Physician Scientists in Aging: Developing and Activating Specialty Investigators

描述（由申请人提供）：这个U13会议资助申请题为“老龄化医生科学家：开发和激活专业研究人员”，代表美国老年医学会（AGS）和学术内科联盟（AAIM）与国家老龄化研究所（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状况的老年人数量将显著增加，需要专业提供者护理的老年患者数量将增加。因此，有一个巨大的需要制定一个连贯的战略，注入老年学和老年医学的研究议程的专家，以确定最高的研究优先领域，并完善方法，以老龄化研究，加强跨不同专业的合作。该会议系列提案针对NIA RFA（申请请求）的所有获奖者，标题为“早期医学/外科专家向老龄化研究过渡的赠款（GEMSSTAR）"，由一组已完成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R 03小型研究项目以及为期两年的个性化职业发展计划。这个U13会议补助金将为过去和现在的GEMSSTAR获奖者提供一个论坛，与老龄化研究的创新者互动，并在他们职业发展的形成期进一步发展研究和领导技能。本次会议补助金的目标是：1）从老年学和/或老年病学领域确定研究方法的交叉主题和优势，这些主题和优势可以应用并整合到涉及老年人的跨专业研究中; 2）促进跨学科学术团队之间的合作，突出强调跨专业研究中使用的共享研究方法;以及3）发展和培养下一代领导者的领导技能，将老龄化和老年医学重点研究融入专业医学。会议系列的拟议主题包括：1）整合跨专业的脆弱性研究; 2）衰老模型：从单细胞到跨专业的网络; 3）跨专业的认知障碍的影响。这三个拟议的会议将相互借鉴，最初会议与会者的反馈意见将有助于调整后续会议的计划和结构。会议系列将由监督委员会和咨询委员会领导，由NIA，AGS，AAIM，John 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。Jahnigen奖学金计划。每个会议都将有一个领导小组，负责会议的内容和交付，以及传播会议结果。

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.