Aging and Development

描述（由申请人提供）：目前的竞争性更新要求资金，以支持未来5年的培训期间，每年5名博士前学员和3名博士后学员的培训。有13名教师组成了这个计划的主要导师，有4名附属教师。该计划的目标是培养博士前学生和博士后研究员在老龄化心理学的研究生涯。教师研究的重点结合了三个相互关联的领域：健康老年人和阿尔茨海默病早期阶段的认知变化，健康和疾病相关神经系统的神经成像，以及更多的应用方法来调节与年龄相关的认知下降轨迹，并最大限度地减少认知丧失的人际后果。华盛顿大学提供了一个丰富的环境，这种培训由于其悠久的历史，在老龄化和阿尔茨海默氏症的研究，与华盛顿大学医学院的强大的合作关系，以及其在认知神经科学和神经成像国际公认的专业知识。博士前学员将通过心理学系的研究生课程进入培训计划。通过项目总监和老龄化与发展项目执行委员会对学生组合的学期审查，在整个培训期间监测学员的进展情况。博士后培训生在完成博士学位后招聘。基于他们的兴趣，要么进一步磨练他们对衰老研究的现有兴趣，要么开发 在老龄化领域的研究专长。博士后的培养是高度个性化和专业化的。培训主要在心理学系的教师实验室进行，在心理服务中心，心理学和医学院系内的神经影像设施以及查尔斯·F·乔安娜·奈特阿尔茨海默病研究中心

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current competitive renewal requests funds to support the training of 5 predoctoral trainees and 3 postdoctoral trainees each year for the next 5 year training period. There are 13 faculty that form the primary mentors in this program with 4 affiliated faculty. The goal of this program is to train predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows for a research career in the psychology of aging. The focus of the faculty research combines three interrelated areas: cognitive changes in healthy older adults and in early stages of Alzheimer's disease, neuroimaging of healthy and disease-related neural systems, and more applied methods to modulate the age-related trajectory of cognitive decline and minimize the interpersonal consequences of cognitive loss. Washington University affords a rich environment for this training due its long-standing history in the study of aging and Alzheimer's disease, strong collaborative relationships with the Washington University School of Medicine, and its internationally recognized expertise in cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging. Predoctoral trainees will enter the training program through the graduate program in the Department of Psychology. Trainee progress is monitored throughout the training period via semester reviews of student portfolios by the Program Director and Executive Committee of the Aging and Development Program. Postdoctoral trainees are recruited following completion of their Ph.D. based on their interest to either further hone their existing interest in aging research or develop research expertise in the area of aging. Postdoctoral training is highly individualized and specialized. Training takes place primarily in the faculty laboratories in the Department of Psychology, with additional training occurring at the Psychological Service Center, the Neuroimaging facilities within the Department of Psychology and Medical School, and the Charles F. and Joanna Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.