Multidisciplinary undergraduate training program in Health-assistive Smart Environments

项目总结/摘要 世界人口正在老龄化。由此产生的患病率和为老年人提供优质护理的能力 阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症（ADRD）以及其他慢性疾病的患者是一个挑战 我们的社会必须解决。我们的愿景是通过提供多样化的本科生来应对这一挑战 学生的科学，临床和研究经验需要了解健康辅助技术 设计技术解决方案，帮助应对老龄化挑战，改善人类健康。 神经科学，心理学，社会学，计算机科学和工程（MSTEM）的本科生 计划以及那些在医疗保健相关学科需要一个强大的多学科背景， 真正为将技术应用于老年学问题的研究做好准备。这次更新的目的是 应用是继续加强和领导本科生的研究培训计划， 老年学和基于技术的辅助环境领域。这将通过课程工作来完成， 暑期研究计划，在线材料和专业研讨会，以帮助其他机构发展 类似的节目。最终目标是培养出多样化的新一代研究生研究人员 和创新者，他们理解在应对人口老龄化领域继续工作的必要性 问题和开始他们的研究生涯准备gerontechnology为导向的研究。完成我们 目标，我们将完善并提供一个面向多学科本科生的老年技术课程， 学生（目标1）。我们还将完善并提供以老年技术为重点的夏季本科研究 体验（GSUR）计划，将为高素质的学生提供基于团队的研究机会 (Aim 2）。为了扩大培训计划的影响，我们将为高级顶点提供指导支持 项目和与老年技术有关的独立和临床培训项目（目标3）。最后我们将 通过在线课程、Youtube视频、 和播客，并在高知名度的老年学和 技术会议（目标4）。在所有这些努力中，我们将招募和参与多元化的学生团体，包括 STEM领域的妇女、少数群体、残疾人和来自弱势背景的个人。的 拟议的计划是创新的，因为Gerontechnology相关的本科课程具有真正的多- 学科核心很少。服务于本地学生团体，暑期学生从 其他程序，和个人从外面的大学通过在线材料，公开研讨会， 研讨会将提高质量，数量和高度准备即将到来的研究生研究人员的多样性。 这个项目意义重大，因为它将向许多大学生介绍我们社会在2008年面临的问题。 未来几十年，以及准备他们中的许多人，以帮助开发新的方法，以医疗保健， 将科技与传统医学方法相结合。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The world's population is aging. The resulting prevalence and ability to provide quality care for older individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRDs) and other chronic illnesses is a challenge our society must address. Our vision is to address this challenge by providing a diverse body of undergraduate students with the scientific, clinical, and research experience needed to understand health-assistive technology and design technological solutions that aid with the challenges of aging and improve human health. Undergraduates in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, computer science, and engineering (MSTEM) programs as well as those in healthcare-related disciplines need a strong multi-disciplinary background to be truly prepared for research in applying technology to gerontology issues. The objective of this renewal application is to continue to enhance and lead a research training program for undergraduate students in the fields of gerontology and technology-based assistive environments. This will be done through course work, summer research programs, online materials and professional symposia to help other institutions develop similar programs. The ultimate goal is to bring up a diverse generation of new graduate student researchers and innovators who understand the need of continued work in the field for addressing the aging population issues and begin their research careers prepared for gerontechnology oriented research. To accomplish our goal, we will refine and offer a gerontechnology class that is geared toward multidisciplinary undergraduate students (Aim 1). We will also refine and offer a gerontechnology-focused summer undergraduate research experience (GSUR) program that will provide a team-based research opportunity for highly-qualified students (Aim 2). To broaden the impact of the training program, we will offer mentoring support for senior capstone projects and independent and clinical training projects related to gerontechnology (Aim 3). Finally, we will broaden the impact of our program by disseminating training materials through online classes, Youtube videos, and podcasts, and presenting methods and results of the training program at high-visibility gerontology and technology meetings (Aim 4). In all of these efforts we will recruit and involve a diverse student body, including women in STEM, minorities, persons with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The proposed program is innovative because Gerontechnology-related undergraduate programs with a true multi- disciplinary core are rare. The combination of serving both the local student body, summer students from other programs, and individuals from outside the university through online materials, open seminars, and workshops will bolster the quality, quantity, and diversity of highly prepared upcoming graduate researchers. The project is significant because it will introduce many undergraduates to the issues faced by our society in the coming decades, as well as prepare many of them to help develop new approaches to health care through melding technology with traditional medical approaches.