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（由申请人提供）： 摘要 该衰老生物学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) 和巴克衰老研究所 (Buck) 的独特合作项目。 2012 年，我们在一家真正的合资企业中创建了第一个专门的衰老生物学博士学位。在美国的计划。学生在两个机构都学习课程（有些以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。南加州大学戴维斯分校的教师一直在培养博士学位。自 1964 年以来，衰老生物学专业的学生一直在招收，但此类学生之前是通过南加州大学其他学院/系的教师联合任命录取的：已有 50 多名博士生通过这种方式接受过培训。同样，大多数巴克大学的教员都曾在大学任职，并在那里获得了广泛的博士学位。培训记录，许多人在加入巴克大学后继续培训其他大学的博士。此申请请求为南加州大学巴克衰老生物学博士项目的四 (4) 名老年科学博士前学生提供支持。程序。我们还请求为两 (2) 名衰老生物学领域的博士后老年科学学者提供支持，特别是南加州大学戴维斯分校老年学学院的学者。该请求补充但不重复任一机构的现有资金。我们的南加州大学巴克大学衰老生物学博士项目具有独特的双机构性质，这使我们能够在整个加州广泛培养一批从事衰老生物学基础和转化研究的研究人员。这种合作努力已经以各种方式存在了好几年（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大学老龄化研究议程的重要力量。学生可以接触到 100 多名进行衰老研究的科学家，其中 40 多名科学家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流到北加州巴克校区，这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 Adob​​e-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进行积极的问答环节。因此，这个 T32 Geroscience 应用程序虽然涉及两个机构，但实际上是一个完全集成的统一计划，其中巴克研究所的科学家已经担任南加州大学的教员，并拥有共同的科学、教育和文化目标。我们课程的一个特色是传统生物化学/分子生物学课程不向学生提供的一个特色是接触全方位的老年学专业：包括社会、心理、人口、经济和公共政策。这是通过与我们非常成功的老年学博士生和导师的互动来实现的。该项目长期以来一直得到 NIA 培训补助金、联合研讨会、座谈会和跨学科研究项目的支持。因此，我们的衰老生物学博士。为学生提供真正全面的衰老科学背景，并学会重视每个子学科之间的关系。