Training Program in Gerontological and Geriatric Research

项目摘要 这个由T32支持的“老年学和老年学研究培训计划(TPGGR)”最初 2009年资助(为期2年)，随后于2012年续签5年，支持 指导培训了5名继续致力于研究事业的成功研究人员，其中2人 新的研究员承诺在2016年夏/秋开始培训。我们六年的进展正在走上正轨 超过项目目标，与我们教员在以下领域取得杰出成功的总体记录保持一致 教育其他学生、博士后研究员和职业生涯早期教师。在全国范围内，有一个 缺乏受过适当研究技能培训的称职调查人员，他们希望进行 导致行动不便、痴呆和丧失的重要老年结局的临床研究 独立自主。因此，我们对T32支持的学员的研究已经并将继续 有助于增进有关预防残疾和最佳健康的知识 照顾老年人。 我们TPGGR的总体目标是提供一条以 关于对研究员进行临床研究所需技能和能力的培训 预防身体残疾和认知残疾。我们的学者们对地球上的 导致身体和/或认知残疾的途径，以及获得：1)所需的能力 在老年人中进行随机临床试验和/或纵向队列研究，2)经验和 在测量认知和/或身体残疾结果方面的专门知识，以及3)具体 符合其个人兴趣的技术或方法技能。这项训练将使他们 成功过渡到早期教师职位并在以下领域具有极强竞争力的职位 新的资金继续他们走向独立的道路。这种方法与我们的另一种方法相辅相成 培训计划，并与我们现有NIA赞助的科学主题完美结合 胡椒中心，专注于身体机能，以及我们捐赠的库林奇中心，这是 专注于认知功能。自从我们最初的T32拨款以来，研究密集型教师的数量 我们Sticht中心的外部资金几乎翻了一番。因为我们的这场爆炸 高素质的培训教师数量，这项建议寻求3名实习生的年薪支持。 目前的研究经费总额为2,840万美元，直接费用授予 我们建议的T32计划学院，我们拥有科学专业知识、资源和研究 培训下一代研究人员在临床上取得成功的机会 老年医学研究。

Project Summary This T32-supported “Training Program in Gerontological and Geriatric Research (TPGGR)”, initially funded in 2009 (for 2 years), and subsequently renewed for 5 years in 2012, has supported mentored training of 5 successful investigators who remain dedicated to a research career, with 2 new fellows committed to begin training in summer/fall 2016. Our 6-year progress is on track to exceed program goals, consistent with our faculty's overall track record of outstanding success in educating other students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career faculty. Nationwide, there is a dearth of competent investigators trained in the appropriate research skills who wish to conduct clinical research on important geriatric outcomes that lead to mobility disability, dementia, and loss of independence. Thus, the research of our T32-supported trainees has been, and will continue to be, instrumental in advancing knowledge regarding the prevention of disability and the best health care for older adults. The overall goal of our TPGGR is to provide an integrated career development pathway centered on training fellows in the skills and competencies needed to conduct clinical research directed at prevention of physical and cognitive disability. Our scholars acquire a scientific understanding of the pathways leading to physical and/or cognitive disability, as well as gain: 1) competencies needed to conduct randomized clinical trials and/or longitudinal cohort studies in the elderly, 2) experience and expertise in the measurement of cognitive and/or physical disability outcomes, and 3) specific technical or methodological skills in line with their individual interests. This training will place them in a position to transition successfully to an early-stage faculty position and to be highly competitive for new funding to continue their path towards independence. This approach complements our other training programs and integrates perfectly with the scientific themes of our existing NIA-sponsored Pepper Center, which is focused on physical function, and our endowed Kulynych Center, which is focused on cognitive function. Since our initial T32 grant, the number of research-intensive faculty and extramural funding in our Sticht Center has nearly doubled. Because of this explosion in our number of highly qualified training faculty, this proposal seeks annual salary support for 3 trainees. With a current research portfolio of funded grants totaling $28.4 million in direct costs awarded to our proposed T32 Program Faculty, we have the scientific expertise, resources, and research opportunities available for training the next generation of investigators for success in clinical geriatric research.