GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH ACADEMIC AWARD

本申请建议Andrew Leuchter，医学博士，为候选人 老年心理健康学术奖，进行他的研究， 在UCLA的教学活动。 本申请有五个目的：1） 以促进卢切特博士作为老年医学研究者的发展 精神病学; 2）促进加州大学洛杉矶分校研究的发展， 改善痴呆症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部门的教师参与 老年心理健康研究; 4）使Leuchter博士能够培训 其他研究人员利用他的技能和方法;和，5）传播 他的研究成果在加州大学洛杉矶分校的其他院士。 这些目标将通过一个由五部分组成的计划来实现。 首先，鲁契特医生 将在任期内进行两项研究：a）一项旨在 计算机分析脑电图（CEEG）的发展， 用于痴呆的鉴别诊断的测试，和B）研究 心理，社会和生物因素，可能有助于 阿尔茨海默型痴呆（DAT）患者的抑郁症。 第二、 他将继续学习结构化的学术课程和教程， 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，作为教职员工，他将监督居民对 老年精神病学服务，担任两个诊所的主治医生， 精神病患者被看到，并根据 两个NIMH培训赠款的赞助。 第四，加强临床 通过对患者进行临床和研究评估， 加州大学洛杉矶分校老年精神病学诊所和西洛杉矶VA（WLA-VA）痴呆症 诊所 第五，他将作为讲师参加研讨会， 会议，大轮，和加州大学洛杉矶分校的其他教学计划， WLA-VA医院作为传播其研究成果的手段 整个学术环境。 他还将担任顾问 其他研究人员的信息

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.