Clin-STAR Coordinating Center

项目摘要 美国继续遭受训练有素的临床医生的严重短缺，以满足日益老龄化的需求 人口从历史上看，非老年病学家并没有关注老年人的需求。因此，临床医生 必须培训和鼓励其他专业人员将其实践和研究重点放在与年龄有关的问题上， 他们的纪律方面。虽然通过采取举措， 老年医学和老龄化研究纳入内科、外科等临床学科，意义进一步重大 需要作出承诺，培养老龄化研究方面的未来领导人。U24提案旨在加快 通过建立一个强大的，多方面的和高度网络化的国家平台， 活动和提供资源的培养，连接，和协同作用的临床科学家在老龄化 来自美国不同学科的研究。这一目标将通过一套四个 具体目标：1）建立一个组织结构，促进交流和传播 关于老龄化和老年人护理的科学和研究知识; 2）提供指导和职业生涯 为致力于在其临床研究中进行老龄化研究的新兴研究者提供发展支持 学科; 3）促进老龄化研究，促进跨学科的网络和合作，并确定 并支持高优先级和未充分研究的老龄化研究领域; 4）制定和实施战略， 评估Clin-STAR计划的有效性，并利用这些信息指导未来的发展方向 并向利益攸关方报告结果。Clin-STAR协调中心将通过以下方式实现这些目标： 一系列广泛的战略举措，包括：开发Clin-STAR网站，社交媒体存在，以及 连接Clin-STAR研究者的数据库;组织网络研讨会、年度会议和以内容为重点的 跨学科兴趣小组;确定其他相关网络并与其建立伙伴关系;提供指导 和专业发展资源;以及支持试点赠款、短期休假和访问 教授职位Clin-STAR协调中心将利用积累的研究，职业发展- 超过20名临床研究者（4名PI，10名合作研究者和8名顾问）的培训和指导专业知识 与美国老龄研究联合会合作， （AFAR），将作为拟议活动的国家方案办公室。创新特色 包括一个组织结构，其中包括3个著名的学术资源中心，将支持核心， 具体活动;利用Beeson学者和NIA K24接受者的社区;年度会议 这将毗邻非常成功的比森年会;建立一个外展基金，将支持一个 提供一系列机会，培养领导技能，支持职业发展，提高老龄化的可见度 研究并推广Clin-STAR计划;一种基于网络科学的新型评估方法;和 努力通过慈善事业和利用现有关系建立公私伙伴关系。

Project Summary The US continues to suffer a critical shortage of well-trained clinicians to address the needs of a growing aging population. Historically, non-geriatricians have not focused on the needs of older adults. Hence, clinicians in other specialties must be trained and encouraged to focus their practice and research on the age-related aspects of their discipline. Although important progress has been made through initiatives that integrate geriatrics and aging research into the medical, surgical and other clinical disciplines, further significant commitment is needed to train the future leaders in aging research. This U24 proposal seeks to accelerate these efforts by building a robust, multi-faceted and highly-networked national platform that will organize activities and provide resources for the cultivation, connection, and synergy of clinician-scientists in aging research from disparate disciplines across the US. This objective will be achieved through a set of four specific aims: 1) to develop an organizational structure that will facilitate the exchange and dissemination of scientific and research knowledge on aging and the care of older persons; 2) to provide mentoring and career development support for emerging investigators committed to pursuing aging research in their clinical discipline; 3) to stimulate aging research, foster networking and collaborations across disciplines, and identify and support high priority and understudied areas of aging research; 4) to develop and implement strategies for assessing the effectiveness of the Clin-STAR program and to use this information to guide future directions and report outcomes to stakeholders. The Clin-STAR Coordinating Center will accomplish these aims through a broad array of strategic initiatives, including: developing a Clin-STAR website, social media presence, and database that connects Clin-STAR investigators; organizing webinars, annual meetings and content-focused transdisciplinary interest groups; identifying and partnering with other relevant networks; providing mentorship and professional development resources; and supporting pilot grants, mini-sabbaticals and visiting professorships. The Clin-STAR Coordinating Center will leverage the accumulated research, career develop- ment, and mentoring expertise of over 20 clinician investigators (4 PIs, 10 co-investigators, and 8 advisory board members) across 20 institutions, in partnership with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), which will serve as the National Program Office for the proposed activities. Innovative features include an organizational structure that includes 3 prominent academic resource centers that will support core- specific activities; leveraging the community of Beeson Scholars and NIA K24 recipients; an annual meeting that will abut the highly successful Beeson Annual Meeting; creation of an Outreach Fund that will support an array of opportunities to build leadership skills, support career development, raise the visibility of aging research, and promote the Clin-STAR Program; a novel evaluative approach based on network science; and efforts to establish a public-private partnership through philanthropy and leveraging existing relationships.