Midcareer Award in Patient-Oriented Aging Research

项目摘要/摘要 本申请是K24职业生涯中期研究人员奖在以患者为中心的老龄化方面的延续 研究。建议奖项的获奖者凯瑟琳·萨基西安博士是一名老年病学家和卫生服务研究员。 致力于提高不同种族老年人的生活质量。在世界银行的支持下 她已经实现了她所宣称的作为学术界专家的职业发展目标 合作研究侧重于少数族裔老年人，获得实施科学方面的新技能，并扩大 为她的学员提供研究平台和机会。她的工作效率很高，出版了29种出版物 在她的学员的带领下，4个主要导师奖(包括一个Beeson，Gemstar和一个Jahnigen)， 作为PI的8项新的赠款，所有这些都支持她的学员。 在过去的几年里，萨基西安博士的科学工作越来越多地涉及到与公众合作 卫生系统，以减少“低价值的护理”-测试和程序没有任何好处，往往伤害病人和 对老年人的影响不成比例。她在这一领域的高影响力出版物的记录越来越多。 她已经获得了NIA R01和补充资金，以支持加州大学洛杉矶分校健康中心的一个跨学科团队 致力于实施由行为经济学原理告知的电子健康记录干预措施 减少对老年人的低价值护理。2018年，加州大学洛杉矶分校的大卫·格芬医学院推出了一项新的 “以价值为基础的护理研究联盟(VBCRC)”与她的领导。萨基西安博士担任主任 VBCRC已经成为大量博士后研究员和初级研究员的研究之家 寻求萨基西安博士的指导和她不同研究团队的支持的教职员工。 支持这一延续将确保Sarkisian医生能够在住院人数增加的情况下保持受保护的时间 临床义务，使她能够：1)保持目前的势头，并作为一名被追寻的 在导师和高影响力的科学研究人员之后；以及2)获得新的研究技能，使她能够增加 作为一名独立科学家的生产力和作为加州大学洛杉矶分校VBCRC主任的影响。在她的基础上建设 在学术界合作研究方面的专业知识，她寻求以专家的身份推进她的科学生涯 在现实世界环境下的学术-卫生系统伙伴关系中，为减少浪费性支出，确保 患者得到适当和高质量的护理，减少种族和民族差异，接受 高价值护理。她寻求巩固VBCRC的基础设施，作为下一步研究的平台 一代以患者为导向的老龄研究领导者和全国对话的主要贡献者 如何减少对老年人的低价值护理。

Project Summary/Abstract This application is for a continuation of a K24 Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Aging Research. Dr. Catherine Sarkisian, PI of the proposed award, is a geriatrician and health services researcher committed to working to improve the quality of life for ethnically diverse older adults. With the support of the K24 she has accomplished her stated aims of advancing her career as an expert in academic-community partnered research focused on minority seniors, gaining new skills in implementation science, and expanding the research platform and opportunities for her mentees. She has been highly productive, with 29 publications led by her mentees, 4 mentored awards as primary mentor (including a Beeson, GEMSTAR and a Jahnigen), and 8 new grants as PI, all of which support her mentees. Over the past several years Dr. Sarkisian's scientific work has increasingly involved partnering with public health systems to reduce “low-value care” – tests and procedures with no benefit that often harm patients and disproportionately affect older adults. She has a growing track record of high-impact publications in this area. She has obtained NIA R01 and supplemental funding to support an interdisciplinary team at UCLA Health working to implement electronic health record interventions informed by principals of behavioral economics to reduce low-value care for older adults. In 2018, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA launched a new “Value-Based Care Research Consortium (VBCRC)” with her leadership. Dr. Sarkisian serves as the Director of the VBCRC, which has become a research home to a large number of post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty seeking Dr. Sarkisian's mentorship and the support of her diverse research team. Support of this continuation would ensure Dr. Sarkisian can maintain protected time from increased inpatient clinical obligations, allowing her to: 1) maintain her current momentum and advance her career as a sought- after mentor and high-impact scientific investigator; and 2) gain new research skills to allow her to increase her productivity as an independent scientist and impact as the Director of the UCLA VBCRC. Building upon her expertise in academic-community partnered research, she seeks to advance her scientific career as an expert in academic-health system partnerships in real-world settings to reduce wasteful spending, ensure that patients receive appropriate and high-quality care, and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of high-value care. She seeks to solidify the VBCRC infrastructure as a platform for research for the next generation of leaders in patient-oriented research in aging and a major contributor to the national dialogue on how to reduce low-value care for older adults.