Physical, Cognitive and Mental Health in Social Context

描述（由申请人提供）：这个竞争性的续期申请要求继续在佛罗里达大学（UF），这是在2003年首次资助的博士前培训计划。该计划的目的是培养博士前研究人员在生物行为和社会方法老化，并准备他们的设置，包括传统的学科部门，临床研究环境和多学科老年学计划。随着共同定位和UF的健康科学和文科校园之间的合作，UF是独特的定位，以提供在健康和疾病，行为和技术干预的心理社会因素的培训，并在晚年的身心互动功能。本提案中所涉及的学科包括生物统计学、流行病学、老年医学、卫生服务研究、语言学、神经病学、神经心理学、神经科学、护理学、职业治疗、心理学、社会学和言语病理学。核心计划组成部分包括（1）每个学生分配到一个经常召集的多学科指导团队（2）形成和生产力目标的研究，教育和服务领域的密切跟踪;（3）每周一次的校园范围内的座谈会系列具有顶级国家发言人，当地研究人员在老龄化和专业发展;（4）在老龄化和统计/方法，以及负责任的研究行为所需的补充课程。我们的指导团队方法使我们能够积极参与精力充沛的新教师（“培训导师”）的主要指导角色，同时补充和补充他们与经验丰富，富有成效的高级调查员。资金要求为六（6）博士前学员。录取硕士后学生的学校（例如，护理，职业治疗）一般在3-4年毕业;学士后学科（例如，心理学，社会学）通常在5-6年毕业。T32资助通常保留给已经完成博士资格考试的学生，并且是在最后两年的学习中，从而有选择地将资源投入到已经完成主要课程里程碑的承诺，富有成效的学生身上。公共卫生相关性：正如NIH路线图倡议所规定的那样，迫切需要训练有素的研究人员，他们有能力超越学科界限，能够在多学科团队中工作，专注于重大临床和社会问题。对这一培训计划的重新资助将使我们能够继续努力，以满足发展这一重要的人才基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competitive renewal application requests continuation of a predoctoral training program at the University of Florida (UF), which was first funded in 2003. The purpose of this program is to train predoctoral researchers in biobehavioral and social approaches to aging, and to prepare them for settings including traditional disciplinary departments, clinical research environments, and multidisciplinary gerontology programs. With the co-location and collaboration between UF's health science and liberal arts campuses, UF is uniquely positioned to offer training in the psychosocial elements of health and disease, behavioral and technological interventions, and mind-body interactions in late life function. Disciplines represented in this proposal include biostatistics, epidemiology, geriatric medicine, health services research, linguistics, neurology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, sociology, and speech pathology. Core program components include (1) assignment of each student to a frequently convened multi-disciplinary mentoring team (2) formation and close tracking of productivity goals in the areas of research, education, and service; (3) a weekly campus-wide colloquium series featuring top national speakers, local researchers in aging, and professional development; (4) required supplemental coursework in Aging and Statistics/Methodology, as well as Responsible Conduct of Research. Our mentoring team approach allows us to actively engage energetic newer faculty ("mentors in training") in primary mentoring roles, while supplementing and complementing them with seasoned, productive senior investigators. Funds are requested for six (6) predoctoral trainees. Disciplines which admit post-Masters students (e.g., Nursing, Occupational Therapy) generally graduate in 3-4 years; post-baccalaureate disciplines (e.g., Psychology, Sociology) usually graduate in 5-6 years. T32 funding is typically reserved for students who have completed doctoral qualifying examinations, and are in the final two years of study, thereby selectively investing resources in committed, productive students who have already completed major program milestones. Public Health Relevance: As specified by the NIH Roadmap initiative, there is an urgent need for strongly trained researchers with the ability to transcend disciplinary boundaries, capable of working in multi- disciplinary teams focused on major clinical and social problems. Renewed funding of this training program will allow us to continue our efforts to meet develop this important talent base.