Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health

描述(申请人提供)：本次竞争性续签申请响应PAR-12-264“NIMH精神健康研究教育指导网络(R25)”，并请求继续资助“老年精神健康高级研究所(ARI)”。ARI是一个全国性的指导网络，支持将早期职业教师转变为在老年精神健康方面进行高影响力研究的独立调查人员。这一续期的目标是ARI的长期影响，重点是进行与晚年精神健康相关的翻译、干预和服务研究的独立科学家(例如，R01/R34级调查人员)数量的持续增长；以及培养下一代导师和领导人，负责进行高影响研究的新调查人员的持续发展。结果分析表明，ARI对职业发展的影响，有证据表明，R01/R34的资金增加了两倍。在前7个队列中(N=68)，超过95%的人仍然从事积极的研究工作。到目前为止，有6名ARI毕业生现在是ARI的导师，11人作为客座教员参加；19人在国内和国际会议上担任ARI赞助的初级调查人员的导师。ARI教育项目每年支持16名初任教师。关键要素包括：由项目成员提供持续的指导，教师和有组织的咨询机会。该计划包括一年一度的面对面春季务虚会，并提出了远程跟踪、导师培训和基于网络的研讨会的新战略。指导网络是一个多学科的科学家团队，具有互补的技能，涵盖翻译、干预和服务研究的范围。公共卫生影响：老年人的心理健康需求未得到满足是一个重大的公共卫生问题，不仅影响到精神障碍患者，还影响到他们的家人、护理提供者、社区以及提供护理和支付护理费用的机构。随着国家人口老龄化，晚年精神疾病的影响只会加剧。减轻晚年精神疾病负担的研究能力在很大程度上取决于该领域不断丰富的新的独立调查人员，他们来自翻译领域，接受最先进的培训和创新想法。这项申请的目标是加强ARI在发展独立调查人员方面的长期影响，为应对这些科学和公共卫生挑战做好准备。

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.