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，对老年精神卫生方面训练有素的独立调查人员的需求将继续增加。在过去的14年里，我们招聘了67名T-32实习生，其中包括43名博士后研究员，11名博士后和13名医学生。大多数受训人员是妇女，超过四分之一来自不同的少数民族群体。超过90%的受训人员(医科学生除外)完成了至少两年的T-32奖学金。这项T-32计划是加州大学圣地亚哥分校老年精神病学部更大的研究培训计划的一部分。它隶属于NIMH资助的服务和干预研究创新高级中心(ACISIR)，该中心有一个独特的生物伦理学单位和一个拉丁裔研究单位。在过去5年里，将T-32学员与我们NIH资助的三个夏季研究培训项目的学员相结合，15%的学员来自代表性不足的少数民族群体。67名T-32研究员中有9名仍在接受培训；剩下的受训人员中有82%已不再受训。T32计划，仍在继续进行全日制学术活动。大多数学员都发表了多篇同行评议的论文。我们的学员已经获得了9个NIMH和2个VA职业发展奖，7个RO1，8个R34/R21/R03，11个NARSAD青年研究人员奖，6个NIMH博士后少数或残疾补充，4个NIMH少数族裔博士后奖，以及许多其他竞争性补助金。我们非常重视职业发展。奖学金计划包括个人指导和体验式研究培训，并辅之以教学活动。在研究金课程的早期，为每个受训人员制定了个性化的培训计划。生物伦理学、研究方法、文化能力、实验室和项目管理、写作技能提高方面的培训，以及平衡个人生活和职业生涯的指导，以及接触跨学科导师是我们项目的主要特点。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，并增加一个博士前名额，以支持每年4名医学生进行短期培训。我们将更多地关注内科科学家、翻译研究人员(包括从长凳到床边和从床边到社区的两种翻译类型)，以及学员的多样性。我们为评估培训过程以及短期、中期和长期成果制定了强有力的计划。

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 well trained independent investigators in geriatric mental health will continue to increase. Over the last 14 years, we have recruited 67 T-32 trainees including 43 postdoctoral Fellows, and 11 predoctoral and 13 medical students. A majority of the trainees have been women and more than a quarter have come from different ethnic minority groups. Over 90% of the trainees (other than medical students) completed at least 2 years of T-32 Fellowship. This T-32 program is a part of a larger research training program within UCSD's Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. It is affiliated with NIMH-funded Advanced Center for Innovation in Services and Intervention Research (ACISIR), which has a distinct Bioethics Unit and a Latino Studies Unit. On combining the T-32 trainees with those in our three NIH-funded summer research training programs over the past 5 years, 15% of the total trainees have been from Under-Represented Minority ethnic groups. Nine of the 67 T-32 Fellows are still in training; 82% of the remaining trainees, who are no longer in the. T32 program, are still continuing full-time academic activities. Most trainees have published multiple peer-reviewed papers. Our trainees have obtained 9 NIMH and 2 VA Career Development Awards, 7 RO1s, 8 R34s/R21s/R03s, 11 NARSAD Young Investigator Awards, 6 NIMH Postdoctoral Minority or Disability Supplements, 4 NIMH Minority Predoctoral Awards, and a number of other competitive grants. We place major emphasis on career development. The Fellowship program includes individual mentoring along with experiential research training, complemented by didactic activities. A personalized training plan is developed for each trainee early in the course of the Fellowship. Training in bioethics, research methodology, cultural competence, laboratory and project management, and writing skills enhancement, along with guidance on balancing personal life and professional career, and exposure to inter-disciplinary mentors are key features of our program. This renewal application proposes to support eight postdoctoral and three predoctoral Fellowship positions, with an additional predoctoral slot to be divided to support four medical students in short-term training annually. We will increase our focus on physician scientists, translational researchers (with both types of translation - from bench to bedside and from bedside to community), and diversity of trainees. We have developed a strong plan for evaluation of the training process as well as short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term outcomes.