Clin-STAR Coordinating Center

项目摘要 美国仍然严重缺乏训练有素的临床医生来满足日益老龄化的需求 人口。从历史上看，非老年病医生并不关注老年人的需求。因此，临床医生在 必须培训和鼓励其他专业将其实践和研究集中在与年龄相关的 他们纪律的各个方面。尽管通过包括以下内容的倡议取得了重要进展 老年病学和老龄化研究进入内科、外科和其他临床学科，进一步具有重要意义 要培养老龄化研究领域的未来领导者，需要做出承诺。这项U24提案寻求加快 这些努力通过建立一个强大、多方面和高度网络化的国家平台来实现，该平台将组织 活动，并为老年临床医生-科学家的培养、联系和协同提供资源 来自全美不同学科的研究。这一目标将通过以下四项措施来实现 具体目标：1)建立一个组织结构，以便利交流和传播 关于老龄和照顾老年人的科学和研究知识；2)提供指导和职业 为致力于在临床上进行老龄化研究的新兴研究人员提供开发支持 学科；3)刺激老龄化研究，促进跨学科的网络和合作，并确定 并支持老龄化研究的高度优先和研究不足的领域；4)制定和实施战略 评估CLIN-STAR方案的有效性，并利用这些信息指导未来的方向 并向利益相关者报告结果。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、社交媒体存在和 连接Clin-Star调查人员的数据库；组织网络研讨会、年度会议和以内容为重点 跨学科兴趣小组；确定并与其他相关网络合作；提供指导 和专业发展资源；支持试点助学金、小长假和访问 教授职位。CLIN-STAR协调中心将利用积累的研究、职业发展- 20多名临床医生调查员(4名PI、10名合作调查员和8名咨询人员)的指导和指导专业知识 董事会成员)，与美国老龄化研究联合会合作，覆盖20个机构 (远)，它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个重要的学术资源中心，这些中心将支持核心- 具体活动；利用比森学者和NIA K24获奖者社区；年度会议 这将伴随着非常成功的比森年会；创建一个外联基金，将支持 一系列机会，以培养领导技能、支持职业发展、提高老龄化的可见度 研究和推动CLIN-STAR计划；一种基于网络科学的新评估方法；以及 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.