MICHIGAN GERIATRICS RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER

拟建的老年医学研究和培训中心的使命是 密歇根大学(UM)将加强培训环境 老年医学未来的学术领袖，以吸引初级教职员工 参加老年医学研究和科研培训，以提高 参与老年医学的现有资助教师的工作效率 研究，并鼓励对重要健康的多学科研究 老年人的护理问题。该中心约有80名教职员工 来自UM多个部门、机构和学校的成员 对儿童重大健康问题的研究作出了重大承诺 老年人。GRTC将强调某些超越研究领域的研究 传统的纪律分界线特别适合于 多学科方法。本研究选择了四个具体的研究领域 基于现有的UM研究和培训优势，有机会 未来的增长。这些研究和培训的重点领域受到了损害 动态平衡；大脑紊乱；行动能力受损；以及健康和福祉。 GRTC将促进多学科合作研究，试图 将基础科学、临床科学和卫生服务研究结合起来 每一个区域。GRTC的一个关键组成部分将是研究进展 核心，将专注于对有前途的学术领袖的研究培训 在老年病学和衰老研究中。提出了几个研究核心。 以帮助完成GRTC的排放。其中包括一个人类 主题核心，老龄啮齿动物的核心设施，生物力学核心， 数据分析与管理核心和分子生物学核心。 拟议的GRTC将是密歇根大学老年医学中心的一个关键组成部分， 它是由大学校董会于1987年成立的。GRTC将 与UM老年学研究所密切互动，该研究所拥有丰富的 大学成立以来的学术研究传统与老龄化训练 1965年。密歇根大学教师在健康问题上的现有研究优势 在老年人中，UM对老年医学计划发展的承诺，以及 在老年和老年医学方面的研究培训的杰出记录 嗯，创造一个理想的环境，在其中建立第一个 全国老年医学研究和培训中心。

The mission of the proposed Geriatric Research and Training Center at The University of Michigan (UM) is to strengthen the environment for training of future academic leaders in Geriatrics, to attract junior faculty to participate in Geriatrics research and research training, to enhance the productivity of currently funded faculty who are involved in Geriatrics research, and to stimulate multidisciplinary research of important health care problems of the elderly. The Center involves approximately 80 faculty members from multiple UM departments, institutes an schools who have made substantial commitments to the study of important health problems of the elderly. The GRTC will emphasize certain areas of research which transcend traditional disciplinary lines an are particularly amenable to a multidisciplinary approach. Four specific research areas were chosen based upon existing UM research and training strengths an opportunities for future growth. These research and training emphasis areas are Impaired Homeostasis; Brain Disorders; Impaired Mobility; and Health and Well Being. The GRTC will foster collaborative multidisciplinary research attempting to integrate basic science, clinical science and health services research in each area. A key component of the GRTC will be the Research Development Core which will focus on research training for promising academic leaders in Geriatrics and in aging research. Several research cores are proposed to help accomplish the emission of the GRTC. These include a Human Subjects Core, a Core Facility for Aging Rodents, a Biomechanics Core, a Data Analysis and Management Core, and Molecular Biology Core. The proposed GRTC will be a key component of the UM Geriatrics Center, which was established by the University Regents in 1987. The GRTC will interact closely with the UM Institute of Gerontology, which has a rich tradition of academic research an training in aging since its establishment in 1965. The existing research strengths of UM faculty in health problems of the elderly, the UM's commitment to Geriatrics program development, and the outstanding record of research training in aging and Geriatrics at the UM make for an ideal environment in which to establish one of the first Geriatric Research and Training Centers in the country.