Physical, Cognitive and Mental Health in Social Context

描述（由申请人提供）：这一竞争性更新申请要求继续在佛罗里达大学（UF）进行博士前培训计划，该计划于2003年首次获得资助。该计划的目的是培养生物行为和社会老龄化方法的博士前研究人员，并为包括传统学科部门，临床研究环境和多学科老年学项目在内的设置做好准备。由于佛罗里达大学的健康科学和文科校区之间的共同定位和合作，佛罗里达大学具有独特的优势，可以提供健康和疾病的心理社会因素、行为和技术干预以及晚年功能的身心互动方面的培训。本提案所代表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、社会学和语言病理学。核心项目内容包括：(1)将每个学生分配到一个经常召集的多学科指导团队中；(2)在研究、教育和服务领域形成并密切跟踪生产力目标；(3)每周举办一次全校范围的系列讨论会，邀请全国顶级演讲者、本地老龄化和专业发展研究人员参加；(4)需要补充老龄化和统计学/方法论课程，以及负责任的研究行为。我们的指导团队方法允许我们积极地让精力充沛的新教师（“培训中的导师”）担任主要的指导角色，同时用经验丰富、富有成效的高级研究人员补充和补充他们。申请资助六(6)名博士预科学员。招收硕士研究生的学科（如护理、职业治疗）一般在3-4年内毕业；本科后学科（如心理学、社会学）通常在5-6年内毕业。T32基金通常是为完成博士资格考试的学生保留的，并且是在最后两年的学习中，因此有选择地将资源投入到已经完成主要项目里程碑的承诺，有成效的学生身上。公共卫生相关性：正如美国国立卫生研究院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，专注于主要的临床和社会问题。这项培训计划的重新拨款将使我们能够继续努力发展这一重要的人才基地。

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.