Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份申请将加州大学圣地亚哥分校(UCSD)老年精神健康T-32奖学金计划续期5年。随着人口老龄化，对老年心理健康研究带头人的需求将继续增加。在过去的10年里，我们的T-32项目共招收了50名实习生，其中包括8名博士前和9名医科学生，以及33名博士后研究员。这50名研究员中有16名仍在接受培训。在剩下的34名学员中，28名(82%)不再参加T-32计划，他们仍在继续全日制学术活动。大多数学员都发表了多篇同行评议的手稿。所有受训人员中56%为女性，30%来自少数民族。T-32计划是加州大学圣地亚哥分校老年精神病学部内更大的研究培训计划的一部分。T-32计划隶属于NIMH资助的干预和服务研究高级中心，该中心有一个独特的生物伦理学单位，为伦理问题的研究提供教育和咨询。我们的学员已经获得了7个NIMH职业发展(K)奖，8个NARSAD青年研究员奖，6个NIMH博士后少数民族或残疾补充奖，4个NIMH少数民族博士前奖，以及其他几个同行审查的竞争性补助金。这份续签申请建议支持8个博士后和3个博士后研究员职位。每年将增加一个博士前奖学金名额，以支持四名医学生参加暑期培训计划。我们研究奖学金计划的目标是培养一支年轻的院士干部队伍，他们将开展与老年精神健康相关的研究，并反过来培训未来的老年精神健康领导人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for a 5-year renewal of the T-32 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. Over the last 10 years, our T-32 program has recruited a total of 50 trainees including 8 predoctoral and 9 medical students, and 33 postdoctoral Fellows. 16 of these 50 Fellows are still in training. 28 of the remaining 34 trainees (82%), who are no longer in the T-32 program, are still continuing full-time academic activities. Most trainees have published multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts. 56% of all the trainees have been women and 30% have come from ethnic minority groups. The T-32 program is a part of a larger research training program within the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at UCSD. The T-32 Program is affiliated with an NIMH-funded Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research, which has a distinct Bioethics Unit that provides education and consultation for research in ethical issues. Our trainees have obtained 7 NIMH Career Development (K) Awards, 8 NARSAD Young Investigator Awards, 6 NIMH Postdoctoral Minority or Disability Supplements, 4 NIMH Minority Predoctoral Awards, and several other peer-reviewed competitive grants. This renewal application proposes to support eight postdoctoral and three predoctoral Fellowship positions. One additional predoctoral Fellowship slot will be divided to support four medical students in a summer training program annually. It is the goal of our Research Fellowship program to produce a cadre of young academicians who will perform research related to geriatric mental health and who will, in turn, train future leaders in geriatric mental health.