Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份为期5年的加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD）老年心理健康T-32奖学金项目续签申请。随着人口老龄化，对训练有素的老年心理健康独立调查员的需求将继续增加。在过去的14年里，我们招收了67名T-32培训生，其中包括43名博士后，11名博士生和13名医科学生。大多数学员是女性，超过四分之一的学员来自不同的少数民族。超过90%的受训人员（医学生除外）完成了至少2年的T-32研究金。这个T-32项目是加州大学圣地亚哥分校老年精神病学部门一个更大的研究培训项目的一部分。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部门和一个拉丁裔研究部门。在过去的5年里，将T-32的受训者与美国国立卫生研究院资助的三个暑期研究培训项目的受训者结合起来，总受训者中有15%来自未被充分代表的少数民族。67名T-32研究员中有9名仍在训练中；剩下的82%的学员，他们不再在。T32项目，仍在继续全日制学术活动。大多数学员发表了多篇同行评议的论文。我们的学员获得了9个NIMH和2个VA职业发展奖，7个ro1奖，8个r34 / r21 / r03奖，11个NARSAD青年研究者奖，6个NIMH博士后少数民族或残疾补助金，4个NIMH少数民族博士前奖，以及许多其他竞争性资助。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，辅以教学活动。在奖学金课程的早期，为每位受训者制定了个性化的培训计划。在生物伦理、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。这项续期申请提议支持8个博士后和3个博士预科奖学金职位，另外还有一个博士预科职位，每年用于支持4名短期培训的医科学生。我们将加大对内科科学家、转化研究人员（包括两种类型的转化——从实验室到床边和从床边到社区）以及学员多样性的关注。我们已经制定了一个强有力的计划来评估培训过程以及短期、中期和长期的结果。

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.