Short Term Aging-Related Reseach Program

7.项目摘要 考虑到人口老龄化和对医生-科学家劳动力的担忧， 向下一代医生灌输理解和改善老年人护理的愿望 通过在基础、临床和社会科学领域追求科学发现。本申请的目的 是重新支持成功的短期衰老相关研究（星星）T35计划， 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年从事老龄化研究的职业。在毕业典礼上，我们的国家卫生研究院 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，研究提高了他们职业目标，报告意图的可能性增加了3倍 从事全职学术研究。拟议的计划将继续由大卫博士领导 Meltzer是一位医生兼经济学家，他是美国国家医学科学院的成员，也是一位NIA资助的 研究人员，包括目前在社会科学和老龄化的NIA资助的T32 MD/PhD程序PI。他将 由一个有成就的团队共同董事和助理董事，包括助理院长， 奖学金和发现和NIH资助的研究人员Vineet Arora博士研究老年人的睡眠， 现任老年病和姑息治疗科科长Stacie Levine博士和NIA的Sangram Sisodia博士- 阿尔兹海默症的研究者在长期成功的既定进程的基础上， 普利兹克医学院夏季研究计划和奖学金与发现4年 研究基础设施，拟议的计划将继续每年招收9名T35赞助的学生 另外九个由普利兹克医学院支持。一个全国著名的国立卫生研究院的干部- 受资助的基础、临床和与老龄化相关的社会科学的主要研究人员将指导个人 学员们总共有超过3000万美元的资金。此外，学员将参加教学活动， 指导负责任地进行研究，统计，临床老年医学和创新课程， 学者在翻译老化研究培训（START）计划，这将使他们接触到的概念， 生物学、临床老年病学和社会科学是研究衰老的核心。近10年来， START课程不断提高参与者对老龄化研究事业的兴趣（NIA和 T35资助和其他）。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倾向，继续追求研究作为一种职业。鉴于老化的 人口和对医生科学家劳动力的关注，当务之急是灌输下一个 这一代医生希望通过追求了解和改善老年人的护理， 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.