Research Training in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）：这是耶鲁大学老年临床流行病学和老龄化相关研究培训计划的第二次竞争更新。耶鲁大学项目的目标是培养一批具有老年临床流行病学和/或转化老龄化研究专业知识的医师科学家和博士研究人员，他们将有能力解决无数未解决的问题，这些问题涉及越来越多的老年人所经历的健康问题的诊断、病因、治疗、管理、预防和预后。我们将通过提供在老年病学和/或与年龄相关的亚专业受过良好培训的高素质医生，以及经过2至3年严格研究培训的优秀博士培训调查员来实现这一目标。我们的学员将在8个基本领域培养技能：1)制定重要和集中的研究问题和假设；2)设计观察性和/或实验性研究，以解决重点研究问题；3)成功执行特定研究设计的技术；4)项目和/或实验室管理；5)科学文献的批判性分析，包括研究方法和数据质量；6)结果解释；7)科学方法和发现的口头和书面交流；8)研究支持战略的制定和实施。这些技能将通过包括教学和经验组成部分的培训经验来发展。教学课程包括临床学者计划、调查医学计划和公共卫生学院提供的课程，以及耶鲁大学和“校外”的几个高质量的针对老龄化的培训场所。耶鲁项目的核心内容是有指导的研究经历，包括与老年病学/老年学项目教员的结构化会议，以及至少一个根据学员的经验和兴趣量身定制的有指导的研究项目，目标是发表一篇或多篇第一作者、同行评审的论文，并申请资助，以支持进一步的研究。耶鲁大学项目在前9年的每一年都成功地招募并保留了全部优秀的学员，并成功地将许多毕业生安置在顶级学术机构的终身职位上，从事研究密集型工作。在未来五年，我们要求全额资助先前批准的五个博士后职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the second competing renewal of the Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research. The objective of the Yale Program is to develop a cadre of physician scientists and PhD investigators with expertise in geriatric clinical epidemiology and/or translational aging research who will be equipped to address the myriad of unanswered questions concerning the diagnosis, etiology, treatment, management, prevention, and prognosis of the health problems experienced by the ever increasing number of older persons. We will accomplish this objective by providing highly qualified physicians, who are already well trained in geriatrics and/or subspecialties with age-related relevance, and outstanding PhD-trained investigators with 2 to 3 years of rigorous research training. Our trainees will develop skills in each of 8 essential areas: 1) formulation of significant and focused research questions and hypotheses; 2) design of observational and/or experimental studies to address focused research questions; 3) techniques for successful execution of specific study designs; 4) project and/or laboratory management; 5) critical analysis of the scientific literature, including research methods and data quality; 6) interpretation of findings; 7) verbal and written communication of scientific methods and findings; and 8) development and implementation of strategies for research support. These skills will be developed through a training experience that includes both didactic and experiential components. The didactic curriculum includes courses offered through the Clinical Scholars Program, Investigative Medicine Program and School of Public Health, coupled with several high quality aging- specific training venues at Yale and "off site". The central component of the Yale Program is a mentored research experience, which includes structured meetings with Program Faculty in geriatrics/gerontology and at least one supervised research project tailored to the trainee's experiences and interests, with the goal of producing one or more first-authored, peer-reviewed publications and a grant application to support further research. The Yale Program has successfully recruited and retained a full complement of outstanding trainees during each of the first 9 years, and has successfully placed many of its graduates in tenure-track, research- intensive positions at top-tier academic institutions. For the next five years, we request full funding for the five postdoctoral positions that had been previously approved.