CORE--RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT

研发核心的最终目标是推进 通过发展学术、研究密集型 长期被忽视的生物医学研究领域的教师， 老年学和老年医学。 的研发核心 哈佛老年医学研究和培训中心将选择和 发展初级教师在学术独立研究 老年医学/老年学。 对使命至关重要的领域的研究 国家老龄化研究所的研究将被强调利用 老龄化司的广泛研究计划， 在哈佛密切相关的项目，辅以一系列 为患者招募提供资源的研究核心， 生理表征、数据管理、放射免疫分析和 生物医学工程 一个国家所需的关键要素 成功的研究发展核心可在 老龄化司。 过去和正在进行的成功职业生涯记录 发展，丰富的高素质研究员和初级教师 在老年医学领域， 在老龄化研究和环境中， 职业发展在哈佛已经发展了过去 十年 核心主任将得到研究发展的协助 核心咨询委员会，由该部门的高级教师组成 在衰老和哈佛医学院。 七名研究员和初级研究员 教师将在本提案的第一年得到支持， 代表了教师发展的三个方面。 博士苏珊·格林斯潘和杰里·格维茨博士需要职业生涯 整合支持，并将获得资金，以加快 在他们的研究的几个新的方面的独立性。 Drs. 香农和戴维斯，奖学金项目的应届毕业生 在他们独立发展的过程中需要职业入门支持 在老龄化学院的密切指导下。 曼宁医生 克拉克和鲍曼，他们已经建立了研究兴趣， 需要支持创新试点工作， 有机会开展平行研究活动， 鼓励和加强他们的研究发展。 每个 受支持的个人将使用五个中的至少三个 中心研究核心。 作为一个群体，他们代表了 研究的范围，并指出数量和质量 在老龄问题司任职的受训人员。

The ultimate goal of the Research Development Core is to advance knowledge through the development of academic, research-intensive faculty in the long neglected areas of biomedical research in gerontology and geriatrics. The Research Development Core of the Harvard Geriatric Research and Training Center will select and develop junior faculty members for independent research in Academic Geriatrics/Gerontology. Research in areas central to the mission of the National Institute on Aging will be emphasized in utilizing the extensive research programs in the Division on Aging and closely allied programs at Harvard supplemented by a series of research cores providing resources for patient recruitment, physiologic characterization, data management, radioimmunoassay and biomedical engineering. The critical elements required for a successful research development core are demonstrable in the Division of Aging. A past and on-going record of successful career development, a wealth of high quality fellows and junior faculty in geriatrics, research development faculty that are experienced in aging research and in an environment in which to facilitate career advancement have been developed at Harvard over the past decade. The core director will be assisted by research development core advisory committee composed of senior faculty in the Division on Aging and Harvard Medical School. Seven fellows and junior faculty members will be supported in year one of this proposal who represent three points on the spectrum of faculty development. Dr. Susan Greenspan and Dr. Jerry Gurwitz require career consolidation support and will receive funds to accelerate independence in several novel aspects of their research. Drs. Shannon and Davis, more recent graduates of the fellowship program require career induction support as they develop to independence under close mentorship of Division on Aging Faculty. Drs. Manning, Clark, and Baumann, who already have established research interests require support for innovative pilot work which offer them an opportunity to develop parallel research activities that will compliment and intensify their research development. Each of the individuals to be supported will utilize at least three of the five Center Research Cores. As a group they are representative of the spectrum of research and indicate the number and quality of trainees historically present in the Division on Aging.