UNC-CH Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students

UNC-CH 医学生老龄化夏季研究培训

• 批准号: 9269945
• 负责人: JAN BUSBY-WHITEHEAD
• 金额: $ 7.57万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9269945
• 关键词: Aging; Aging-Related Process; American; Area; Arts; Award; Behavioral; Biological; Clinical; Collaborations; Data Analyses; Discipline of Nursing; Disease; Economics; Enrollment; Foundations; Funding; Genetic; Geriatrics; Grant; Health; Journals; Leadership; Literature; Manuscripts; Medical; Medical Students; Mentors; Nurses; Oral; Osteopathic Medicine; Peer Review; Performance; Pharmacy facility; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Public Health; Publishing; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Resources; Schools; Science; Social Work; Societies; Structure; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; career; design; experience; medical schools; meetings; posters; pre-doctoral; programs; research and development; role model; social; student mentoring; success; summer research

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UNC-CH Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students (UNC-CH MSTAR) program proposes to serve as a national resource for preparing medical and osteopathic students early in their careers to design, conduct, and analyze independent research in the broad field of aging. The trainees are paired with a funded mentor who will serve as an academic role model. This program has been funded since 2010, under the direction of Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Director of the Center for Aging and Health (CAH). We currently have 8 short term trainee positions per year. All positions have been filled with highly qualified trainees from USA medical and osteopathic schools. UNC-CH requested 40 positions over a five-year period (8 per year); however, due to a late funding notice, Grant Years 2 and 4 were filled with 12 trainees in order to meet our proposed quota of 40 trainees. Thirty-two pre-doctoral trainees from 2011-2013 have successfully completed the Program. Eight trainees are currently enrolled for 2014, fulfilling our commitment through 2014. Of the thirty-two trainees who successfully completed the Program, five are underrepresented minority (URM) medical students. In this current year of 2014, two trainees out of eight are URM. Twenty-nine of the 32 student/mentor teams have published abstracts and presented their UNC-CH MSTAR projects at the American Geriatrics Society annual meeting. Two of the students were invited to give oral presentations at AGS, and seven other students were selected to display their posters in the Presidential Poster Section. In addition, 13 students have published a total of 12 articles in peer reviewed journals. Seventeen UNC-CH MSTAR students have received academic recognition with honors and awards for their aging research projects. These numbers speak to the success of the ongoing UNC-CH MSTAR program. We are requesting from NIA to continue with 12 pre-doctoral trainee slots, and UNC-CH has made an institutional commitment to fund 2 of these pre-doctoral trainee slots. Training is centered in the CAH in collaboration with the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social Work, and Arts and Sciences. Trainees attend required structured didactic sessions and seminars. They have performance reviews during their fourth week of training and at the end of their summer experience. Guidance is provided by the trainee's research mentor and the UNC-CH MSTAR Leadership Team. Trainees are immersed in relevant areas of research including: genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research related to the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and other problems and needs specific to older Americans. The trainees are exposed to issues regarding the scope and impact of areas of research needed in the field of aging, reviews of the relevant literature, development of research initiatives, data analysis, preparation of manuscripts and abstracts, and research presentations. We are confident that our Program is providing a strong foundation for our trainees to build towards academic careers that will advance aging research.

 描述（由申请人提供）：UNC-CH 医学生老龄化夏季研究培训 (UNC-CH MSTAR) 计划旨在作为国家资源，帮助医学和整骨疗法学生在其职业生涯早期做好设计、开展和分析广泛的老龄化领域的独立研究的准备。学员将与一位受资助的导师配对，导师将充当学术榜样。该项目自 2010 年起在老年医学科主任兼老龄与健康中心 (CAH) 主任 Jan Busby-Whitehead 医学博士的指导下获得资助。目前，我们每年有 8 个短期实习生职位。所有职位均由来自美国医学院和整骨学校的高素质学员填补。 UNC-CH 要求在五年内提供 40 个职位（每年 8 个）；然而，由于资金通知迟到，第 2 年和第 4 年的资助项目共招收了 12 名受训人员，以满足我们提议的 40 名受训人员配额。 2011-2013年已有32名博士前学员顺利完成该项目。目前已招收 2014 年的 8 名学员，履行我们到 2014 年的承诺。在成功完成该计划的 32 名学员中，有 5 名是代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 医学生。 2014 年，八名学员中有两名是 URM。 32 个学生/导师团队中的 29 个团队已发表摘要，并在美国老年医学会年会上展示了他们的 UNC-CH MSTAR 项目。其中两名学生受邀在 AGS 进行口头报告，另外七名学生被选中在总统海报区展示他们的海报。此外，还有13名学生在同行评审期刊上发表了总共12篇文章。 17 名 UNC-CH MSTAR 学生因其老龄化研究项目获得了学术认可、荣誉和奖励。这些数字说明了正在进行的 UNC-CH MSTAR 计划的成功。我们请求 NIA 继续提供 12 个博士前实习生名额，而 UNC-CH 已做出机构承诺，为其中 2 个博士前实习生名额提供资金。培训以 CAH 为中心，与医学院、护理学院、药学院、公共卫生学院、社会工作学院以及艺术与科学学院合作。学员参加所需的结构化教学课程和研讨会。他们在培训的第四周和夏季体验结束时进行绩效评估。受训者的研究导师和 UNC-CH MSTAR 领导团队提供指导。学员沉浸在相关研究领域，包括：与衰老过程相关的遗传、生物、临床、行为、社会和经济研究、与衰老相关的疾病和状况，以及美国老年人特有的其他问题和需求。学员将接触到有关老龄化领域所需研究领域的范围和影响、相关文献综述、研究计划的制定、数据分析、手稿和摘要的准备以及研究演示等问题。我们相信，我们的计划将为我们的学员奠定坚实的基础，让他们走向学术生涯，从而推进老龄化研究。