Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases Training Grant

衰老生物学和与年龄相关的疾病培训补助金

• 批准号: 7038392
• 负责人: Sanjay Asthana
• 金额: $ 34.4万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-07-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7038392
• 关键词: Biology; Aging; Age; Related; Diseases

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests continued support for a training program initiated in 1991 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UW). Our faculty trainers, comprised of 20 investigators from 14 departments and a broad array of specialties, are committed to providing each pre-doctoral (n=4, with one slot to support an M.D./Ph.D. student) and postdoctoral (n=4) trainee with an outstanding training experience. Our goal is to identify, attract and select talented and focused individuals who, after their NIA-supported training, are well-positioned and highly motivated to explore topics germane to the basic biology of aging and age-related diseases. Madison provides outstanding resources to support this program, including 18,000 square feet of new space (half laboratory, half office and administrative) at the Veterans Administration Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), an animal facility co-funded by the UW and GRECC dedicated to the maintenance of aging laboratory rodents, the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, and UW's Biotechnology Center. This training program continues to evolve in favorable directions. In 1996, Richard Weindruch, Ph.D., became Program Director and initiated several changes in response to concerns identified by the reviewers of the previous competitive renewal. Examples include additions (and deletions) to the training faculty which have elevated the quality of the science and better targeted the research to topics germane to biological aging, increased efforts toward recruitment (including minorities), implementation of a formal trainee selection process, creation of a journal club, scheduling of regular sessions on responsible conduct of research, and establishment (in 1998) of a required course on "Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging." Also, beginning in 2001, all trainees must take a course on "Research Ethics." A new direction which has been well received involves inviting gerontologists from other universities to visit and spend several hours (lecture followed by informal exchange) with our trainees and faculty. We submit this proposal at the beginning of the fourth year of a five year project period to avoid a budgetary disruption in funding of the training program. We have attempted to document in a thorough and clear way what we view as a strengthened program supported by our faculty's expanding research support germane to the "Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases." Also, we continue to work with the UW and other sources to increase the participation of minority groups in our training program.

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请申请续 支持1991年在哥伦比亚大学发起的培训计划 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校。我们的教员培训师，由20名调查人员组成 来自14个部门和广泛的专业，致力于 为每个博士前(n=4)提供一个空位以支持医学博士/博士学位。 (学生)和博士后(n=4)训练有素 经验。我们的目标是发现、吸引和选择有才华和专注的人 经过NIA支持的培训后，处于有利地位并 高度积极地探索与衰老和基础生物学相关的话题 与年龄有关的疾病。麦迪逊提供出色的资源来支持这一点 计划，包括18,000平方英尺的新空间(一半是实验室，一半是实验室 办公室和行政部门)在退伍军人管理局老年研究 教育和临床中心(GRECC)，由华盛顿大学共同资助的动物设施 和GRECC致力于维护老化的实验室啮齿动物， 威斯康星州区域灵长类研究中心和威斯康星州大学生物技术中心。 这一培训计划继续朝着有利的方向发展。1996年， 理查德·温德鲁奇博士成为项目主任，并发起了几个 对上一次审查人员确定的关切问题作出回应的变化 竞争性更新。例如添加(和删除) 培训教师，提高了科学的质量，更好地 有针对性地研究与生物衰老密切相关的主题，加大力度 面向招聘(包括少数族裔)，实施正式受训人员 遴选过程，创建一个期刊俱乐部，安排定期会议 关于负责任地进行研究，并(在1998年)建立必要的 “衰老细胞与分子生物学”课程。另外，从2001年开始，所有 学员必须选修一门关于“研究伦理”的课程。一个新的方向，已经 受到好评包括邀请其他大学的老年学家 参观并花几个小时(演讲后非正式交流)与我们的 实习生和教职员工。 我们在五年的第四年开始时提交这份提案 项目期，以避免培训资金的预算中断 程序。我们试图以彻底和明确的方式记录我们的 被视为由我们教员不断扩大的研究支持的强化计划 支持与“衰老生物学与年龄相关疾病”密切相关的学科。另外，我们 继续与UW和其他来源合作，以增加参与 在我们的培训计划中加入少数群体。