Core--Research development

研究发展核心（RDC）的目的是制定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。五个试点项目分析与年龄相关的肌肉萎缩（肌肉减少症）的生理发展。他们是多学科研究和培训计划的基础，旨在培养致力于老年病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。为有前途的青年教师和博士后提供老年学和老年病学的结构化研究和教学培训计划。2. 通过(a)指导与OAIC相关的试点研究项目，鼓励其他领域的知名研究人员将精力转向老龄化研究，从而促进UTMB老龄化研究的发展；(b)将老龄化问题纳入其研究项目；(c)协助发展面向OAIC的跨学科老龄化研究项目。通过在试点项目中组织导师和实习调查员，并通过与高级调查员的互动，RDC提供了一个全面的培训计划，从基于动物模型的详细机制研究到临床干预。

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.