The Hopkins Undergraduate Summer Training and Research (USTAR) Program

随着美国人口结构向规模更大、种族和民族更多元化的老年人的转变 在人口老龄化方面，与老龄化有关的疾病的显著差异将持续存在。尽管几十年来的研究集中在 在与老龄化有关的健康差距和少数群体健康方面，跨学科的研究很少 研究重点是推进健康差距和少数群体健康方面的研究和政策 用生命历程的观点来看待中老年生活。尽管有以老龄化或健康差距为重点的 约翰霍普金斯大学的研究计划，目前没有外部资助的暑期培训计划 支持健康差距方面代表性不足的本科生的下一批干部的发展 与老龄化或少数族裔老龄化有关的研究，重点是认知障碍、阿尔茨海默病、 身体机能正常，身体虚弱。霍普金斯大学本科生暑期培训与研究(USTAR) 这里描述的计划将处于与老龄化和健康差距相关的其他补充性联系的结合点 约翰霍普金斯大学的培训项目和中心。霍普金斯大学USTAR的首要目标是减少健康 并通过增加老年人健康结果的多样性来实现健康公平 通过关注代表性不足的本科生进行老龄化研究。我们正在申请资金以支持 每年8名人数不足的本科生，共计32名全日制学生就读于我们的合作院校： 摩根州立大学和马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校。有31名项目教职员工，抽签 来自健康、行为和社会、心理健康、健康政策和管理的部门， 流行病学、生物统计学、医学院和约翰·霍普金斯大学护理学院。这个 这些研究提供的科学领导力、基础设施、协作性质和大学环境 计划和计划教师将使所有本科生能够广泛接触到 生命过程中的健康差距和少数人老龄化到几种与年龄相关的疾病的原则，如 认知障碍、阿尔茨海默病、身体残疾和虚弱。具体目标包括：(1)培养 下一代干部健康差距和少数民族老龄化研究人员通过确保亲身参与 通过向受训者提供侧重于健康的研究项目，进行跨学科、与年龄相关的研究 与认知障碍、阿尔茨海默氏症相关的生命过程中的差异和/或少数群体衰老 疾病及相关的痴呆、身体机能和虚弱；(2)提供健康方面的研究教育 生命过程中的差异和少数民族老龄化，因为它关系到身心健康的结果；(3) 实施职业发展机会，通过个性化指导和利用 机构的领导力和职业发展资源，为学员开始下一步的工作做好准备 职业生涯过渡；和(4)对霍普金斯大学美国国家统计研究所的成果和进程进行外部评价 程序。

As the US undergoes a demographic transition to a larger and more racially and ethnically diverse older adult population, significant disparities in aging-related diseases will persist. Despite decades of research focusing on health disparities and minority health as it relates to aging, there has been minimal interdisciplinary research with emphasis on advancing research and policies focused on health disparities and minority health in middle to late life using a life-course perspective. Although there are aging- or health disparities-focused research programs at Johns Hopkins, at present there is no externally funded summer training program that supports the development of the next cadre of underrepresented undergraduate trainees in health disparities research as it relates to aging or minority aging focusing on cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, physical functioning, and frailty. The Hopkins Undergraduate Summer Training and Research (USTAR) Program described herein will sit at the nexus of other complementary aging- and health disparities-related training programs and Centers at Johns Hopkins. The overarching goal of Hopkins USTAR is to reduce health disparities and move toward health equity in health outcomes in older adults by increasing the diversity in aging research by focusing on underrepresented undergraduate students. We are requesting funds to support 8 underrepresented undergraduates per year for a total of 32 who attend our partner institutions full time: Morgan State University, and University of Maryland Baltimore County. There are 31 program faculty, drawn from the Departments of Health, Behavior, and Society, Mental Health, Health Policy and Management, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, School of Medicine, and the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University. The scientific leadership, infrastructure, collaborative nature, and collegial environment provided by these research programs and program faculty will enable the provision of broad exposure to all undergraduate trainees to the tenets of health disparities across the life course and minority aging to several age-related diseases such as cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, physical disability, and frailty. Specific aims include: (1) Train the next cadre of health disparities and minority aging researchers by ensuring hands-on participation in interdisciplinary, age-related research by providing trainees with a research project focusing on health disparities and/or minority aging across the life course as it relates to cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias, physical functioning, and frailty; (2) Provide research education in health disparities and minority aging across the life course as it relates to physical and mental health outcomes; (3) Implement career development opportunities, through individualized mentorship and by leveraging the leadership and career development resources across the Institution, to prepare trainees to begin their next career transition; and (4) provide an external evaluation of the outcomes and process of the Hopkins USTAR program.