Multidisciplinary undergraduate training program in Health-assistive Smart Environments

项目摘要/摘要 世界人口正在老龄化。由此产生的普及率和为老年人提供优质护理的能力 患有阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症(ADRD)和其他慢性病的人是一个挑战 我们的社会必须解决。我们的愿景是通过提供多样化的本科生群体来应对这一挑战 具有了解健康辅助技术所需的科学、临床和研究经验的学生 并设计有助于应对老龄化挑战和改善人类健康的技术解决方案。 神经科学、心理学、社会学、计算机科学和工程学本科生(理学硕士) 项目以及与医疗保健相关的学科需要强大的多学科背景才能 真正为将技术应用于老年学问题的研究做好准备。这次更新的目标是 申请是继续加强和领导一个本科生的研究性培训计划 老年学和基于技术的辅助环境领域。这将通过课程作业来完成， 暑期研究项目、在线材料和专业研讨会，帮助其他机构发展 类似的计划。最终目标是培养多样化的新一代研究生研究人员。 以及了解需要继续在该领域工作以解决人口老龄化问题的创新者 并开始他们的研究生涯，为面向老年技术的研究做准备。为了实现我们的目标 目标，我们将完善并提供面向多学科本科生的老年技术课程 学生(目标1)。我们还将完善和提供以老年技术为重点的夏季本科生研究 体验(GSUR)计划，将为高素质的学生提供基于团队的研究机会 (目标2)。为了扩大培训计划的影响，我们将为高级Capstone提供辅导支持 与老年技术有关的项目以及独立和临床培训项目(目标3)。最后，我们会 通过在线课程、YouTube视频、 和播客，并在高能见度老年学和 技术会议(目标4)。在所有这些努力中，我们将招募和参与不同的学生团体，包括 STEM中的妇女、少数群体、残疾人和处境不利的个人。这个 拟议的课程是创新的，因为与GeronTechnology相关的本科课程具有真正的多学科 纪律核心很少见。结合服务当地学生团体，暑期学生来自 其他项目，以及来自大学以外的个人，通过在线材料，公开研讨会，以及 研讨会将提高准备充分的即将到来的研究生研究人员的质量、数量和多样性。 这个项目意义重大，因为它将向许多本科生介绍#年我们社会所面临的问题。 并使其中许多人做好准备，通过以下方式帮助开发新的卫生保健方法 将技术与传统医学方法相融合。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The world's population is aging. The resulting prevalence and ability to provide quality care for older individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRDs) and other chronic illnesses is a challenge our society must address. Our vision is to address this challenge by providing a diverse body of undergraduate students with the scientific, clinical, and research experience needed to understand health-assistive technology and design technological solutions that aid with the challenges of aging and improve human health. Undergraduates in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, computer science, and engineering (MSTEM) programs as well as those in healthcare-related disciplines need a strong multi-disciplinary background to be truly prepared for research in applying technology to gerontology issues. The objective of this renewal application is to continue to enhance and lead a research training program for undergraduate students in the fields of gerontology and technology-based assistive environments. This will be done through course work, summer research programs, online materials and professional symposia to help other institutions develop similar programs. The ultimate goal is to bring up a diverse generation of new graduate student researchers and innovators who understand the need of continued work in the field for addressing the aging population issues and begin their research careers prepared for gerontechnology oriented research. To accomplish our goal, we will refine and offer a gerontechnology class that is geared toward multidisciplinary undergraduate students (Aim 1). We will also refine and offer a gerontechnology-focused summer undergraduate research experience (GSUR) program that will provide a team-based research opportunity for highly-qualified students (Aim 2). To broaden the impact of the training program, we will offer mentoring support for senior capstone projects and independent and clinical training projects related to gerontechnology (Aim 3). Finally, we will broaden the impact of our program by disseminating training materials through online classes, Youtube videos, and podcasts, and presenting methods and results of the training program at high-visibility gerontology and technology meetings (Aim 4). In all of these efforts we will recruit and involve a diverse student body, including women in STEM, minorities, persons with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The proposed program is innovative because Gerontechnology-related undergraduate programs with a true multi- disciplinary core are rare. The combination of serving both the local student body, summer students from other programs, and individuals from outside the university through online materials, open seminars, and workshops will bolster the quality, quantity, and diversity of highly prepared upcoming graduate researchers. The project is significant because it will introduce many undergraduates to the issues faced by our society in the coming decades, as well as prepare many of them to help develop new approaches to health care through melding technology with traditional medical approaches.