Core--Research development

研究开发核心(RDC)的目标是开发和支持高质量的研究和培训计划，以增强和改善美国老年人的独立性。五个试点项目分析了年龄相关性肌肉萎缩(骨质疏松症)的生理发展。他们是一个多学科研究和培训计划的基础，旨在培养致力于老年学和老年学学术事业的初级教师和博士后研究员。RDC的具体目标是：1.为有前途的初级教员和博士后提供有组织的老年学和老年医学研究和教学培训计划。2.通过鼓励其他领域的资深研究人员将他们的努力转向老龄研究，促进UTMB老龄研究的增长，方法是：(A)指导与OAIC相关的试点研究项目；(B)将老龄问题纳入其研究方案；以及(C)协助OAIC制定跨学科的老龄研究项目。通过在试点项目上联合导师和见习调查人员，并通过与高级调查人员的互动，RDC提供了从基于动物模型的详细机械研究到临床干预的全面培训计划。

The aim of the Research Development Core (RDC) is to develop and support a high quality research and training program for the enhancement and improvement of independence of older Americans. Five pilot projects analyze the physiological development of age-associated muscle atrophy (sarcopenia). They serve as the basis for a multi-disciplinary research and training program designed to develop junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows who are deeply committed to academic careers in geriatrics and gerontology. The specific aims of the RDC are to: 1. Provide a structured research and didactic training program in gerontology and geriatrics for career development of promising junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows. 2. Promote the growth of research on aging at UTMB by encouraging established investigators in other fields to turn their efforts to aging research by (a) mentoring pilot research projects relevant to OAIC; (b) incorporate aging issues in their research programs and (c) assisting in the development of interdisciplinary aging research projects to the OAIC. By teaming mentors and trainee investigators on pilot projects, and through interactions with senior investigators, the RDC offers a comprehensive training program that spans from detailed mechanistic studies based on animal models to clinical interventions.