Short Term Aging-Related Reseach Program

7.项目总结 鉴于人口老龄化和对医生-科学家队伍的担忧，当务之急是 向下一代医生灌输了解和改善对老年人的护理的愿望 通过追求基础、临床和社会科学的科学发现。本应用程序的目的是 是继续支持成功的短期老龄化相关研究(STAR)T35计划，该计划已 一直在为普利兹克医学院的学生提供基础、临床和社会科学研究方面的暑期培训 激励和准备他们在过去10年里从事老龄化研究。在毕业典礼上，我们国家卫生研究院 T35学员更有可能成为研究出版物的作者，对研究经验感到满意 在医学院，研究提高了他们的职业目标，报告意向的可能性增加了3倍 追求学术上的全职研究事业。拟议的计划将继续由David博士领导 梅尔策是一位内科经济学家，也是国家医学科学院的成员，也是NIA资助的 研究员，包括目前由NIA资助的社会科学和老龄化领域T32医学/博士项目的PI。他会的 加入了一个由联合董事和助理董事组成的成熟团队，包括助理院长 学术探索和NIH资助的研究人员维尼特·阿罗拉博士研究老年人的睡眠， 现任老年医学和姑息治疗科科长Stacie Levine博士和NIA- 资助了阿尔茨海默病的研究人员。建立在成功的Long- 开办普利兹克医学院暑期研究项目和四年制奖学金与发现 研究基础设施，拟议的计划将继续每年招收9名T35赞助学生 另有九个得到普利兹克医学院的支持。一位全国知名的NIH干部- 资助的与老龄化相关的基础、临床和社会科学领域的主要研究人员将指导个人 受训人员，他们总共有超过3000万美元的资金。此外，受训人员还将参加教育课程 负责任地指导研究、统计学、临床老年病学和一门名为 翻译老龄化研究培训(START)计划的学者，该计划将使他们接触到 生物学、临床老年病学和社会科学是衰老研究的核心。近10年来， Start课程持续增加了参与者(NIA和NIA)对老龄化研究职业的兴趣 T35资金和其他)。通过严格的评估和长期的跟踪，我们将能够确定 参与者表现出更大的继续从事研究作为职业的倾向。考虑到人口的老化 人口和对医生-科学家队伍的担忧，当务之急是灌输下一代 希望通过追求以下目标了解和改善对老年人的护理的一代医生 科学发现。

7. Project Summary Given the aging of the population and concerns over the physician-scientist workforce, it is imperative that inculcate the next generation of physicians with the desire to understand and improve care for older adults through pursuit of scientific discovery in the basic, clinical, and social sciences. The purpose of this application is to renew support for the successful Short- Term Aging-related Research (STAR) T35 program which has been providing summer training in basic, clinical, and social science research for Pritzker medical students to inspire and prepare them to pursue careers in aging research for the past 10 years. At graduation, our NIH T35 trainees are more likely to be an author on a research publication, be satisfied with research experiences in medical school, state that research enhanced their career goals, and 3 times more likely to report intention to pursue an academic full-time research career. The proposed program will continue to be led by Dr. David Meltzer, a physician-economist who is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and an NIA-funded investigator, including PI of a current NIA-funded T32 MD/PhD program in social sciences and aging. He will be joined by an accomplished team of co-directors and assistant directors including Assistant Dean for Scholarship & Discovery and NIH-funded researcher Dr. Vineet Arora who studies sleep in older persons, current Section Chief of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Dr. Stacie Levine, and Dr. Sangram Sisodia, an NIA- funded investigator in Alzheimer’s disease. Building on the established processes of the successful long- running Pritzker School of Medicine Summer Research Program and the Scholarship & Discovery 4-year research infrastructure, the proposed program will continue to admit nine T35 sponsored students each year with an additional nine supported by the Pritzker School of Medicine. A cadre of nationally prominent NIH- funded principal investigators in basic, clinical, and social science relevant to aging will mentor individual trainees who together have more than $30 million in funding. In addition, trainees will take part in didactic instruction in responsible conduct of research, statistics, clinical geriatrics and an innovative course called Scholars in Translational Aging Research Training (START) Program which will expose them to concepts in biology, clinical geriatrics, and the social sciences that are central to the study of aging. For nearly 10 years, the START course has consistently increased interest in aging research careers among participants (both NIA T35 funded and other). Through rigorous evaluation and long-term tracking, we will be able to determine if participants show a greater propensity to continue pursuing research as a career. Given the aging of the population and concerns over the physician-scientist workforce, it is imperative that inculcate the next generation of physicians with the desire to understand and improve care for older adults through pursuit of scientific discovery.