AFRICAN AMERICAN AGING RESEARCH TRAINING NETWORK

描述：本申请旨在建立一个非裔美国人 UM和韦恩州立大学的老龄化研究培训网络 (WSU)密歇根城市非裔美国人老龄化研究中心（MUAAARC）。 的 MUAAARC是少数民族老龄化研究的六个国家资源中心之一 （RCMAR）最近由国家老龄化研究所资助。 拟议 培训计划将与北方大学的RCMAR合作 卡罗莱纳（卡罗莱纳州）为年轻学者提供研究机会 在全国范围内，特别强调来自三个选定的学者 历史上的黑人学院和大学（北卡罗来纳州中部 大学、费耶特维尔州立大学和东卡罗莱纳大学） 与北卡罗来纳州皇家海军陆战队有关。 今年夏天的训练和延长 导师计划被提议作为一种机制， 研究与健康和健康相关问题的学者 在少数老龄人口中推广。 该项目计划增加 少数民族学者在这方面的工作人数不足， 健康和健康促进研究领域研究不足和人员不足 为25名青年提供培训和发展机会， 研究人员 在该计划的过程中，选定的学者将工作 与高级研究导师一起磨练他们的研究技能， 专业的产品。 核心教师导师将参加 负责学员和项目的选择，协助学员完成项目初稿 和他们的初步研究招股说明书的第二稿，会见他们的 培训生在夏季计划，与培训生在开发工作， 联合撰写的非裔美国人观点文章，协助发展 美国老年学会（GSA）会议摘要 介绍，并与他们的实习生在生产一个小赠款 申请（R03）提交给NIH。 核心教师带来了混合 的经验，人才和能力，以拟议的培训计划。 拟议的辅导员具有广泛的实质性知识专长， 在少数民族健康和心理健康领域发表了 健康 PI预计，如果25名学生有这种经验， 很大一部分人最终可能获得国家投资管理局资助。

DESCRIPTION: This application proposes to establish an African-American aging research training network within the UM and Wayne State University's (WSU) Michigan Urban African-American Aging Research Center (MUAAARC). The MUAAARC is one of six national resource centers for minority aging research (RCMAR) recently funded by the National Institute on Aging. The proposed training program will join with the RCMAR at the University of North Carolina (UNC) to provide research opportunities for young scholars nationally, with special emphasis on scholars from three selected historically Black colleges and universities (North Carolina Central University, Fayetteville State University and East Carolina University) associated with the North Carolina RCMAR. This summer training and extended mentorship program is proposed as a mechanism for increasing the number of scholars conducting research on issues related to health and health promotion among minority aging populations. This project plans to increase the number of underrepresented ethnic minority scholars working in this under-studied and under-staffed area of health and health promotion research by training and providing development opportunities for a total of 25 young researchers. During the course of the program, selected scholars will work with senior research mentors in honing their research skills and producing written professional products. The core faculty mentors will participate in trainee and project selection, assist the trainees in completing the draft and second draft of their initial research prospectus, meet with their trainee during the summer program, work with the trainee in developing the jointly authored African American Perspectives article, assist in developing a Gerontological Society of America (GSA) abstract for conference presentation, and work with their trainee in producing a small grant application (R03) for submission to the NIH. The core faculty brings a mix of experiences, talents, and abilities to the proposed training program. The proposed mentors have expertise in a wide range of substantive disciplines and have published in the areas of minority health and mental health. The PI anticipates that if 25 students have this experience, a significant proportion may ultimately gain a funded NIA grant.