Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份申请加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）老年心理健康T32奖学金项目5年续期的申请。随着人口老龄化，对老年心理健康独立调查员的需求将继续增加。19年来，招收了92名T32培训生，其中博士后57人，博士生14人，医学生21人。大多数学员是女性，超过四分之一的学员来自不同的少数民族。超过90%的学员（医学生除外）完成了至少2年的T32奖学金。这个T32项目是加州大学圣地亚哥分校老年精神病学部门一个更大的研究培训项目的一部分。它还隶属于山姆和罗斯·斯坦衰老研究所，约翰·哈特福德老年精神病学卓越中心，以及加州大学圣地亚哥分校的临床和转化科学奖（CTSA）。将T32名受训者与过去5年美国国立卫生研究院资助的两个暑期研究培训项目的受训者相结合，总受训者中有15%来自未被代表的少数民族（URM）群体。92名T32研究员中有9名仍在接受培训；剩下的82%的学员不再是T32项目的学员，他们仍在继续全日制的学术活动。大多数学员发表了多篇同行评议的论文。我们的学员获得了10项NIH， 2项VA和1项基金会职业发展奖，14项R01s， 4项VA Merit Review拨款，3项国防部拨款，13项R34s/R21s/ r03, 13项NARSAD青年研究者奖，6项NIMH博士后少数民族或残疾补助金，4项NIMH少数民族博士预科奖，以及一些其他竞争性拨款。此外，我们的其他学员在过去的5年中获得了3个NIH职业发展奖和4个r型资助。整合加州大学圣地亚哥分校的各种研究培训资源，我们建立了一个指导学院，旨在重新定位学术机构的文化，以支持、奖励和提高健康科学临床和转化研究中的高质量指导。我们非常重视职业发展。奖学金项目包括个人指导以及团队科学方面的体验式培训，并辅以教学活动。在奖学金课程的早期，为每位受训者制定了个性化的培训计划。提高写作技巧，指导平衡个人生活和职业生涯，以及接触跨学科的共同导师是我们课程的特色。此续期申请建议每年支持6名博士后（最好是3名博士，2名医学博士或医学博士，1名药学博士），3名博士生（最好是2名临床心理学和1名神经科学），以及2个药学学生暑期研究名额。在接下来的5年里，我们将更加关注成功的认知和情感老化、医生和药剂师科学家、基础和转化神经科学、学员的多样性以及培训研究。我们制定了一个强有力的培训过程评估计划，包括短期、中期和长期结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for a 5-year renewal of the T32 Fellowship Program in Geriatric Mental Health at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). As the population ages, the demand for independent investigators in geriatric mental health will continue to increase. Over the last 19 years, we have recruited 92 T32 trainees including 57 postdoctoral Fellows, and 14 predoctoral and 21 medical students. A majority of the trainees have been women and more than a quarter have come from different ethnic minority groups. Over 90% of the trainees (other than medical students) completed at least 2 years of T32 Fellowship. This T32 program is part of a larger research training program within UCSD's Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. It is also affiliated with the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, the John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry, and the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) at UCSD. Combining the T32 trainees with those in our two NIH-funded summer research training programs over the past 5 years, 15% of the total trainees have been from Under-Represented Minority (URM) ethnic groups. Nine of the 92 T32 Fellows are still in training; 82% of the remaining trainees, who are no longer in the T32 program, are still continuing full-time academic activities. Most trainees have published multiple peer-reviewed papers. Our trainees have obtained 10 NIH, 2 VA, and 1 Foundation Career Development Awards, 14 R01s, 4 VA Merit Review grants, 3 Dept. of Defense grants, 13 R34s/R21s/R03s, 13 NARSAD Young Investigator Awards, 6 NIMH Postdoctoral Minority or Disability Supplements, 4 NIMH Minority Predoctoral Awards, and a number of other competitive grants. Additionally, our other trainees have obtained 3 NIH career development awards and 4 R-type grants during the past 5 years. Integrating various resources for research training at UCSD, we have developed a Mentoring Academy, which seeks to reorient the culture of the academic institution to support, reward, and enhance quality mentoring in clinical and translational research in health sciences. We place major emphasis on career development. The Fellowship program includes individual mentoring along with experiential training in team science, complemented by didactic activities. A personalized training plan is developed for each trainee early in the course of the Fellowship. Writing skills enhancement, guidance on balancing personal life and professional career, and exposure to cross-disciplinary co-mentors characterize our program. This renewal application proposes to support 6 postdoctoral Fellows (optimally, 3 PhDs, 2 MDs or MD-PhDs, and 1 PharmD), 3 predoctoral students (optimally, 2 in clinical psychology and 1 in neuroscience), and 2 summer research slots for pharmacy students annually. Over the next 5 years, we will increase our focus on successful cognitive and emotional aging, physician and pharmacist scientists, basic and translational neuroscience, diversity of trainees, and research on training. We have developed a strong plan for evaluation of the training process including short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term outcomes.