Stanford Training Program in Aging Research

这是一份申请续订我们的T32斯坦福老龄研究培训计划(TPAR)的申请书 计划支持六个博士后研究员从事老龄化研究并成为未来的领导者 田野。该计划于2014年启动，建立在令人兴奋的老龄化研究显著增长的基础上 斯坦福大学。TPAR的建立不仅支持了目前的受训人员，而且还成为了焦点 招募对老龄化研究感兴趣的最优秀和最聪明的学生和研究员， 从而增加了斯坦福大学实习生在老龄化领域工作的比例。 与联席主任一起，TPAR由来自13个不同国家的23名教官组成的特殊小组 作为核心附属教员的部门和项目，其专业领域跨越一系列 衰老生物学中的中心话题。我们已经概述了五个方面(干细胞、遗传学、神经科学、 癌症和免疫学)，关注这些特定背景下的衰老，并由受训者选择。TPAR旨在 通过正规教学论--老龄领域的前沿，为跨学科的老龄培训奠定坚实的基础 研讨会系列，两年一次的老龄化研讨会，每周一次的实习生研究谈话计划，以及指定的 指导计划。该计划的创新方面包括接触临床老年病，正式 博士后指导，融入湾区老龄会议(BAAM)，并包括拨款撰写 课程设置中的课程。每个实习生的任期最长为两年，但非常时期 案件可延长至三年。 在得到广泛的机构支持后，TPAR立即融入了现有的基础设施 斯坦福大学实习生教育专业。TPAR已经并将继续受益于 斯坦福大学招收和留住来自不同领域的申请者的持续努力和成功 背景资料。 这个国家的人口正在老龄化，70岁以上的人比例要高得多。 比以往任何时候都要严重，而且越来越多的人受到心脏等破坏性衰老疾病的影响 疾病、癌症和神经退行性疾病。TPAR的重点将是提供广泛的、 跨学科培训，协调整个校园的老龄化研究和培训活动，并 帮助传播基础和转化性老化研究，为学员在以下领域的后续步骤做好准备 事业。在这样做的过程中，我们预计TPAR不仅将服务于个别受训人员，还将服务于老龄化领域 总体上和整个社会的研究。

This is an application to renew our T32 Stanford Training Program in Aging Research (TPAR), a training program to support six postdoctoral fellow slots to pursue research in aging and to become future leaders in the field. This program, initiated in 2014, was built upon the remarkable growth of exciting aging research at Stanford. The establishment of TPAR has not only supported current trainees, but has also served as focal point for the recruitment of the best and brightest students and fellows with an interest in aging research, thereby increasing the percentage of Stanford trainees working in the aging field. Along with the Co-Directors, TPAR consists of an exceptional group of 23 preceptors from 13 different departments and programs who serve as the core affiliated faculty and whose areas of expertise span a range of central topics within the biology of aging. We have outlined five Tracks (stem cells, genetics, neuroscience, cancer, and immunology) that focus on aging in these specific contexts and that trainees select. TPAR aims to provide a solid foundation of training in aging across sub-disciplines by formal didactics, a Frontiers in Aging seminar series, a biennial Symposium on Aging, a weekly Trainee Research Talk program, and a designated mentoring program. Innovative aspects of the Program include an exposure to clinical geriatrics, formalized postdoctoral mentoring, integration into the Bay Area Aging Meeting (BAAM), and inclusion of a grant-writing course in the curriculum. Each trainee appointment will be for a maximum of two years, but for extraordinary cases may be extended to three years. Receiving broad institutional support, TPAR was immediately integrated into the established infrastructure of trainee education at Stanford University. TPAR has benefitted and will continue to benefit immensely from the continuing efforts and success of Stanford University programs to recruit and retain applicants from diverse background. The population of the country is aging, with a much higher percentage of individuals over 70 years of age than ever before and with an increasing percentage affected by devastating diseases of aging such as heart disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders. The emphasis of TPAR will be to provide broad, interdisciplinary training, to coordinate aging research and training activities across the entire campus, and to help disseminate basic and translational aging research by preparing trainees for the next steps in their careers. In doing so, we expect that TPAR will serve not only the individual trainees but also the field of aging research in general and society at large.