NRSA Training: Psychiatric-Medical Comorbidity in Aging

描述（由申请人提供）：这是博士后研究培训跨学科项目的续签申请，重点关注衰老、老年精神病学、精神疾病和医学疾病的共病以及在普通医疗和长期护理环境中提供心理健康护理。它是NIMH支持的高级干预和服务研究中心的一个组成部分。该计划通过宾夕法尼亚大学老年精神病学科进行管理，并由精神病学其他课程的教师以及医学，家庭实践和流行病学/生物统计学参与。该学院由一个核心小组谁是集中在与该计划的使命，临床研究人员谁丰富了程序的关联组的研究工作，和临床神经科学家谁将积极作为共同导师的翻译组。 该计划的目标是准备MD和博士学员作为独立的研究者和/或作为能够在更大规模，多中心研究的背景下开发一个独立的调查线。它将考虑具有MD和博士学位的申请人，他们致力于干预研究的职业生涯。该奖学金每年将招收2-4名研究员，进行2-3年的培训，重点是监督研究经验，并辅以正式课程，研讨会和辅导。所有研究员将参加大学的以病人为导向的研究培训核心，并在研究的道德行为的培训。没有接受过正式研究培训的医学博士将参加临床流行病学（MSCE）或同等课程的MS课程。对于每个研究员，经验将由一个个性化的培训计划指导，由受训者和一个导师从核心教师和指导委员会批准开发。将在方案内部和外部顾问/咨询人监督进展情况。该计划中的培训机会涵盖了干预研究的广度，从随机临床试验/疗效研究，通过有效性研究到实践和服务研究，以及转化研究。该计划源于一个积极参与老年人精神障碍研究的教师，一个以精神医学为规则的群体，以及初级和专业医疗保健环境中的精神健康和精神障碍。通过该计划寻求的支持将为学员提供一系列资源，包括宾夕法尼亚大学NIMH支持的高级干预和服务研究中心的资源，以及其他使能资源和广泛的研究赠款组合。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a renewal application for an interdisciplinary program of postdoctoral research training with foci on aging, geriatric psychiatry, the comorbidity of psychiatric and medical disorders and the delivery of mental health care in general medical and long term care settings. It is a component of an NIMH-supported Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research. The program is administered through the Section on Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania with participation of faculty from other programs in Psychiatry, and from Medicine, Family Practice, and Epidemiology/Biostatistics. The faculty consists of a Core group who are working intensively on research related to the mission of the program, an Associated group of clinician investigators who enrich the program, and a translational group of clinical neuroscientists who will be active as co-mentors. The goals of the program are to prepare MD and PhD trainees to function as independent investigators and/or as investigators able to develop an independent line of investigation in the context of larger scale, multicenter studies. It will consider applicants with MD and PhD degrees who are committed to careers in intervention research. The fellowship will admit 2-4 fellows/year for 2-3 years of training with a focus on supervised research experiences complemented by formal coursework, workshops, and tutorials. All fellows will participate in the University's Patient Oriented Research Training core, and training in the ethical conduct of research. MD's without prior formal research training will participate in the MS program in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) or an equivalent program. For each fellow, the experience will be guided by an individualized training plan, developed by the trainee and a mentor from the Core faculty and approved by the steering committee. Progress will be monitored both within the program and by external consultants/advisors. The training opportunities within this program span the breadth of intervention research ranging from randomized clinical trials/efficacy studies, through effectiveness studies to practice and services research, as well as translational research. The program arises from a faculty that is actively involved in research on the mental disorders of the elderly, a group in which psychiatric-medical comorbidity is the rule, and on mental health and mental disorders in primary and specialty medical care settings. The support sought through this program will make an array of resources available for trainees including those of Penn's NIMH-supported Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research other enabling resources, and an extensive portfolio of research grants.