Interdisciplinary Research Training on Health and Aging

项目总结/摘要 拟议的计划，“跨学科研究培训在公共卫生和老龄化” 寻求将最初于2008年资助的现有奖项延续五年， 并于2014年4月更新。该计划将特别侧重于培训机会， 老年人不良健康结果的社会和行为决定因素， 通过生物机制或与生物机制的相互作用进行调解， 与衰老相关的健康变化有关。这一重点的合理性在于 这项研究的潜力，以确定新的机会，预防，管理和 治疗与衰老有关的慢性健康状况及其功能后果。的 该计划定义了社会流行病学的学科基础，同时强调 与其他学科的学术活动合作，包括其他 公共卫生科学、社会科学、生物科学和医学。 该申请要求资金支持和培训共8名博士前学员，其中2名 在该计划的前4年中，每年都招募新的受训人员。该计划将 位于密歇根大学公共卫生学院流行病学系 健康流行病学系提供了非常丰富的知识， 环境的跨学科培训计划在公共卫生和老龄化，由于 它的教师与大量的研究机构和中心在互联网 密歇根大学。该培训计划包括15名导师， 包括各种学科背景的研究和培训记录。的 培训计划包括一个结构化的教学和指导计划， 以下相互关联的组成部分：1）指导研究活动; 2）课程工作， 老龄化流行病学和相关主题，以及参与公共卫生和 老龄化研究研讨会;以及3）参与其他培训和充实的机会 在密歇根大学有售。

Project Summary/Abstract The proposed program, “Interdisciplinary Research Training in Public Health and Aging” seeks a five-year continuation of the current award, which was funded originally in 2008, and renewed in April 2014. The program will focus specifically on training opportunities in the social and behavioral determinants of adverse health outcomes in older age, and their mediation through or interaction with the biological mechanisms that are commonly thought to be associated with aging-related changes in health. The rational for this focus lies in the potential of this research to identify new opportunities for the prevention, management and treatment of aging-related chronic health conditions and their functional consequences. The program defines its disciplinary foundation in social epidemiology, while emphasizing collaboration with scholarly activity from other disciplinary perspectives, including other public health sciences, social sciences, biological sciences and medical sciences. This application requests funds to support and train a total of 8 pre-doctoral trainees, with 2 new trainees being recruited each of the first 4 years of the program. The program will be located in the Department of Epidemiology of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. The Department of Epidemiology provides an exceptionally rich intellectual environment for an inter-disciplinary training program in public health and aging, due to the interconnections of its faculty with a large number of Research Institutes and Centers at the University of Michigan. The training program includes 15 mentors with well-established research and training records encompassing a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. The training program consists of a structured program of teaching and mentoring with the following inter-related components: 1) mentored research activity; 2) course work in the epidemiology of aging and related subject matters, and participation in public health and aging research seminars; and 3) participation in other training and enrichment opportunities available at the University of Michigan.