GERIATRIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTERS

杜克老年医学研究和培训中心的组织是为了加强 和支持老年医学的研究和研究事业发展 通过其核心资源。GRTC的中心主题将是 老龄化与慢性病的研究。GRTC的总部设在 杜克大学老龄化和人类发展研究中心 所有大学的多学科课程。它将利用 资源丰富的杜克大学医学中心，杜克大学老年 中心、达勒姆退伍军人事务部GRECC和其他附属项目。举例 这些项目包括达勒姆退伍军人健康服务研究和 美国抑郁症临床研究中心发展计划 老年人，阿尔茨海默病研究中心，既定人群 老年流行病学研究，行为医学计划， 和心脏中心。这一丰富的环境包括96名高级研究员 老龄化中心和50名调查人员，资金1480万美元 在与本项目主题直接相关的领域进行研究。这个 久负盛名的博士后研究和老年医学培训 这些项目是职业发展的天然食粮。 GRTC将在现有老龄中心核心设施的基础上 在关键领域提供新的资源，包括五个相互关联的核心计划： 领导/行政核心；三个研究核心：a) 心血管和自主神经生理学实验室(将提供 用于神经系统和心血管反应评估的设备 和心血管功能)，B)流行病学/卫生服务研究 核心(将提供设计和实施方面的专业知识 流行病学和卫生服务研究)，以及C)遗传分析 实验室(将为DNA银行和遗传EPIDE提供设施- 链接和相关研究的微生物咨询)；以及一项研究 职业发展核心，将促进职业发展 通过项目和工资支持来支持学术老年医生。职业生涯 发展活动将提供有指导的研究经验，以及 在需要的地方进行进一步的教育培训。在第一年，有四个 将支持职业发展和试点项目：两个初级项目 完全完成老年医学培训和两个试点项目的教职员工 来自年轻调查人员，他们将进行与GRTC相关的研究。

The Duke Geriatric Research and Training Center is organized to enhance and support research and research career development in geriatrics through its Core resources. The central theme of the GRTC will be Research on Aging and Chronic Illness. The GRTC will be based in the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, an all-university multidisciplinary program. It will take advantage of the rich resources of the Duke University Medical Center, the Duke Aging Center, the Durham VA GRECC, and other affiliated programs. Examples of such programs include the Durham VA Health Services Research and Development Program, Clinical Research Center for Depression in the Elderly, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, Behavioral Medicine Program, and Heart Center. This rich milieu includes 96 senior fellows of the Aging Center and 50 investigators with 14.8 million dollars of funded research in areas directly related to the theme of this project. The long-established Post-doctoral Research, and Geriatrics Training Programs serve as natural feeders for career development. The GRTC will build upon existing Aging Center Core facilities to provide new resources in key areas to include five linked core programs: a Leadership/Administrative core; three research cores: A) Cardiovascular and Autonomic Physiology Laboratory (will provide facilities for evaluation of nervous system and cardiovascular responses and cardiovascular function), B) Epidemiology/Health Services Research core (will provide expertise in the design and implementation of epidemiologic and health service studies), and C) Genetic Analysis Laboratory (will provide facilities for DNA banking, and genetic epide- miology consultation for linkage and related studies); and a Research Career Development core which will facilitate career development of academic geriatricians through project and salary support. Career development activities will provide mentored research experiences, and further didactic training where needed. During the first year, four career development and pilot projects will be supported: two for junior faculty with fully completed geriatric training and two pilot projects from young investigators who will conduct research relevant to the GRTC.