Training in Older Adult Mobility Research

这个职业中期以患者为导向的研究奖的具体目标是：1）进一步建立一个独立和协作的以患者为导向的老年人流动性临床研究计划，2）为从事老年人流动性临床研究的学员提供指导。具体而言，该奖项的目的是为候选人提供必要的保护时间和资源，以支持该计划，并适当指导这些学员，特别是临床学员，如老年医学研究员。他的研究培训和研究报告，出版物和持续资助的记录，因为他的奖学金提供证据，他致力于以病人为导向的研究，特别是在老年人的流动性研究计划。他以患者为导向的研究计划侧重于1）评估受损的日常活动任务表现，2）保持和提高这些日常活动任务的表现，3）探索1）和2）在有能力和残疾的老年人中的机制。该奖项提供的保护时间将允许候选人进一步探索老年人行动困难的机制，并进一步探索减少这种行动困难的方法。该候选人曾担任各种学员的导师，包括老年医学研究员，博士前和博士后研究员，硕士研究生，医学生和本科生在他的十年学术生涯中对密歇根大学（UM）教师。候选人的研究计划将提供基础，继续培训开始临床研究者。候选人的研究计划和对指导的承诺将得到当地研究和培训中心的补充。这些中心包括UM Claude Pepper老年美国人独立中心，UM老年学研究所和安阿伯VA的老年研究，教育和临床中心。此外，通过UM老年医学奖学金计划，临床研究设计和统计分析科学硕士课程的公共卫生学院，以及新资助的密歇根大学临床研究培训计划，提供了良好的教育机会。总之，候选人在以患者为导向的研究方面的成就，他在这类研究中指导学员的能力和承诺，以及UM的研究和培训优势结合联合收割机，为实现本提案的具体目标提供了理想的环境。

The specific aims of this mid-career patient-oriented research award are: 1) to further establish an independent and collaborative patient-oriented clinical research program in older adult mobility and 2) to provide mentorship to trainees pursuing clinical investigation of mobility in older adults. Specifically, the objective of this award is to provide the candidate the protected time and resources necessary to support this program and to properly mentor these trainees, particularly clinical trainees such as Geriatric Medicine fellows. His research training and record of research presentations, publications and continuous funding since his fellowship provide evidence of his commitment to patient-- oriented research and specifically a research program in older adult mobility. His patient-oriented research program focuses on 1) assessing impaired daily mobility task performance, 2) maintaining and enhancing the performance of these daily mobility tasks, and 3) exploring the mechanisms underlying 1) and 2) in both able and disabled older adults. The protected time afforded by this award will permit the candidate to further explore mechanisms underlying older adult mobility difficulty and to further explore methods to reduce this mobility difficulty. The candidate has served as a mentor for a variety of trainees, including geriatric medicine fellows, pre- and post-doctoral fellows, masters candidates, medical students and undergraduate students throughout his ten year academic career on the University of Michigan (UM) faculty. The candidate's research program will provide the foundation to continue training beginning clinical investigators. The candidate's research program and commitment to mentoring will be complemented by local research and training centers. These centers include the UM Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, the UM Institute of Gerontology, and the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the Ann Arbor VA. In addition, excellent educational opportunities are available through the UM Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program, the School of Public Health Masters of Science Program in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis, and the newly funded University of Michigan Training Program in Clinical Research. In summary, the candidate's accomplishments in patient-oriented research, his ability and commitment to mentor trainees in this type of research, and the research and training strengths of the UM combine to provide an ideal context to accomplish the specific aims of this proposal.