Midcareer Award in Patient-Oriented Community-Academic Partnered Aging Research

描述(由申请者提供)：此申请是为了获得以患者为导向的研究中的K24职业中期调查员奖，以促进社区学术合作研究中的指导和职业发展，以改善低收入和少数族裔老年人的生活质量。拟议奖项的PI凯瑟琳·萨基西安博士是一名老年病学家和科学家，致力于提高低收入种族老年人的生活质量。在超过12年的时间里，她进行了经验性的、以患者为导向、与社区合作的研究，重点是增加弱势老年人的成功老龄化。她与当地和全国老龄服务网络中庞大的社区合作伙伴网络建立了牢固的关系，并于2010年成立了洛杉矶社区-学术老龄研究伙伴关系(L.A.Capra)中心-加州大学洛杉矶分校老年病学部和洛杉矶市老年部的合作伙伴关系。洛杉矶·卡普拉中心的使命是促进和实施社区合作的研究，这些研究将导致有意义的健康结果，并改善美国最大且(可以说)最具种族多样性的城市中低收入老年人的生活质量。现在，NIA对洛杉矶卡普拉中心的最初拨款即将结束，这个虚拟中心正在蓬勃发展，因为萨基西安博士和她的几名同事目前正在使用洛杉矶卡普拉中心的基础设施来支持社区合作的老龄化研究，其中包括一项由NIH资助的研究，萨基西安博士正在领导实施和测试一项干预措施，以降低中风风险，并在4个不同种族/民族的老年人(非裔美国人、华裔美国人、韩裔美国人和拉美裔美国人)中增加体力活动。目前还没有NIA K24奖项专门颁发给社区合作的研究或专注于少数族裔老年人的研究。为了填补这一空白，Sarkisian博士寻求NIA K24奖项的支持，以便：1)巩固以患者为导向的社区合作研究计划，该计划利用洛杉矶卡普拉中心的基础设施来实施和严格评估可持续的计划，这些计划可以改善低收入种族多元化老年人的生活质量，并可以通过全国老龄服务网络传播；2)获得实施科学方面的高级技能，这将促进Sarkisian博士的研究生涯的影响；3)指导一批研究员和初级教员干部，他们将成为老龄领域的下一代翻译研究人员。Sarkisian博士拥有丰富且不断增长的指导记录；所请求的K24支持将使她从当前的临床责任中解脱出来，这样她就可以将75%的时间完全集中在研究和指导上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for a K24 Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research to promote mentoring and career development in community-academic partnered research that improves the quality of life of low income and minority seniors. Dr. Catherine Sarkisian, PI of the proposed award, is a geriatrician and scientist committed to working to improve the quality of life of low-income ethnically diverse older adults. For over 12 years she has conducted empiric patient-oriented community-partnered research studies focused on increasing successful aging among vulnerable seniors. She has built strong relationships with a vast network of community partners in the local and national aging services network, and in 2010 launched the Los Angeles Community-Academic Partnership for Research in Aging (L.A. CAPRA) Center - a partnership between UCLA Division of Geriatrics and the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging. The mission of the L.A. CAPRA Center is to facilitate and implement community-partnered research that leads to meaningful health outcomes and improves the quality of life of lower income seniors across the largest and (arguably) most ethnically diverse city in the United States. Now that the original NIA grant for L.A. CAPRA Center is ending, this virtual center is thriving as Dr. Sarkisian and several of her colleagues are currently using the L.A. CAPRA Center infrastructure to support community- partnered aging research, including an NIH-funded study Dr. Sarkisian is leading implementing and testing an intervention to decrease stroke risk and increase physical activity in 4 different racial/ethnic groups of older adults (African-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Korean Americans and Latinos). Currently there are no NIA K24 awards devoted to community-partnered research or research focused on minority seniors. To fill this gap, Dr. Sarkisian seeks support from an NIA K24 award in order to: 1) solidify a program of patient-oriented community-partnered research that utilizes the L.A. CAPRA Center infrastructure to implement and rigorously evaluate sustainable programs that improve quality of life of lower income ethnically diverse seniors and that can be disseminated though the national aging services network; and 2) gain advanced skills in implementation science that will facilitate the impact of Dr. Sarkisian's research career; 3) mentor a cadre of research fellows and junior faculty who will become the next generation of translational researchers in aging. Dr. Sarkisian has a substantial and growing track record of mentorship; the requested K24 support would allow her to free herself from current clinical responsibilities so that she can focus 75% of her time completely on research and mentoring.