Improving the Health of Aging Women and Men.

改善老年女性和男性的健康。

• 批准号: 9913309
• 负责人: ANDREA Z. LACROIX
• 金额: $ 26.97万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-01 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9913309
• 关键词: Aging; Health; Woman; improved; men

Project Summary/Abstract This is an application for a new Institutional T32 National Research Service Award at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) designed to train predoctoral and postdoctoral public health scientists devoted to improving the health of aging women and men and understanding sex differences. The program focuses on preparing researchers to conduct translational studies of factors affecting aging through the life course from middle-age to end of life. Emphasis is placed on special concerns of aging women due to the unique challenges they face across the life course. The program will be directed by Andrea Z. LaCroix, PhD, Professor and Chief of Epidemiology, who is an internationally known senior “aging epidemiologist” with 10 years of experience directing a prior NIA-funded T32 program. Her leadership partners are Co-Directors Linda McEvoy, PhD, an established neuroscientist who studies risk factors for cognitive aging and brain imaging and Alison Moore, MD, Chief of Geriatrics who has 20 years of NIH funding and has mentored more than 50 trainees. The program is organized around 6 major research areas: 1) the study of sex and gender differences; 2) early life predictors of later life outcomes (an area that transcends all focus areas); 3) menopause and midlife; 4) healthy aging in mind and body; 5) chronic disease, multiple morbidity and survivorship; and 6) health disparities and vulnerable populations. Predoctoral trainees will be recruited from two highly selective PhD programs in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (FMPH): 1) The UCSD/San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) in Public Health with tracks in Epidemiology, Global Health and Health Behavior; and 2) the PhD Program in Biostatistics. Postdoctoral scholars will be recruited from doctoral programs nationwide in public health, preventive medicine, neurosciences, psychology, nutrition, physical therapy, exercise science, demography, pharmacy, and other disciplines. The immediate goals of the T32 program are to ensure that each trainee: 1) establishes a research program and significant body of published research in aging women’s or men’s health and/or sex differences that is novel, significant and transformational as a foundation for future grant applications; 2) develops their oral presentation skills; 3) acquires detailed knowledge and strategies for success in setting and meeting career development milestones; 4) develops and submits a grant application appropriate to their level of training; 5) completes training and applies knowledge in the responsible conduct of research; and 6) becomes a valued and contributing member of the aging research community at UCSD and nationally. The Program Directors will host a weekly T32 Workshop that includes structured training in: mentorship; conducting aging research from conception of a novel and significant research question, to incorporating rigorous methods for evaluating health disparities, to publishing and dissemination; grant writing; and career development. Our long term goal is to build the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists across the US who will produce evidence that will have major impacts on the health of aging women and men.

项目概要/摘要 这是一份申请新机构 T32 国家研究服务奖的大学 加州圣地亚哥 (UCSD) 旨在培养致力于以下领域的博士前和博士后公共卫生科学家 改善老年女性和男性的健康并了解性别差异。该计划重点关注 准备研究人员对生命历程中影响衰老的因素进行转化研究 中年到生命的尽头。由于老年妇女的独特性，重点关注老年妇女的特殊问题 他们在一生中面临的挑战。该项目将由 Andrea Z. LaCroix 博士、教授指导 流行病学主任，国际知名资深“老年流行病学家”，拥有10年研究经验 拥有指导先前 NIA 资助的 T32 项目的经验。她的领导合作伙伴是联合董事琳达·麦克沃伊 (Linda McEvoy)、 博士，一位著名的神经科学家，研究认知衰老和大脑成像的危险因素，艾莉森 Moore 医学博士，老年病学主任，拥有 20 年 NIH 资助并指导过 50 多名学员。这 该计划围绕 6 个主要研究领域组织：1）性别和性别差异研究； 2）早年生活 晚年生活结果的预测因素（超越所有重点领域的领域）； 3）更年期和中年； 4）健康 身心衰老； 5) 慢性病、多重发病率和生存率； 6) 健康差异和 弱势群体。博士前培训生将从两个高度选择性的博士项目中招募 家庭医学和公共卫生系 (FMPH)：1) 加州大学圣地亚哥分校/圣地亚哥州立大学联合 公共卫生博士课程（JDP），包括流行病学、全球健康和健康行为；和 2）生物统计学博士课程。面向全国博士点招聘博士后学者 公共卫生、预防医学、神经科学、心理学、营养学、物理治疗、运动科学、 人口统计学、药学和其他学科。 T32 计划的近期目标是确保 每位学员： 1) 制定一项研究计划并发表有关老年女性健康问题的重要研究成果 或男性健康和/或性别差异，这些差异是新颖的、重要的和变革性的，可以作为未来的基础 补助金申请； 2）发展他们的口头表达能力； 3）获得详细的知识和策略 成功设定和实现职业发展里程碑； 4）制定并提交资助申请 适合他们的培训水平； 5) 完成培训并将知识应用于负责任的行为 研究; 6) 成为加州大学圣地亚哥分校老龄化研究界有价值且有贡献的成员 全国范围内。项目总监将每周举办一次 T32 研讨会，其中包括以下方面的结构化培训： 指导；从新颖且重要的研究问题的概念进行衰老研究， 将评估健康差异的严格方法纳入出版和传播；拨款写作； 和职业发展。我们的长期目标是培养下一代跨学科科学家 美国将提供对老年女性和男性健康产生重大影响的证据。