UCLA Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program

在这项申请中，加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）大卫·格芬医学院（David Geffen School of Medicine）与加州大学旧金山分校（UCSF）、科罗拉多大学丹佛分校（UCD）和华盛顿大学（UW）合作，为医学院学生提供为期8-12周的正式老龄化研究培训项目，以寻求继续支持：在他们的早期培训中，让他们在成功的老龄化研究人员的指导下进行研究，鼓励他们考虑在对NIA重要的领域进行研究，并长期规划，增加从事对NIA重要研究领域的医师科学家的数量。以加州大学洛杉矶分校为核心，我们的四个机构特别适合实现这些目标。我们所有的四个项目：1)由约翰·哈特福德基金会作为卓越中心资助；2)从事nia资助的老龄化研究的杰出教师；3)培训他人进行衰老研究的经验。为了实现上述目标，我们将依靠过去15年来一直成功使用的方法来确定研究导师，将医学生与这些导师相匹配，监督学生的研究进展，在需要时促进这一进展，教授基本的一般研究技能（包括负责任的研究行为），并提供一个论坛，供学生展示研究成果和讨论想法。此外，我们将提供关于临床老年病学的常见主题的指导，老龄化的职业选择，以及在各种环境中观察和参与老年患者的临床护理的机会。通过实现本提案中概述的目标，该计划将鼓励和支持医学生对老龄化研究和老年病学的兴趣，并培养一支新的医师科学家骨干队伍，他们将能够解决与NIA研究重点相关的关键问题。该项目还旨在加强参与机构的老龄化研究项目，并促进加州大学洛杉矶分校、加州大学旧金山分校、加州大学洛杉矶分校和华盛顿大学之间在医学学生老龄化研究培训方面的合作。

In this application, the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) is partnering with the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF), the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD), and the University of Washington (UW) to seek continued support for a formal 8-12 week program of training in aging research for medical students to: Expose them, early in their training, to ongoing research with mentorship from successful researchers in aging Encourage them to consider pursuing, and to plan for over time, a research career in areas important to the NIA Increase the pool of physician scientists engaged in areas of research important to the NIA. With UCLA as the core site, our four institutions are particularly well suited to reach these objectives. All four of our programs have: 1) been funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation as Centers of Excellence; and 2) outstanding faculty who conduct NIA-funded research in aging; and 3) experience training others to conduct aging research. To meet the objectives outlined above, we will rely on methods we have been using successfully over the past 15 years to identify research mentors, match medical students with these mentors, monitor students' research progress, facilitate this progress when needed, teach essential general research skills (including the responsible conduct of research), and provide a forum for presentation of students' research and discussion of ideas. In addition, we will offer instruction on common topics in clinical geriatrics, career options in aging, and the opportunity to observe and to participate in the clinical care of geriatric patients in a variety of settings. By accomplishing the aims outlined in this proposal, this program will encourage and support medical students' interest in aging research and geriatrics, and to develop a new cadre of physician scientists who will be able to address key issues related to the research priorities of the NIA. This program will also aim to enhance the research programs in aging at the participating institutions and to foster collaboration in medical student research training in aging among UCLA, UCSF, UCD and UW.