FELLOWSHIP IN GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH

这是加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）老年心理健康奖学金项目的续期申请。随着人口老龄化，对老年心理健康研究领导者的需求将继续增加。因此，培训这些专家的需要是极其重要的。在过去的四年中，老年精神病学部门共培养了44名博士前和博士后研究员。他们中的许多人在科学期刊和书籍上发表了手稿，其中一些人获得了资助并继续在教职岗位上进行研究。相当数量的受训人员是妇女（52.3%）和/或来自代表性不足的少数民族（20.5%）。老年心理健康研究金的更新建议支持6个博士后研究金名额：4个博士后心理学家（博士），1个博士后精神病学家（医学博士）和1个药学研究员（药学博士）。3个职位将专门用于培养博士预科生。一个额外的博士预科奖学金名额将用于支持四名医科学生参加暑期培训项目。奖学金机会存在于临床、基础和应用服务领域，重点关注晚年严重精神障碍的性质、治疗、康复和预防。该奖学金计划将作为我们老年精神病学部门的主要组成部分，包括干预研究中心（IRC）。这项拟议的奖学金培训计划将在一个以往合作和培训成功的历史都很好的环境中，提供与老年心理健康有关的广泛领域的培训。老年精神卫生研究金的目标是培养一批青年院士，他们将从事与老年精神卫生有关的研究，并反过来培训老年精神病学的领导者。

This is an application for a renewal of a Fellowship Program in Geriatric Mental Health at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). As the population ages, the demand for leaders in geriatric mental health research will continue to increase. Consequently, the need to train such specialists is of utmost importance. Over the last four years, the Geriatric Psychiatry Division has trained a total of 44 predoctoral and postdoctoral Fellows. Many of them have published manuscripts in scientific journals and books, and a number of them have obtained grant support and continue to conduct research in faculty positions. A sizable number of trainees have been women (52.3%) and/or have come from under-represented ethnic groups (20.5%). This renewal of the Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health proposes to support six post-doctoral Fellowship slots: 4 post-doctoral psychologists (Ph.D.), one post-residency psychiatrist (M.D.), and one pharmacy fellow (Pharm.D.). Three positions will be devoted to the training of pre-doctoral students. One additional pre-doctoral Fellowship slot would be divided to support four medical students in a summer training program. Fellowship opportunities exist in clinical, basic and applied services focusing on the nature, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of serious mental disorders in late life. This Fellowship Program will function as a major component of our Geriatric Psychiatry Division including the Intervention Research Center (IRC). This proposed Fellowship Training Program would provide training in a wide rang of areas related to geriatric mental health in an environment where the history of both prior collaboration and prior success in training has been excellent. It is the goal of the Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health to produce a cadre of young academicians who will perform research related to geriatric mental health and who will, in turn, train leaders in geriatric psychiatry.