Physician Scientists in Aging: Developing and Activating Specialty Investigators

描述(由申请者提供)：这份U13会议拨款申请题为《老龄化中的内科科学家：培养和激活专业调查人员》，代表美国老年病学会(AGS)和学术内科联盟(AAIM)与美国国家老龄研究所(NIA)合作提交。随着美国人口迅速老龄化，患有急性和慢性健康问题的老年人数量将显著增长，从而增加需要专科提供者护理的老年患者的数量。因此，迫切需要制定一项连贯的战略，将老年学和老年病学纳入专家的研究议程，确定最优先研究的领域，并改进老龄化研究的方法，以加强不同专业之间的合作。这个会议系列提案的目标是NIA RFA(申请申请)的所有获奖者，该奖项的获奖者为早期医学/外科专家向老龄化研究的过渡(GEMSSTAR)，他们由一群完成了专业临床培训的早期职业临床医生-科学家组成，他们的研究重点是将老龄化/老年护理的相关方面与他们的专业联系起来。GEMSSTAR奖支持一个R03小型研究项目，外加一个为期两年的个性化职业发展计划。这项U13会议拨款将为过去和现在的GEMSSTAR获奖者提供一个论坛，让他们与老龄化研究方面的创新者互动，并在他们职业发展的形成阶段进一步发展研究和领导技能。这项会议拨款的目标是：1)确定老年学和/或老年病学领域的交叉主题和研究方法优势，可应用于并整合到涉及不同专业的老年人的研究研究中；2)促进跨学科学术团队之间的合作，突出各种专业中专注于老龄研究的共享研究方法；以及3)发展和培养下一代领导者的领导技能，将老龄化和老年学重点研究融入专业医学。为会议系列提出的主题包括：1)跨专业整合脆弱研究；2)衰老模型：从单细胞到跨专业的网络；以及3)跨专业的认知障碍的影响。这三个拟议的会议将相互促进，与会者从最初会议中获得的反馈将有助于微调后续会议的计划和结构。该系列会议将由一个监督委员会和咨询委员会领导，该委员会由来自NIA、AGS、AAIM、约翰·A·哈特福德基金会、T·富兰克林·威廉姆斯学者计划和丹尼斯·W·贾尼根学者计划的成员组成。每一次会议都将有一个领导小组，负责会议的内容和交付以及结果的传播。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This U13 conference grant application titled "Physician Scientists in Aging: Developing and Activating Specialty Investigators," is submitted on behalf of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) in collaboration with the National Institute on Aging (NIA). As the US population rapidly ages, the number of older adults with acute and chronic health conditions will significantly grow, increasing the number of older patients needing care from specialty providers. Accordingly, there is a vast need to develop a coherent strategy to infuse gerontology and geriatrics into the research agenda of specialists, to identify areas of highest research priority, and to refine approaches to aging research that enhance collaboration across different specialties. This conference series proposal targets all awardees of the NIA RFA (Request For Application) entitled "Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR)", who consist of a group of early career clinician-scientists who have completed specialty clinical training and who are focusing their research on bridging a pertinent aspect of aging/geriatric care with their specialty. The GEMSSTAR Award supports a R03 small research project plus an individualized career development plan over two years. This U13 conference grant will provide a forum for past and current GEMSSTAR awardees to interact with innovators in aging research and to further develop both research and leadership skills at a formative time in their career development. The goals of this conference grant are: 1) Identify cross-cutting themes and strengths in research methodology from the fields of gerontology and/or geriatrics that can be applied and integrated into research studies involving older adults across specialties; 2) Foster collaboration between transdisciplinary scholarly teams, highlighting shared research methods to be utilized across studies focused on aging research in various specialties; and 3) Develop and cultivate leadership skills for the next generation of leaders melding aging and geriatric focused research into specialty medicine. Proposed topics for the conference series include: 1) Integrating Frailty Research across Specialties; 2) Models of Aging: From Single Cell to Networks across Specialties; and 3) The Impact of Cognitive Impairment across Specialties. These three proposed conferences will build upon one another, with feedback from participants from the initial meetings helping to fine-tune the program and structure of subsequent meetings. The conference series will be led by an Oversight Board and Advisory Committee consisting of members from the NIA, AGS, AAIM, John A. Hartford Foundation, T. Franklin Williams Scholar program, and Dennis W. Jahnigen Scholar program. Each conference will have a leadership team that will be responsible for the content and delivery of the conference, as well as dissemination of the findings.