ORAL CONDITIONS AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN FRAIL ELDERS

体弱老年人的口腔状况和健康状况

• 批准号: 6031849
• 负责人: Michelle M Henshaw
• 金额: $ 11.89万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-07-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6031849
• 关键词: clinical research; community dental health; data management; dental pharmacology; dentition; epidemiology; frail elderly; geriatrics; human subject; longitudinal human study; nutrient intake activity; oral health; outcomes research; quality of life

The Mentored Patient-Oriented Research career Development Award (K23) will provide protected time, at 80 percent effort, for the PI to develop expertise in the design, conduct, and analysis of patient-oriented research in dental medicine. The proposed career development plan builds on the candidate's interests in, and earlier training in, geriatric dentistry and epidemiology. The five-year plan is designed to lead to the candidate receiving the degree Doctor of Science, in the area of dental public health, from the Boston University School of Dental Medicine. The career development plan proposes an initial period of didactic work, together with a supervised research experience involving a secondary data analysis of VA Normative Aging Study data, in the first two years of her program. This will provide the candidate with the preparation needed to carry out her proposed dissertation research project involving an oral health intervention study in a cohort of community-dwelling frail elders being followed at Boston University and Boston Medical Center. The candidate will be mentored by experienced investigators who have a successful track record of guiding the work of research trainees. This K23 program will take full advantage of active research collaborations with investigators at the Boston University Medical Center and affiliated institutions, and provide the candidate with a broad exposure to patient-oriented research. In turn, these existing patient-oriented research projects, funded by the NIH, the VA, and corporate and foundation sponsors, will benefit by the ability to involve the candidate in these programs. The PI will have the opportunity to build on existing research projects in the area of oral health determinants of systemic disease and quality of life outcomes, with a special focus on the study of vulnerable populations of elders.

指导以患者为导向的研究职业发展奖（K23）将提供受保护的时间，在80%的努力，为PI发展专业知识的设计，进行和分析以患者为导向的研究在牙科医学。 拟议的职业发展计划建立在候选人的兴趣，并在老年牙科和流行病学的早期培训。该五年计划旨在使候选人获得波士顿大学牙科医学院牙科公共卫生领域的科学博士学位。职业发展计划提出了教学工作的初始阶段，以及监督研究经验，涉及VA规范老化研究数据的二级数据分析，在她的计划的前两年。 这将为候选人提供所需的准备，以开展她提出的论文研究项目，涉及在波士顿大学和波士顿医学中心跟踪的社区居住的体弱老人队列中进行口腔健康干预研究。候选人将由经验丰富的研究人员指导，他们在指导研究学员的工作方面有着成功的记录。 该K23计划将充分利用与波士顿大学医学中心和附属机构研究人员的积极研究合作，并为候选人提供广泛的以患者为导向的研究。 反过来，这些现有的以病人为导向的研究项目，由美国国立卫生研究院，退伍军人事务部，企业和基金会赞助商资助，将受益于参与这些计划的候选人的能力。 PI将有机会建立在口腔健康领域的系统性疾病的决定因素和生活质量结果的现有研究项目的基础上，特别关注老年人弱势群体的研究。