FELLOWSHIP IN GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH

这是加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）老年心理健康奖学金项目的续签申请。随着人口老龄化，对老年心理健康研究领导者的需求将继续增加。因此，培训这类专家的必要性至关重要。在过去四年中，老年精神病学处共培训了44名博士前和博士后研究员。他们中的许多人在科学期刊和书籍上发表了手稿，其中一些人获得了赠款支持，并继续在教师职位上进行研究。相当多的受训者是妇女（52.3%）和/或来自代表性不足的族裔群体（20.5%）。老年心理健康研究金的更新建议支持六个博士后研究金名额：4名博士后心理学家（博士），一名住院后精神病学家（医学博士），一名药学研究员（Pharm.D.）。三个职位将专门用于博士前学生的培训。一个额外的博士前奖学金名额将被分配给支持四名医学生参加暑期培训计划。研究金机会存在于临床、基本和应用服务领域，重点是晚年严重精神障碍的性质、治疗、康复和预防。该奖学金计划将作为我们老年精神病学部门的主要组成部分，包括干预研究中心（IRC）。这项拟议的研究金培训计划将提供培训，在广泛的领域与老年心理健康的环境中，既有合作的历史和先前的成功培训一直是优秀的。老年心理健康研究金的目标是培养一批青年学者，他们将从事与老年心理健康有关的研究，并反过来培训老年精神病学的领导人。

This is an application for a renewal of a Fellowship Program in Geriatric Mental Health at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). As the population ages, the demand for leaders in geriatric mental health research will continue to increase. Consequently, the need to train such specialists is of utmost importance. Over the last four years, the Geriatric Psychiatry Division has trained a total of 44 predoctoral and postdoctoral Fellows. Many of them have published manuscripts in scientific journals and books, and a number of them have obtained grant support and continue to conduct research in faculty positions. A sizable number of trainees have been women (52.3%) and/or have come from under-represented ethnic groups (20.5%). This renewal of the Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health proposes to support six post-doctoral Fellowship slots: 4 post-doctoral psychologists (Ph.D.), one post-residency psychiatrist (M.D.), and one pharmacy fellow (Pharm.D.). Three positions will be devoted to the training of pre-doctoral students. One additional pre-doctoral Fellowship slot would be divided to support four medical students in a summer training program. Fellowship opportunities exist in clinical, basic and applied services focusing on the nature, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of serious mental disorders in late life. This Fellowship Program will function as a major component of our Geriatric Psychiatry Division including the Intervention Research Center (IRC). This proposed Fellowship Training Program would provide training in a wide rang of areas related to geriatric mental health in an environment where the history of both prior collaboration and prior success in training has been excellent. It is the goal of the Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health to produce a cadre of young academicians who will perform research related to geriatric mental health and who will, in turn, train leaders in geriatric psychiatry.