Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：由NIA在1991年资助，这个修订的T32要求继续支持4个博士前和4个博士后研究员在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的老龄化研究。该计划的主要使命是提供跨学科，国家的最先进的培训，以人才的前和博士后研究员在这两个 衰老和相关疾病的生物学和临床/转化研究。与之前的学员类似，预计下一个资助期的大多数学员将追求成功的学术生涯，并为全国各地的老龄化研究杰出项目提供领导。修订后的应用程序建立在UW在老年学的显着资源，并包括34（14名女性和20名男性）教师导师在老龄化研究公认的专业知识。每位导师都有进行老龄化研究和培训成功的老年学研究科学家的著名历史。根据原始申请的评审员的出色投入，本提案包括初级教师，他们将由高级教师共同指导，成为成功的导师。20多年来，T32得到了大量的机构承诺。本申请包括额外的财务承诺，包括支持新的（即，第五位）博士前的位置，每年和资金，以支付5%的努力都计划主任和联合主任。此应用程序的其他优势包括：1）获得以前未包括在本T32中的老龄化研究新领域的培训，2）包括13名新的教师导师，其中11名是女性，3）初级，中级和高级教师队伍之间的导师平衡分布，4）确认本培训计划不与UW的任何其他T32重叠，5）加强努力，增加招聘和留住有色人种学员，6）在基础生物学和临床研究中纳入强有力的培训课程。总体而言，目前修订的T32经历了重大修改，并得到了显着加强。它将继续为有才华的年轻科学家提供卓越的培训，包括老龄化和相关疾病的实验室和临床/转化研究，并帮助他们在老年学领域开展成功的学术生涯。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funded by NIA in 1991, this revised T32 requests continued support for 4 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral fellows in aging research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The major mission of this program is to provide interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art training to talented pre- and post-doctoral fellows in both the biology and clinical/translational research in aging and related diseases. Similar to prior trainees, it is projected that the majority of trainees in the next funding period will pursue successful academic careers, and provides leadership to eminent programs in aging research across the country. The revised application builds upon the remarkable resources of UW in gerontology, and includes 34 (14 women and 20 men) faculty mentors with acknowledged expertise in aging research. Each mentor has a noted history of conducting research in aging and training successful scientists in gerontology research. Based on outstanding input from reviewers of the original application, the present proposal includes junior faculty who will be co-mentored by senior faculty to become successful mentors. For over 20 years, this T32 has received substantial institutional commitment. The present application includes additional financial commitments, including support for a new (i.e., 5th position) predoctoral position each year and funds to cover 5% effort for both the Program Director and Co-Director. Additional strengths of this application include: 1) access to training in new areas of aging research not previously included in this T32, 2) inclusion of 13 new faculty mentors of which 11 are women, 3) balanced distribution of mentors between junior, mid-level and senior faculty ranks, 4) confirmation that this training program does not overlap with any other T32 at UW, 5) enhanced efforts to increase recruitment and retention of trainees of color, and 6) inclusion of a strong training curriculum in both basic biological and clinical research. Overall, the present revised T32 has undergone major revisions and is significantly strengthened. It will continue to provide outstanding training to talented young scientists in both laboratory-based and clinical/translational research in aging and related diseases, and help them launch a successful academic career in gerontology.