Clinical and Behavioral Science Training in Aging and Health Disparities

 描述(由申请者提供)：德克萨斯大学医学分校(UTMB)是少数族裔健康和老龄化研究的领先中心。UTMB自1999年以来一直主持由NIA支持的少数民族健康和老龄化方面的博士后和博士后培训计划。UTMB自1983年以来也有医学和博士相结合的学位课程，已经培养了100多名临床医生和科学家。被录取的学生完成一个综合的医学博士课程，该课程结合了医学院和研究生院的经验，以优化临床医生-科学家的教育。预防医学和社区卫生部(PMCH)主持了公共卫生教育委员会(CEPH)新认可的人口健康科学博士项目。人口健康科学计划将与医学博士结合学位计划合作，在五年内招收5名医学博士研究生。拟议的老年健康差距临床和行为科学医学博士计划将重点放在少数族裔老龄化和健康差距的核心优势领域。 UTMB的研究，包括：西班牙裔和西班牙裔/拉丁裔健康和老龄化，以及老年人健康结果的差异。在这些领域，该大学投入了大量资源来创造新的教员职位，并在获得同行评议(R01)支持方面取得了重大成功。与最近获得认可的人口健康科学研究生课程相一致，我们提议在整个医学院和研究生阶段设立一个综合课程，解决老年人健康差距的临床方面和前沿研究。生物医学研究生院和教务长办公室在过去几年中作出了重大承诺，以提高UTMB的研究生教育的卓越水平。这些承诺包括招募优秀研究生的总统学者计划，以及建立博士后事务办公室，其中包括职业发展和指导方面的有组织的培训和机会。我们已经制定了一个正式的结构和相关活动，以加强招聘，并便利我们的受训人员在区域和国家一级的安置。我们相信，我们的临床科学家实习生将在下一代老年研究人员和临床医生中竞争领导职位。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is a leading center for research on minority health and aging. UTMB has hosted an NIA-supported pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training program in minority health and aging since 1999. UTMB also has an MD-PhD Combined Degree Program since 1983 and has educated more than 100 clinician-scientists. Students accepted into the program complete an integrated MD-PhD curriculum that combines aspects of both the Medical School and Graduate School experiences to optimize the education of clinician-scientists. The Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health (PMCH) hosts a Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) newly accredited Population Health Science PhD program. The Population health Sciences program will partner with the MD-PhD Combined Degree Program to recruit 5 MD- PhD students over the five year period. The proposed MD-PhD program in clinical and behavioral sciences on health disparities in aging will focus on core areas of strengths in minority aging and health disparities research at UTMB, including: Hispanic and Hispanic/Latino health and aging, and disparities in health outcomes in older adults. These are areas in which the University has committed substantial resources toward creating new faculty positions and has demonstrated significant success in obtaining peer-reviewed (R01) support. In concert with the recently accredited graduate program in Population Health Sciences, we are proposing an integrated curriculum throughout medical school and the graduate years that will address both clinical aspects and cutting edge research on health disparities in older adults. The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Provost's Office have made significant commitments in the past few years to enhancing the excellence of graduate education at UTMB. These commitments include the President's Scholars Program to recruit outstanding graduate students and the establishment of an Office of Postdoctoral Affairs that includes organized training and opportunities in career development and mentoring. We have developed a formal structure and related activities to enhance recruitment and facilitate the placement of our trainees regionally and nationally. We believe that our clinician scientist trainees will be competitive for leadership positions among th next generation of aging researchers and clinicians.