Midcareer Investigator Award in Geriatric Depression

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请为K24面向患者的研究职业奖寻求资金。候选人David Steffens博士是杜克大学医学中心精神病学和医学副教授，他是老年精神病学部门的负责人和老年精神病学培训项目的主任。Steffens博士在老年抑郁症领域建立了奖学金记录，他是nimh资助的两项大型资助的首席研究员，一项关注纵向老年抑郁症结果的R01研究，以及一项研究老年抑郁症脑血管疾病的Conte神经科学中心的招募核心。他曾获得临床老年心理健康学术奖（K07）。Steffens博士指导过各个层次的个人，包括本科生、研究生、医学院学生、博士后和博士后研究员、精神病学住院医生、老年精神病学研究员和初级教师。这些经历使候选人完全有资格获得K24奖。通过该奖项，候选人将扩展他在预防研究、纵向数据分析、指导和将研究应用于初级保健设置方面的知识。利用其资助的研究作为教学资源，候选人将很好地指导博士前和博士后研究员以及初级教师。根据该奖项，候选人将花费至少50%的时间进行以患者为导向的研究和指导。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks funding for a K24 Career Award in Patient-Oriented Research. The candidate, Dr. David Steffens, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, where he serves as the Head of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Training Program. Dr. Steffens has established a record of scholarship in the area of geriatric depression, and he serves as Principal Investigator on two large NIMH-funded grants, an R01 focusing on longitudinal geriatric depression outcomes, and on the Recruitment Core of a Conte Neuroscience Center studying cerebrovascular disease in late-life depression. He is the previous recipient of a Clinical Geriatric Mental Health Academic Award (K07). Dr. Steffens has mentored individuals at all levels, including undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, pre- and post-doctoral research fellows, psychiatry residents, geriatric psychiatry fellows, and junior faculty. These experiences make the candidate well qualified for this K24 Award. Through this Award, the candidate will expand his knowledge in prevention research, in longitudinal data analysis, in mentorship, and in application of research to primary care settings. Using his funded research as a source for teaching, the candidate will be well positioned to mentor pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows as well as junior faculty. Under the Award, the candidate will spend at least 50 percent of his time conducting patient-oriented research and mentoring.