Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and the Life Course

描述(由申请者提供)：普渡大学老龄化和生命课程中心寻求对跨学科、博士前研究培训计划的支持。拟议的机构国家研究服务奖(NRSA)旨在通过加强关于老龄化和生命历程的跨学科研究生教育和培训，以普渡大学最近的机构发展为基础。该方案加强了老年学研究生的教育和培训，强调对这一学科的跨学科性质的方法，并侧重于老龄化过程。我们的长期目标是帮助更多地关注生命过程、计时和环境背景，以了解衰老过程。具体目标包括：1。招聘、培训和指导各类博士前学生，以便在老龄化领域取得成功的研究生涯。2.利用老年学的基本原则(例如，变化的多方面、生命历程分析)，加强关于老龄问题的跨学科研究生教育。3.通过专业发展和指导，培养对老龄化和人生历程负责任的研究行为。4.使博士生具备从事与其学科专长相关的有意义的跨学科活动的能力。实现培训目标的具体机制包括：跨学科课程、研究研讨会、系列研讨会、培训咨询委员会、参加暑期强化课程、招收少数族裔学生以及负责任地开展研究工作的培训。培训计划的成功将通过每个具体目标的多个绩效指标来衡量。 相关性：该项目将加强对老龄化和公共卫生感兴趣的博士生的培训，强调对老龄化过程的长期和跨学科观点。我们的目标是加强这些学生的专业发展，使他们成为跨学科研究团队的有效成员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center on Aging and the Life Course at Purdue University seeks support for an interdisciplinary, pre- doctoral research training program. The proposed institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) is designed to build upon recent institutional developments at Purdue University by strengthening interdisciplinary graduate education and training on aging and the life course. The program enhances graduate education and training in gerontology by emphasizing an approach to the subject that is interdisciplinary in nature and focuses on the process of aging. Our long-term aim is to help infuse more attention to life course processes, timing.and environmental context for understanding the aging process. Specific aims include: 1. To recruit, train, and mentor a diverse array of pre-doctoral students for sucessful research careers in aging. 2. To enhance interdisciplinary graduate education on aging using the essential principles of gerontology (e.g., multifaceted aspects of change, life course analysis). 3. To foster responsible conduct of research on aging and the life course through professional development and mentoring. 4. To equip pre-doctoral studetns to engage in meaningful interdisciplinary initiatives related to their disciplinary expertise. Specific mechanisms to achieve the training aims include: interdisciplinary curriculum, research seminar, symposium series, Training Advisory Board, participation in summer intensive courses, minority student recruitment, and training in the responsible conduct of research. The success of the traiing program will be measured by multiple performance indicators for each specific aim. RELEVANCE: The project will enhance the training of doctoral students interested in aging and public health by emphasizing a long-term and interdisciplinary view of the aging process. Our aim is to augment the professional development of these students to become effective members of interdisciplinary research teams.