Hawaii Medical Student Aging Research Training Center

描述(由申请者提供)：此申请是为了响应国家老龄研究所(NIA)题为“医科学生夏季老龄研究培训”的RFA而提交的。我们建议建立夏威夷医学生老龄化研究培训中心，旨在实现提供短期研究、临床和教学经验的目标，并使医学生获得老龄研究和学术老年病学的职业机会。该中心的研究重点将是老年人群中神经退行性疾病和心血管疾病的流行病学，因为现有的有经验的教职员工在这些领域拥有资助的研究项目。这些老年病是导致老年人口发病和死亡的最常见原因，并已被NIA指定为重要研究领域。 具体目标1：每年招收五名一年级医学生获得暑期研究奖学金，这将使他们及早接触到正在进行的老龄化研究的兴奋之情，特别是针对来自不同种族和文化背景的医学生。夏威夷大学是联邦指定的少数族裔院校，大多数医科学生都有少数族裔背景。 具体目标2：通过一对一和团体教育方法提供高质量的研究设计和方法培训，包括研究道德行为原则培训。 具体目标3：通过参与现有项目并完成二次数据分析项目进行演示，为医学生提供实践研究经验。 具体目标4：鼓励医学生从事老龄研究的学术生涯，重点是老龄慢性疾病的流行病学，以满足日益增长的老年人口的需求。 具体目标5：创建一个跟踪系统，跟踪参与该项目的医学生做出的最终职业选择。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is being submitted in response to the RFA from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) entitled: "Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students". We propose to establish a Hawaii Medical Student Aging Research Training Center, designed to achieve the goal of providing short-term research, clinical and didactic experiences, and to expose medical students to career opportunities in aging research and academic geriatrics. The research focus of this center will be epidemiology of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases in elderly populations, due to the existing experienced faculty with funded research projects in these areas. These diseases of aging represent the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population, and have been designated by the NIA as important areas of research. Specific Aim 1: To recruit five first-year medical students each year for summer research scholarships, which will provide early exposure to the excitement of ongoing research in aging, specifically targeting medical students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The University of Hawaii is a federally designated minority institution, and the majority of medical students are of minority ethnic backgrounds. Specific Aim 2: To provide high quality training in research design and methodology through one-on-one and group education methods, including training in principles of ethical conduct of research. Specific Aim 3: To provide medical students with hands-on research experience by participating in existing projects and completing a secondary data analysis project for presentation. Specific Aim 4: To encourage medical students to pursue academic careers in aging research, with a focus on epidemiology of chronic diseases of aging, to meet the needs of an increasing older population. Specific Aim 5: To create a tracking system to follow-up on ultimate career choices made by medical students participating in this program.