Short-term Training Program on Aging

该计划的总体目标是将老龄研究方面的培训渠道扩展到博士前专业学生。T35将在我们现有的针对博士后和研究生的T32培训计划中利用教师导师的能力。来自UMB医学院、牙科、药学和护理学院以及物理治疗博士项目和附近专业学校的博士后专业学生将在多个老龄化研究领域进行研究，包括临床、流行病学、基础生物医学、心理健康、法律伦理、健康服务和基于人口的老龄研究领域。这一培训计划的独特的具体目标是：1)聚集足够数量的博士前专业学生；2)提供研究培训并激发人们对老龄研究学术生涯的兴趣；3)从UMB和附近历史上曾是黑人的医学院招募人数较少的少数族裔学生从事老龄研究；4)通过与AMWA和其他妇女专业组织的合作，确保鼓励妇女参与；5)鼓励专业学生进入UMB的几个联合硕士/博士课程之一；以及6)通过老年学兴趣小组，在学年期间通过老年学兴趣小组吸引所有健康专业学生，以提供与老龄相关的翻译研究的持续课程。学生将从事临床、流行病学、基础生物医学、心理健康、法律伦理、健康服务和基于人口的老龄化研究。这些领域包括：1)对功能受限的老年患者进行运动康复研究；2)髋部骨折恢复研究；3)通过运动、营养和改善老年退伍军人的行为以及中风老年退伍军人的三级康复来预防冠状动脉疾病；以及4)住宿、长期护理和辅助生活方面的流行病学研究。这个专业的博士前学生项目将在夏季的几个月(6-8月)进行，预计每年夏天有20名学生，其中大多数已经在其他地方获得了一些研究经验。所有课程作业最低要求为B。

The overall objective of this program is to extend the pipeline for training in aging research to predoctoral professional students. This T35 will utilize the capabilities of faculty mentors in our existing T32 training programs for postdoctoral and graduate students. Predoctoral professional students from UMB's schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and nursing and the physical therapy doctorate program and nearby professional schools will conduct research in multiple areas of aging research that include areas of clinical, epidemiological, basic-biomedical, mental health, legal-ethical, health services and population-based research in aging. The unique specific aims of this training program are to: 1) bring together a critical mass of predoctoral professional students; 2) provide research training and engender an interest in academic careers in aging research; 3) recruit underrepresented minority students from UMB and nearby historically black medical schools to aging research; 4) ensure that women are encouraged to participate by engaging AMWA and other women's professional organizations; 5) encourage professional students to enter one of several joint masters/doctoral programs at UMB; and 6) to engage all health professional students during the academic year via the Geriatrics Interest Group to provide ongoing programs in translational research related to aging. Students will conduct clinical, epidemiological, basic-biomedical, mental health, legal-ethical, health services and population-based research in aging. These areas involve: 1) exercise rehabilitation research in functionally limited older patients; 2) research in hip fracture recovery; 3) prevention of coronary artery disease through exercise, nutrition and behavior modification in high risk older veterans and the tertiary rehabilitation of older veterans with stroke; and 4) epidemiologic research in residential, long-term care and assisted-living. This predoctoral, professional student program will occur over the summer months (June-Aug) with an expected 20 students each summer, most of whom who have already gained some research experience elsewhere. A minimum 'B' in all course work will be required.