Reid Aging and Pain Research Training Program

总结/摘要 我的以病人为导向的研究计划的重点是解决关键的知识差距有关的问题， 晚年疼痛，一种常见的，病态的，昂贵的疾病。我寻求更新我的国家老龄化研究所（NIA） K24奖，以扩大在过去4年中建立的强大的导师计划，并支持我的 一项以病人为导向的研究计划，重点是晚年疼痛和症状管理。具体目标一 计划在下一个资助期内完成的工作包括：1）开发、测试和传播非 药物干预策略，以改善老年人疼痛和疼痛相关的结果， 在适当的时候注重新技术的使用; 2）扩大现有的强大的 学员致力于以病人为导向的研究事业; 3）扩大我的研究重点，以获得进一步的 专门知识和能力进行面向病人的研究：a）认知受损的老年人群体 B）家庭照顾者在改善疼痛护理结果中的作用; c）非药物方法 除了行为干预之外的疼痛（例如，认知行为疗法），如非侵入性神经- 刺激技术（例如，经颅直流电刺激）;和d）开发和评价 新的疼痛评估工具;最后4）获得新的资金来支持利用 最近完成和正在进行的研究，从而扩大了吸引和培训新学员的机会 整个颁奖期间。我的导师计划包括结构化的教育和职业生涯 发展活动根据受训者的经验、兴趣和需要， 需求构成了核心的辅导活动。除了这种培训之外，还可以获得一系列丰富的 教育和其他职业建设资源，以及个性化职业发展的发展 计划沿着定期评估，以帮助确保培训生及时取得进步和成就 共同商定的目标。康奈尔大学的环境提供了广泛的资源，以支持候选人的 研究和指导计划，并提供丰富的学员渠道。康奈尔大学的国家情报局资助的爱德华 R.罗伊巴尔中心（我指导）和行为老年医学研究博士后培训计划（我指导）。 共同指导）构成主要的杠杆资源。自获得K24资助以来导师成功的证据 2016年包括招聘、培训和促进25名受训人员的职业发展，其中包括5名少数民族 学员和18名妇女。研究生产力的证据包括发表70篇同行评审的文章， 这段时间，许多在高影响力的期刊，以及成功地推出了T32培训计划 并获得康奈尔大学罗伊巴尔中心（P30赠款）的竞争性更新资金。我正在进行的 项目，我建议的职业发展活动，上述，我继续指导初级 和早期的职业生涯中期调查，将有助于推动晚年研究领域的发展， 成年人的健康和福祉受到晚年痛苦的不利影响。

Summary/Abstract My patient-oriented research program focuses on addressing key knowledge gaps related to the problem of later-life pain, a common, morbid, and costly disorder. I seek renewal of my National Institute on Aging (NIA) K24 Award to expand a robust program of mentorship established over the past 4 years and to support my program of patient-oriented research focused on later-life pain and symptom management. Specific aims I intend to accomplish over the next funding period include: 1) Developing, testing, and disseminating non- pharmacologic intervention strategies to improve pain and pain-related outcomes among older adults with a focus on the use of new technologies when appropriate; 2) Expanding an already existing robust pipeline of trainees committed to careers in patient-oriented research; 3) Expanding my research focuses to gain further expertise in and ability to conduct patient-oriented research on: a) cognitively impaired older adult populations with pain; b) the role of family caregivers in improving pain care outcomes; c) non-pharmacologic approaches to pain other than behavioral interventions (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy) such as non-invasive neuro- stimulation techniques (e.g., transcranial direct current stimulation); and d) the development and evaluation of new pain assessment tools; and finally 4) Obtaining new funding to support research that capitalizes on recently completed and ongoing research, thereby expanding opportunities to attract and train new mentees throughout the award period. My mentorship program consists of structured educational and career development activities A supervised research program tailored to the trainees’ experience, interests, and needs constitutes the core mentorship activity. This training is supplemented by access to a rich array of educational and other career building resources and the development of an individualized career development plan along with regularly scheduled evaluations that help to ensure timely trainee progress and achievement of mutually agreed upon goals. The Cornell environment offers extensive resources to support the candidate’s research and mentoring programs and provides a rich array of trainee pipelines. Cornell’s NIA-funded Edward R. Roybal Center (which I direct) and a postdoctoral training program in behavioral geriatrics research (which I co-direct) constitute major leveraged resources. Evidence of mentorship success since receipt of K24 funding in 2016 includes recruiting, training and fostering the career development of 25 trainees, including 5 minority trainees and 18 women. Evidence of research productivity includes publishing 70 peer-reviewed articles over this period of time, many in high impact journals, as well as successfully launching the T32 training program and obtaining competitive renewal funding for Cornell’s Roybal Center (P30 grant). The focus of my ongoing projects, my proposed career development activities described above, and my continued mentorship of junior and early mid-career investigators, will help to move the field of later-life research forward, leading to improved health and well-being of adults adversely affected by later-life pain.