Advanced Research Institute in Mental Health and Aging

“心理健康与老龄化高级研究所”的总体目标是增加 成功过渡到独立调查人员从事高影响力工作的早期教师人数 在心理健康和老龄化方面的研究，推进了NIMH战略计划的所有四个战略目标。这个 人口正在迅速老龄化--就寿命、绝对人数和相对于其他年龄而言--无论是在 我们和世界大部分地区都是如此。这些人口结构的变化为新的 一代又一代的研究人员阐明衰老对精神疾病的贡献并减少个人 以及老年人精神疾病的社会负担。关注精神健康的调查人员数量 与老龄化相比，老龄化是科学和公共卫生面临的规模较小的挑战。ARI将提供职业生涯早期 教职员工有指导的教育计划，以促进他们过渡到：目标1(独立调查人员) 通过获得NIH R01级(或同等)资金来衡量，其次是通过其他 NIH机制或联邦拨款计划，以及研究证明的目标2(科学领袖) 指导，留住活跃的研究人员，出版，学术提升，参与团队科学， 和科学服务(例如，NIH研究部门。ARI国家辅导网络是一个多学科的 由资深和职业生涯中期的科学家组成的团队，他们拥有互补的技能，涵盖了 脑科学、干预科学和实施学。ARI教育计划支持16名初学者 教师(称为学者)每年，每个学者的参与为期两年。关键要素包括： 持续的辅导侧重于赠款的编写和职业发展，咨询生物统计学家，以及 职业发展。该计划包括一年一度的面对面的长途春假 后续行动和基于网络的职业发展研讨会。这项计划的新特点包括1.增强 为导师和学者提供正式导师培训和资源的教育计划； 通过导师计划建立生物统计学咨询支持。公共卫生影响： 老年人未得到满足的心理健康需求是一个重大的公共卫生问题，不仅影响到那些 患有精神障碍，但他们的家人、护理提供者、社区和机构提供和提供 为护理买单。这项研究的挑战包括减轻老年人的精神疾病负担，同时 解释衰老过程如何影响精神疾病的风险、表现和结果 在成年后的一生中。应对这一挑战的研究能力在很大程度上取决于正在进行的 通过来自翻译领域的新的独立调查人员丰富了该领域，并具有 一流的培训和创新的理念。ARI将通过开发下一代 独立调查人员和科学领袖在心理健康和老龄化方面进行有重大影响的研究。

The overarching goal of the "Advanced Research Institute (ARI) in Mental Health and Aging” is to increase the number of early-career faculty successfully transitioning to independent investigators conducting high impact research in mental health and aging that advances all four strategic objectives of the NIMH Strategic Plan. The population is aging rapidly – in terms of longevity, absolute numbers and relative to other ages -- both in the US and in much of the world. These demographic changes offer both challenges and opportunities for new generations of researchers to explicate the contribution of aging to mental illness and to reduce the personal and societal burden of mental illness in older adults. The number of investigators focused on mental health and aging is small relative the size of the scientific and public health challenges. ARI will provide early-career faculty a mentored, educational program to foster their transition to: Aim 1 (Independent Investigators) measured by obtaining NIH R01-level (or equivalent) funding and, secondarily, research funding through other NIH mechanisms or federal grant programs, and Aim 2 (Scientific Leaders) as evidenced by research mentoring, retention as active researchers, publications, academic promotion, participation in team science, and scientific service (e.g., NIH Study sections. The ARI national Mentoring Network is a multi-disciplinary team of senior and mid-career scientists with complementary skills which span the translational spectrum of brain, interventions and implementation science. The ARI Educational Program supports 16 early-career faculty (called Scholars) annually with each Scholar’s participating for two years. Key elements include: sustained mentoring focused on grant-writing and career development, consultation with biostatisticians, and professional development. The program includes an annual in-person Spring Retreat, structured long-distance follow-up, and web-based career development seminars. New features to this program include 1. enhancing the educational program with formal mentor training and resources for both Mentors and Scholars; and 2. building biostatistical consultation support through a mentored fellows program. Public Health Impact: The unmet mental health needs of older adults is a significant public health problem that affects not only those who suffer from mental disorders but their families, care providers, communities, and institutions that deliver and pay for care. The research challenge includes reducing the burden of mental illness in older adults while also explicating how the process of aging contributes to the risk, expression, and outcomes of mental illness throughout the adult life span. The capacity of research to meet this challenge rests largely on ongoing enrichment of the field with new independent investigators from across the translational spectrum with state-of- the-art training and innovative ideas. ARI will build this capacity by developing the next generation of independent investigators and scientific leaders conducting high impact research in mental health and aging.