Building Wisconsin's Community-Academic Infrastructure to Promote Aging Research

描述（由申请人提供）：美国的老年人口预计在未来25年内将增加近一倍。医学研究所指出，全国范围内缺乏满足“婴儿潮一代”老年保健需求的准备。迫切需要变革性的健康科学老龄化研究来解决这一日益严重的问题。我们建议建立一个威斯康星州社区-学术老龄化研究网络（CAARN），这将增强威斯康星州老龄化服务网络和威斯康星大学（UW）开展与老龄化相关的临床和传播研究的能力和有效性。该提案将利用现有的学术网络，建立在华盛顿大学在老龄化研究和研究基础设施方面的相当大的优势；将通过老化的网络覆盖威斯康星州的所有社区；将解决被认为是威斯康辛州和国家优先考虑的问题；并将利用社区研究助理（CRA）谁是众所周知的在威斯康星州老化的网络。此外，它将提供一个健康心理学博士后研究员，他将帮助临床研究人员设计动机策略，以增加老年人吸收的可能性。最后，它将由一名PI领导，她非常适合执行这项提案，因为她已经进行了由疾病预防控制中心，NIA， AoA和威斯康星州资助的基于社区的研究超过二十年。CAARN的基础设施将为社区和学术利益相关者提供1)培训和技术援助，2)网络能力；3)获得研究资源，包括试点资金和咨询健康心理学博士后；4)互联网基础设施。在第一年，CRA和PI将参与威斯康星州的老龄化网络和学术研究人员，以确定在合作伙伴关系和潜在的研究领域的兴趣。CAARN将通过年度会议和季度全州电话会议来促进联系。CRA将建立合作伙伴关系，利用现有的培训材料和CAARN开发的新材料，促进交流并提供培训。CRA将继续与新成立的伙伴关系进行磋商，以促进沟通，提供获取资源的途径，确定和克服障碍，并将研究小组与健康心理学研究员联系起来。该提案将创建一个可持续的基础设施，从一年级到三年级，将增加从事老龄化研究的社区学术伙伴关系的数量；增加以社区为基础的临床和传播老龄化研究的内部和外部资助提案的数量；并改善威斯康星州老年人的健康，这些老年人参与了在社区环境中进行的研究。CAARN与西澳大学优秀的研究基础设施和老化网络的集中枢纽的整合将确保其在资助期后的成功和可持续性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The population of older adults in the United States is expected to nearly double over the next 25 years. The Institute of Medicine has stated that there is a nationwide lack of preparedness to meet the health care needs of aging "baby boomers". Transformative health sciences aging research is urgently needed to address this growing problem. We propose to develop a Wisconsin Community-Academic Aging Research Network (CAARN), which will augment the capacity and effectiveness of both the State of Wisconsin's aging services network and the University of Wisconsin (UW) to conduct clinical and dissemination research related to aging. This proposal will leverage existing academic networks, building on UW's considerable strengths in aging research and research infrastructure; will encompass all of Wisconsin's communities through the aging network; will address problems that are considered high priority for Wisconsin and the nation; and will utilize a Community Research Associate (CRA) who is well known across the aging network in Wisconsin. Further, it will provide a health psychology post-doctoral fellow who will help clinical researchers to design motivational strategies to increase likelihood of uptake by older adults. Lastly, it will be led by a PI who is ideally suited to conduct this proposal, as she has performed community-based research funded by CDC, NIA, AoA, and State of Wisconsin for over two decades. CAARN's infrastructure will provide community and academic stakeholders with 1) training and technical assistance, 2) networking capacity; 3) access to research resources including pilot funding and consultation with the health psychology post-doctoral fellow; and 4) internet infrastructure. In Year 1, the CRA and PI will engage Wisconsin's aging network and academic researchers to determine interest in partnerships and potential research areas. CAARN will foster connections through annual meetings and quarterly statewide conference calls. The CRA will work with forming partnerships to facilitate communication and provide training, using existing training materials and new materials developed by CAARN. The CRA will continue to consult with newly formed partnerships to facilitate communication, provide access to resources, ascertain and overcome barriers, and link research teams with the health psychology fellow. This proposal will create a sustainable infrastructure that, from Year 1 to Year 3, will increase the number of community-academic partnerships engaged in aging research; increase the number of intramurally and extramurally funded proposals for community-based clinical and dissemination aging research; and improve the health of older adults in Wisconsin participating in research studies conducted in the community setting. CAARN's integration into UW's outstanding research infrastructure and into the aging network's centralized hub will ensure its success and sustainability beyond the grant period. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal aims to develop a sustainable Community-Academic Aging Research Network that will facilitate partnerships between University of Wisconsin researchers and the State of Wisconsin aging network, in order to expand and accelerate transformation of aging research into practice in community settings.