Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health

描述（由申请人提供）：此竞争性续期申请响应PAR-12-264“NIMH心理健康研究教育指导网络（R25）”，并要求继续资助“老年心理健康高级研究所（ARI）”。ARI是一个全国性的指导网络，支持早期职业教师过渡到独立调查人员，在老年心理健康方面进行高影响力的研究。这一更新期的目标是ARI的长期影响，重点是独立科学家数量的持续增长（例如，R 01/R34级调查员）进行翻译，干预和服务研究有关晚年心理健康;和下一代导师和领导者的发展，负责进行高影响力研究的新调查员的持续发展。结果分析表明ARI对职业发展的影响，有证据表明R 01/R34资金增加了两倍。超过95%的前7个队列（N=68）仍然有活跃的研究生涯。到目前为止，六名ARI毕业生现在是ARI导师，十一名作为客座教师参加;十九名在国家和国际会议上成为ARI赞助的初级研究人员导师。ARI教育计划每年支持16名早期职业教师。关键要素包括：由该计划的教师和结构化的咨询机会的成员持续辅导。该计划包括每年一次的春季务虚会，并提出了远程跟踪，导师培训和基于网络的研讨会的新策略。指导网络是一个多学科的科学家团队，具有跨越翻译，干预和服务研究范围的互补技能。公共卫生影响：老年人未得到满足的心理健康需求是一个重大的公共卫生问题，不仅影响那些患有精神障碍的人，而且影响他们的家庭，护理提供者，社区和提供和支付护理的机构。随着国家人口老龄化，晚年精神疾病的影响只会加剧。研究的能力，以减少精神疾病的负担，在晚年生活在很大程度上取决于不断丰富的领域与新的独立调查人员从整个翻译谱与国家的最先进的培训和创新的想法。这项申请的目的是加强ARI对发展独立调查人员的长期影响，以应对这些科学和公共卫生挑战。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competitive renewal application responds to PAR-12-264 "NIMH Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education (R25)" and requests continued funding of the "Advanced Research Institute (ARI) in Geriatric Mental Health". ARI is a national mentoring network that supports the transition of early-career faculty to independent investigators conducting high impact research in geriatric mental health. The goal of this renewal period is the ARI's long term impact, with a focus on the continued growth in the number of Independent Scientists (e.g., R01/R34-level investigators) conducting translational, intervention, and services research related to late-life mental health; and the development of the next generation of mentors and leaders to take responsibility for ongoing development of new investigators conducting high impact research. Outcomes analyses demonstrate ARI's impact on career development with evidence of a Two-fold increase in R01/R34 funding. Over 95% of the first 7 cohorts (N=68) still have active research careers. To date six ARI graduates are now ARI mentors, eleven have participated as guest faculty; and nineteen have been ARI- sponsored mentors for junior investigators at national and international meetings. The ARI Educational Program supports 16 early-career faculty annually. Key elements include: sustained mentoring by a member of the program faculty and structured opportunities for consultation. The program includes an annual in-person Spring Retreat and proposes new strategies of long-distance follow-up, mentor- training, and web-based seminars. The mentoring network is a multi-disciplinary team of scientists with complementary skills which span the spectrum of translational, interventions and services research. Public Health Impact: The unmet mental health needs of older adults is a significant public health problem that affects not only those who suffer from mental disorders but their families, care providers, communities, and institutions that deliver and pay for care. The impact of late life mental illness will only intensify as the nation's population ages. The capacity of research to reduce the burden of mental illness in late life rests largely on ongoing enrichment of the field with new independent investigators from across the translational spectrum with state-of-the-art training and innovative ideas. The goal of this application is to strengthen ARI's long term impact on developing independent investigators prepared to meet these scientific and public health challenges.