Training Program in Gerontological and Geriatric Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：我们的T32（5 T32 AG 033534）的初始应用（通过ARRA）资助了两年（5/1/09- 4/30/11）。该提案为期5年，以提供这一成功计划的连续性，从而继续支持在临床老年学/老年医学研究领域寻求培训的新科学家。作为一个新的T32获奖者，我们已经能够利用这一正式的指定及其资源，沿着强大的机构支持和基础设施，以扩大我们以前的记录，培训有前途的 新的研究人员来自老年医学研究的各个学科。随着目前的资助赠款组合总额为910万美元（直接）授予老年学教师科，近3200万美元（直接）的研究资金提供给所有Sticht中心老龄化教师，我们 拥有科学专业知识和丰富的资源，可以继续吸引和培训 该领域的下一代研究人员 目前，缺乏具有适当研究技能的合格研究人员，他们受过培训并对在老年人中进行临床研究感兴趣，这些研究检查了导致残疾和丧失独立性的重要老年结局。因此，我们在老年学和老年医学研究培训计划的总体目标是提供一个综合的职业发展途径，重点是培训博士研究员进行临床研究所需的技能和能力，重点是预防残疾。我们建议每年招募1名新研究者（每年支持2名受训人员）参加为期两年的培训计划，重点是获得开展临床老年医学研究所需的特定研究方法和技能方面的经验和培训。这种方法补充了我们的其他培训计划，并与我们现有的Pepper中心的科学主题完美结合，该中心专注于身体功能，我们的捐赠Kulynych中心专注于认知功能。学者将从培训中脱颖而出，对导致与衰老相关的残疾的途径有科学的理解，具有在老年人中进行随机临床试验和/或纵向队列研究所需的整体能力，在认知和/或身体残疾结果测量方面的经验和专业知识，并具有符合其个人兴趣的特定技术或方法技能，使他们能够成功地过渡到早期的教师职位，并在开始教师培训奖励方面具有很强的竞争力，以继续走向独立。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The initial application of our T32 (5T32AG033534) was funded (via ARRA) for two years (5/1/09- 4/30/11). This proposal is for a 5-year renewal to provide continuity of this successful program, allowing for continued support of new scientists seeking training in the field of clinical gerontology/geriatric research. As a new T32 awardee, we have been able to capitalize on this formal designation and its resources, along with strong institutional support and infrastructure, to expand our previous track record of training promising new investigators from a myriad of disciplines in geriatric research. With a current portfolio of funded grants totaling $9.1 million (direct) awarded to Section on Gerontology faculty, and nearly $32 million (direct) in research funding available to all Sticht Center on Aging faculty, we have the scientific expertise and the depth of resources available to continue to attract and train the next generation of researchers in the field. Currently, there is a dearth of competent investigators with appropriate research skills who are trained and interested in the conduct of clinical research in elderly adults that examines important geriatric outcomes leading to disabilit and loss of independence. Thus, the overall goal of our Training Program in Gerontological and Geriatric Research is to provide for an integrated career development pathway centered on training PhD fellows in the skills and competencies necessary to conduct clinical research with a focus on the prevention of disability. We propose to recruit 1 new investigator per year (2 trainees supported per year) into a two-year training program focused on obtaining experience and training in a specific research methodology and skill set necessary to conduct clinical geriatric research. This approach complements our other training programs and integrates perfectly with the scientific themes of our existing Pepper Center, which is focused on physical function, and our endowed Kulynych Center, which is focused on cognitive function. Scholars will emerge from the training with a scientific understanding of the pathways leading to aging-related disability, with overall competencies needed to conduct randomized clinical trials and/or longitudinal cohort studies in the elderly, experience and expertise in the measurement of cognitive and/or physical disability outcomes, and with a specific technical or methodological skill in line with their individual interests, placing them in a position to transition successfull to an early-stage faculty position and to be highly competitive for beginning faculty training awards to continue their path towards independence.