GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH ACADEMIC AWARD

这份申请书推荐安德鲁·勒克特医学博士作为候选人 老年精神卫生学术奖，进行他的研究和 加州大学洛杉矶分校的教学活动。本申请有五个目的：1) 以促进Leuchter博士作为老年病研究人员的发展 精神病学；2)促进加州大学洛杉矶分校旨在 改进痴呆患者的诊断和评估方法；3) 扩大加州大学洛杉矶分校精神病学和其他系的教职员工参与 在老年精神健康研究中；4)使Leuchter博士能够 其他研究人员利用他的技能和方法；5)传播 他向加州大学洛杉矶分校的其他院士介绍了他的研究成果。 这些目标将通过五个部分的计划来实现。首先，Leuchter博士 将在他获奖期间进行两项研究：a)一项旨在 计算机分析脑电(CEEG)技术的发展 痴呆症鉴别诊断测试，以及b)一项研究 心理、社会和生物因素可能导致 阿尔茨海默型痴呆(DAT)患者的抑郁。第二, 他将继续进行一项有组织的学术课程和教程计划，旨在 他的研究技能的发展。该计划将包括 生物统计学、临床流行病学和电生理学的研究。 第三，作为一名教职员工，他将在 老年精神科服务，在两个老年人诊所担任主治医生 精神病患者被看望，并在 两笔NIMH培训赠款的赞助。第四，他将提高他的临床水平 通过对患者进行临床和研究评估来提高技能 加州大学洛杉矶分校老年精神疾病诊所与西洛杉矶VA(WLA-VA)痴呆 诊所。第五，他将作为讲师参加研讨会，案例 加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州大学洛杉矶分校的会议、盛大巡回和其他教学计划 WLA-VA医院作为传播他的研究成果的一种手段 在整个学术环境中。他还将成为一名顾问 给研究所里的其他研究人员。

This application proposes Andrew Leuchter, M.D., as a candidate for the Geriatric Mental Health Academic Award, to conduct his research and teaching activities at UCLA. There are five aims in this application: 1) to foster Dr. Leuchter's development as an investigator in geriatric psychiatry; 2) to facilitate the development at UCLA of research aimed at improved methods for diagnosis and assessment of demented patients; 3) to broaden involvement by faculty in psychiatry and other departments at UCLA in geriatric mental health research; 4) to enable Dr. Leuchter to train other researchers to utilize his skills and methods; and, 5) to disseminate his research findings to other academicians at UCLA. These aims will be achieved through a five-part plan. First, Dr. Leuchter will conduct two studies during the term of his award: a) a study aimed at the development of computer-analyzed electroencephalography (CEEG) as a test for the differential diagnosis of dementia, and b) a study of psychological, social, and biological factors that may contribute to depression in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). Second, he will pursue a program of structured academic courses and tutorials aimed at the development of his research skills. This program will include the study of biostatistics, clinical epidemiology, and electrophysiology. Third, as a member of the faculty, he will supervise residents on the geropsychiatry service, serve as an attending in two clinics where elderly psychiatric patients are seen, and train research fellows under the auspices of two NIMH training grants. Fourth, he will enhance his clinical skills by performing clinical and research evaluations on patients in the UCLA Geropsychiatry Clinic and the West Los Angeles VA (WLA-VA) Dementia Clinic. Fifth, he will participate as an instructor in seminars, case conferences, grand rounds, and other didactic programs of the UCLA and WLA-VA Hospitals as a means of disseminating his research findings throughout the academic setting. He also will be available as a consultant to other researchers in the institution.