Translational Nutrition and Aging Research Academic Career Leadership Award

转化营养与衰老研究学术职业领导奖

• 批准号: 8721830
• 负责人: JULIE L. LOCHER
• 金额: $ 11.66万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-30 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8721830
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of this K07 Academic Career Leadership Award is to develop a sustainable Program in Translational Nutrition and Aging based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and in partnership with organizations and individuals within the state of Alabama who have an interest in collaborating on nutrition and aging research initiatives. Specific Aims are to: 1) provide leadership, core faculty, and resources that support innovative, integrated, interdisciplinary, clinical, behavioral, and policy-related collaborations focused on translational nutrition and aging research; 2) provide high quality educational experiences related to translational nutrition and aging research for pre-doctoral trainees, post-doctoral fellows, junior and transitional faculty, and community stakeholders, including policy makers and the geriatric workforce; and 3) identify gaps in the current evidence base, address methodological issues, and set priorities for translational nutrition and aging research. The candidate, Julie L. Locher, is a Medical Sociologist and Health Services Researcher whose work as an independent investigator has been devoted to the study of: 1) eating behaviors and nutrition issues of older adults and 2) the various dimensions through which nutrition affects patient-centered outcomes in older adults. Most of her work focuses on social and environmental factors, including community and health care practices and policies that affect eating behaviors and nutrition-related health outcomes in this population. She is uniquely trained in mixed quantitative and qualitative applied research methods. Dr. Locher possesses the professional qualifications and personal qualities necessary for developing and leading a substantive and sustainable Program in Translational Nutrition and Aging Research that is both timely and cutting-edge. UAB is a world leader in: 1) geriatrics, gerontology, palliative and supportive care research, education, and clinical care; 2) nutrition and obesity research, education, and clinical care; and 3) patient-centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research and training. The candidate and UAB, with the support of a stellar External Advisory Committee, are particularly well-poised to carry out the proposed aims of the program. Demographic and economic imperatives highlight the reality that nutritional matters are too costly to ignore in our rapidly aging society. This is especially true in consideration of:1) increasing efforts to improve transitions of care linking hospital and home health services with community-based services in order to reduce preventable healthcare utilization and 2) increasing initiatives to rebalance long-term care so that older adults can remain in the community versus having to enter an institution. Rising rates of overweight and obese Baby Boomers who enter into older adulthood with concomitant obesity-related comorbidities and disability present additional and complicating challenges to these trends wherein nutritional matters figure prominently.

描述（由申请人提供）：K07 学术职业领导力奖的总体目标是在阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校 (UAB) 与阿拉巴马州内有兴趣合作开展营养和老龄化研究计划的组织和个人合作，开发可持续的转化营养和老龄化项目。具体目标是：1）提供领导力、核心师资和资源，支持专注于转化营养和衰老研究的创新、综合、跨学科、临床、行为和政策相关合作； 2) 为博士前培训生、博士后研究员、初级和过渡教师以及社区利益相关者（包括政策制定者和老年劳动力）提供与转化营养和衰老研究相关的高质量教育经验； 3）确定当前证据基础的差距，解决方法学问题，并确定转化营养和衰老研究的优先事项。候选人朱莉·L·洛彻 (Julie L. Locher) 是一名医学社会学家和健康服务研究员，作为一名独立调查员，致力于研究：1) 老年人的饮食行为和营养问题；2) 营养影响老年人以患者为中心的结果的各个维度。她的大部分工作重点关注社会和环境因素，包括影响该人群饮食行为和营养相关健康结果的社区和医疗保健实践和政策。她 接受过混合定量和定性应用研究方法的独特培训。 Locher 博士拥有开发和领导及时且前沿的转化营养和衰老研究实质性和可持续项目所需的专业资格和个人素质。 UAB 在以下领域处于世界领先地位： 1) 老年病学、老年学、姑息治疗和支持性护理研究、教育和临床护理； 2）营养和肥胖研究、教育和临床护理； 3) 以患者为中心的结果和比较有效性研究和培训。候选人和 UAB 在一流的外部咨询委员会的支持下，特别有能力实现该计划的拟议目标。人口和经济需求凸显了这样一个现实：在我们迅速老龄化的社会中，营养问题的成本太高，不容忽视。考虑到以下因素尤其如此：1) 加大努力改善将医院和家庭健康服务与社区服务联系起来的护理过渡，以减少可预防的医疗保健利用率；2) 加大力度重新平衡长期护理，使老年人能够留在社区而不是必须进入机构。进入老年期并伴有肥胖相关合并症和残疾的婴儿潮一代的超重和肥胖率不断上升，对营养问题突出的这些趋势提出了额外且复杂的挑战。