USC-Buck Geroscience Training Program in the Biology of Aging

南加州大学巴克分校衰老生物学老年科学培训项目

• 批准号: 9074506
• 负责人: Kelvin J. A. Davies
• 金额: $ 31.3万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2021-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9074506
• 关键词: Biology of Aging; Geroscience; Training Programs

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):Abstract This Geroscience training program in the Biology of Aging is an unique cooperative venture of the University of Southern California's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology (USC) and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging (Buck). In 2012, in a truly joint venture, we created the very first dedicated Biology of Aging Ph.D. program in the USA. Students take courses at both institutions (some in a fully interactive, on-line format) and undertake first-year lab rotations at both campuses before selecting a mentor and lab at USC or the Buck. Faculty at the USC Davis School have been training Ph.D. students in the Biology of Aging since 1964, but such students were previously admitted via faculty joint appointments in other schools/departments at USC: over 50 doctoral students have been trained in this way. Similarly, most Buck faculty had prior university appointments where they established extensive Ph.D. training records, and many have continued to train Ph.D.'s from other universities after joining the Buck. This application requests support for four (4) pre-doctoral geroscience students in the USC-Buck Biology of Aging Ph.D. program. We also request support for two (2) post-doctoral geroscience scholars in the biology of aging, specifically at the USC Davis School of Gerontology. This request complements, but does not duplicate, existing funding at either institution. The bi- institutional nature of our USC-Buck Ph.. Program in the Biology of Aging is unique, and allows us to broadly foster a pipeline of investigators engaged in basic and translational research in aging biology throughout California. This collaborative effort has been in existence in various ways for several years (before formal approval in 2012) and has proven to be an important force in advancing the aging research agenda both at USC and at the Buck. Students have access to more than 100 scientists performing aging research, more than 40 focused on the cellular and molecular biology of aging. Students regularly rotate from USC to the Northern California Buck campus and are key to creating a unified research culture and collaborations. Joint classes and seminars are held at both campuses and broadcast using Adobe-Connect, allowing for active participation of all members at each campus, including active Q&A sessions during and after such lectures. Thus, this T32 Geroscience application, while involving two institutions, is in fact a wholly integrated unified program in which the Buck Institute scientists already hold USC faculty appointments and share scientific, educational, and cultural goals. A special feature of our program, that is no provided to students in traditional biochemistry/molecular biology programs, is exposure to the full range of Gerontological specialties: including social, psychological, demographic, economic, and public policy. This occurs through interactions with students and mentors in our highly successful Gerontology Ph.D. program which has long been supported by an NIA training grant, joint seminars, colloquia, and interdisciplinary research projects. Thus, our Biology of Aging Ph.D. students are provided with a truly comprehensive background in aging sciences, and learn to value the relationships between each of these sub-disciplines.

 描述(由申请者提供)：这个老年生物学方面的老年科学培训项目是南加州大学伦纳德·戴维斯老年学学院(USC)和巴克老年研究所(Buck Institute For Aging)独特的合作项目。2012年，在一家真正的合资企业中，我们创建了美国第一个专门的衰老生物学博士项目。学生们在这两个学院学习课程(有些是完全互动的在线形式)，并在两个校区进行第一年的实验室轮换，然后在南加州大学或巴克大学选择导师和实验室。南加州大学戴维斯学院的教师自1964年以来一直在培训衰老生物学的博士生，但这类学生以前是通过南加州大学其他学院/系的教师联合聘任方式录取的：已有50多名博士生通过这种方式接受培训。同样，大多数巴克大学的教职员工都曾在大学任职，在那里他们建立了广泛的博士培训记录，许多人在加入巴克后继续从其他大学培养博士S。本申请申请支持南加州大学巴克老年生物学博士项目的四(4)名老年学博士前学生。我们还请求为两(2)位老年生物学博士后学者提供支持，特别是在南加州大学戴维斯老年学学院。这项请求是对两个机构现有资金的补充，但不会重复。我们南加州大学-巴克分校的双机构性质..老龄化生物学项目是独一无二的，使我们能够广泛培养一支在整个加州从事老龄生物学基础和翻译研究的研究人员队伍。这种合作努力已经以各种方式存在了几年(在2012年正式批准之前)，并已被证明是推动南加州大学和巴克老龄研究议程的重要力量。学生们可以接触到100多名从事衰老研究的科学家，其中40多人专注于衰老的细胞和分子生物学。学生定期从南加州大学轮换到北加州巴克校区，他们是创建统一的研究文化和合作的关键。联合课程和研讨会在两个校区举行，并使用Adobe-Connect进行广播，允许每个校区的所有成员积极参与，包括在此类讲座期间和之后积极的问答环节。因此，这项T32老年科学申请虽然涉及两个机构，但实际上是一个完全整合的统一项目，在该项目中，巴克研究所的科学家已经获得了南加州大学的教职任命，并分享了科学、教育和文化目标。我们课程的一个特殊之处是接触到各种老年学专业，包括社会、心理、人口、经济和公共政策，这是传统生物化学/分子生物学专业所不具备的。这是通过与我们非常成功的老年学博士项目中的学生和导师进行互动来实现的，该项目长期以来一直得到NIA培训拨款、联合研讨会、座谈和跨学科研究项目的支持。因此，我们的老年生物学博士生拥有真正全面的老龄科学背景，并学会重视这些子学科之间的关系。