities. First, the Pathways program provides individuals with the foundational training needed to integrate a broad range of psychosocial and biological concepts, and to use advanced data acquisition and analysis methods in their own research. This is achieved through our dual preceptor model, individual development plans, coursework, and participation in a colloquium with peers and preceptors. Second, we provide mentorship in professional development issues that are key to launching and maintaining a successful research program. This mentorship takes place through an annual grant-writing “boot camp,” colloquia featuring both preceptors and outside speakers, and by providing online resources (e.g., examples of funded proposals). The success of this new program, which has supported 15 predoctoral and 8 postdoctoral trainees to date, is reflected in the high number of trainee publications, cross-disciplinary collaboration among trainees, funded grant applications, and placement in tenure-track faculty positions. The Pathways program is administered through Penn State’s Center for Healthy Aging which has a 50-year history of research excellence and of training individuals who have transformed aging science and developmental methods. Our faculty preceptors are well-funded with strong records of interdisciplinary research training, from the Departments of Human Development and Family Studies, Kinesiology, Biobehavioral Health, and Psychology. We are requesting continued support for 2 pre-doctoral trainees and 2 post-doctoral trainees per year in the next cycle of the program, each of whom will be enrolled in the program for 2 years. In addition, Penn State University has committed ~ $2.1 million to the Pathways program which includes support for 5 additional predoctoral students, 3 additional postdoctoral trainees, and funds for program administration.