Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health

项目总结（见说明）： 这是一份关于老年心理健康T-32奖学金计划5年续签的申请， 加州大学圣地亚哥分校。随着人口老龄化，对受过良好训练的独立 老年心理健康的研究人员将继续增加。在过去的14年里，我们招募了67名 T-32受训人员包括43名博士后研究员、11名博士预科生和13名医科学生。大多数 受训人员为妇女，四分之一以上来自不同的少数民族群体。 超过90%的学员（医学生除外）完成了至少2年的T-32奖学金。这 T-32项目是加州大学圣地亚哥分校老年精神病学分部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），它有一个独特的生物伦理股和拉丁美洲研究股。将T-32学员与 在过去5年中，我们的三个NIH资助的夏季研究培训项目中，占总数的15% 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 培训; 82%的剩余学员，谁不再在.T-32计划，仍在继续全职 学术活动。大多数受训人员发表了多篇同行评审论文。我们的学员 获得9个NIMH和2个VA职业发展奖，7个RO 1，8个R34/R21/R 03，11个NARSAD Young 研究者奖，6个NIMH博士后少数民族或残疾补充，4个NIMH少数民族预科 奖励，以及其他一些竞争性的赠款。我们非常重视职业发展。的 奖学金计划包括个人指导沿着体验式研究培训， 通过教学活动。在培训过程的早期，为每个学员制定个性化的培训计划， 团契。生物伦理、研究方法、文化能力、实验室和项目培训 管理，和写作技巧的提高，沿着指导平衡个人生活和 职业生涯和接触跨学科的导师是我们计划的主要特点。此续订 申请建议支持八个博士后和三个博士前奖学金职位，其中一个 每年将分配额外的博士预科生名额，以支持4名医科学生接受短期培训。我们 将增加我们对医生科学家，翻译研究人员（两种类型的翻译-从 从工作台到床边，从床边到社区），以及学员的多样性。我们开发了一个强大的 评估培训过程以及短期、中期和长期成果的计划。

PROJECT SUMMARY (See instructions): 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.T-32 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.