Geriatric Academic Leadership Award

描述(由申请人提供)：犹他大学正准备迎接犹他州和全国人口老龄化的挑战，并承诺通过其扩大的跨学科老龄中心支持与老龄化相关的研究项目。这项老年领导力学术奖将允许马克·苏皮亚诺医学博士领导犹他大学扩大与衰老相关的研究议程的发展。苏皮亚诺博士在犹他大学担任老龄化研究和老年医学方面的主要领导职位，他被任命为内科教授兼老年病学部主任，犹他大学老龄中心执行主任，以及盐湖城老年研究教育和临床中心(GRECC)退伍军人事务部主任。在这些职位上，他将能够指导这个项目，促进跨学科合作，并加强犹他大学校园内与老龄化相关的研究项目的发展。这项提议的主要目标是提高犹他大学老龄相关研究的知名度和支持率，它将通过实现以下三个具体目标来实现。具体目标1.扩大与老龄化相关的研究兴趣的调查人员数量。这一目标的可衡量目标是增加犹他大学确定的研究人员的数量，并资助与衰老相关的研究项目。增长将通过招聘到四个研究实力领域、发展新的合作伙伴关系和职业发展来实现。具体目标2.促进老龄研究中新的跨学科合作的发展。该中心将支持促进老龄化研究的基础设施，方法是建立受试者招募登记处，提供行政援助，并开发锻炼和康复方案设施。实现这一目标将通过以下几个方面进行评估：老龄中心计划的进一步发展、试点赠款计划的成功、大学与老龄研究相关的赠款组合的增长，以及对跨学科研究计划和中心赠款提案的资助。具体目标3.为博士后和博士后学员制定一个多学科的老龄化研究培训计划。这一目标的可衡量结果是参与老龄相关研究的受训人员数量、K30计划中老龄研究课程的开发以及侧重于老龄研究的多学科T32培训补助金的资金。苏皮亚诺博士将利用老年领导学术奖所要求的支持来实施这一计划，以显著加强犹他大学与老龄化相关的研究项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Utah is preparing to meet the challenge of the demographic imperative of the aging population in Utah and the nation with a significant new commitment to support aging-related research programs through its expanded, interdisciplinary Center on Aging. This Geriatric Leadership Academic Award will allow Mark Supiano, M.D. to lead the development of an expanded aging-related research agenda for the University of Utah. Dr. Supiano holds major leadership positions in aging research and Geriatric Medicine within the University of Utah with his appointments as Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics, Executive Director of the University of Utah Center on Aging, and Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC). In these positions, he will be able to direct this project, promote interdisciplinary collaborations, and enhance aging-related research program development across the University of Utah campus. The primary objective of this proposal to enhance the visibility and support for aging-related research at the University of Utah will be accomplished by achieving the following three specific aims. Specific Aim 1. Expand the number of investigators with aging-related research interests. The measurable goal for this aim is the increase in the number of investigators identified at the University of Utah with funded programs in aging-related research. The growth will occur through recruitment to four areas of research strength, developing new partnerships, and by career development. Specific Aim 2. Foster the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations in aging research. The Center will support an infrastructure to facilitate aging research by developing a registry for subject recruitment, providing administrative assistance, and developing a facility for exercise and rehabilitation protocols. Accomplishing this aim will be evaluated by the further development of the Center on Aging program, success of the pilot grant program, growth in the University's aging research related grant portfolio, and funding for interdisciplinary research programs and center grant proposals. Specific Aim 3. Develop a multidisciplinarv research training program in aging for pre- and post-doctoral trainees. The measurable outcomes for this aim are the number of trainees who participate in aging-related research, the development of the aging-research curriculum in the K30 program, and funding for a multidisciplinary T32 training grant focused on aging research. Dr. Supiano will utilize the support requested from the Geriatric Leadership Academic Award to implement this plan to significantly enhance the aging-related research programs at the University of Utah.