UNC-CH Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students

UNC-CH 医学生老龄化夏季研究培训

• 批准号: 9087118
• 负责人: JAN BUSBY-WHITEHEAD
• 金额: $ 7.45万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9087118
• 关键词: Aging; Aging-Related Process; American; Area; Arts; Award; Behavioral; Biological; Clinical; Collaborations; Data Analyses; Discipline of Nursing; Disease; Economics; Elderly; Enrollment; Foundations; Funding; Genetic; Geriatrics; Grant; Health; Journals; Leadership; Literature; Manuscripts; Medical; Medical Students; Mentors; Oral; Peer Review; Performance; Pharmacy facility; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Public Health; Publishing; Qualifying; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Resources; Schools; Science; Social Work; Societies; Structure; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; abstracting; career; design; experience; medical schools; meetings; posters; pre-doctoral; programs; research and development; role model; social; student mentoring; success; summer research

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UNC-CH Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students (UNC-CH MSTAR) program proposes to serve as a national resource for preparing medical and osteopathic students early in their careers to design, conduct, and analyze independent research in the broad field of aging. The trainees are paired with a funded mentor who will serve as an academic role model. This program has been funded since 2010, under the direction of Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Director of the Center for Aging and Health (CAH). We currently have 8 short term trainee positions per year. All positions have been filled with highly qualified trainees from USA medical and osteopathic schools. UNC-CH requested 40 positions over a five-year period (8 per year); however, due to a late funding notice, Grant Years 2 and 4 were filled with 12 trainees in order to meet our proposed quota of 40 trainees. Thirty-two pre-doctoral trainees from 2011-2013 have successfully completed the Program. Eight trainees are currently enrolled for 2014, fulfilling our commitment through 2014. Of the thirty-two trainees who successfully completed the Program, five are underrepresented minority (URM) medical students. In this current year of 2014, two trainees out of eight are URM. Twenty-nine of the 32 student/mentor teams have published abstracts and presented their UNC-CH MSTAR projects at the American Geriatrics Society annual meeting. Two of the students were invited to give oral presentations at AGS, and seven other students were selected to display their posters in the Presidential Poster Section. In addition, 13 students have published a total of 12 articles in peer reviewed journals. Seventeen UNC-CH MSTAR students have received academic recognition with honors and awards for their aging research projects. These numbers speak to the success of the ongoing UNC-CH MSTAR program. We are requesting from NIA to continue with 12 pre-doctoral trainee slots, and UNC-CH has made an institutional commitment to fund 2 of these pre-doctoral trainee slots. Training is centered in the CAH in collaboration with the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social Work, and Arts and Sciences. Trainees attend required structured didactic sessions and seminars. They have performance reviews during their fourth week of training and at the end of their summer experience. Guidance is provided by the trainee's research mentor and the UNC-CH MSTAR Leadership Team. Trainees are immersed in relevant areas of research including: genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research related to the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and other problems and needs specific to older Americans. The trainees are exposed to issues regarding the scope and impact of areas of research needed in the field of aging, reviews of the relevant literature, development of research initiatives, data analysis, preparation of manuscripts and abstracts, and research presentations. We are confident that our Program is providing a strong foundation for our trainees to build towards academic careers that will advance aging research.

 描述(由申请者提供)：北卡罗来纳大学-CH医科学生老年暑期研究培训(UNC-CH MStar)计划建议作为一个全国性的资源，为医学和骨科学生在职业生涯早期设计、进行和分析广泛的老龄化领域的独立研究做准备。受训者将与一位资助的导师配对，这位导师将充当学术榜样。该项目自2010年以来一直在Jan Busby-Whitehead医学博士、老年医学部主任和老龄化与健康中心(CAH)主任的指导下资助。我们目前每年有8个短期实习生职位。所有职位都由来自美国医学和骨科学校的高素质实习生填补。UNC-CH在五年内申请了40个职位(每年8个)；然而，由于资金通知较晚，第二年和第四年有12名实习生，以满足我们提议的40名实习生的配额。2011-2013年间，已有32名博士后学员顺利完成了该项目。目前有8名学员参加了2014年的培训，履行了我们在2014年前的承诺。在成功完成该计划的32名学员中，有5名是代表不足的少数族裔(URM)医科学生。在今年的2014年，8名学员中有2名是URM。在32个学生/导师团队中，有29个发表了摘要，并在美国老年医学学会年会上展示了他们的北卡罗来纳大学-CH MStar项目。其中两名学生被邀请在AGS做口头陈述，另外七名学生被选为在总统海报部分展示他们的海报。此外，13名学生在同行评议期刊上共发表了12篇文章。17名北卡罗来纳大学MStar学生因其老龄化研究项目而获得学术认可和荣誉和奖项。这些数字说明了正在进行的北卡罗来纳大学-CH MStar项目的成功。我们要求NIA继续提供12个博士前实习生名额，北卡罗来纳州大学已经做出机构承诺，资助其中2个博士前实习生名额。培训以CAH为中心，与医学院、护理学院、药房学院、公共卫生学院、社会工作学院和艺术与科学学院合作。学员参加必要的有组织的授课课程和研讨会。他们在第四周的培训期间和夏季体验结束时进行绩效评估。指导由学员的研究导师和北卡罗来纳大学MStar领导团队提供。受训人员专注于相关领域的研究，包括：与老龄化过程有关的遗传、生物学、临床、行为、社会和经济研究，与老龄化相关的疾病和状况，以及美国老年人特有的其他问题和需求。受训人员将接触到老龄领域所需研究领域的范围和影响、相关文献的审查、研究倡议的发展、数据分析、手稿和摘要的编写以及研究报告。我们相信，我们的计划正在为我们的学员提供一个坚实的基础，为他们迈向学术生涯奠定坚实的基础，这将推动老龄化研究的发展。