Midcareer Award in Patient-Oriented Community-Academic Partnered Aging Research

描述（由申请人提供）：此应用程序是在以患者为导向的研究K24中期职业生涯研究者奖，以促进指导和职业发展的社区学术合作研究，提高低收入和少数民族老年人的生活质量。凯瑟琳Sarkisian，PI的拟议奖项，是一个老年医学家和科学家致力于提高生活质量的低收入种族多样化的老年人。12年多来，她进行了经验性的以病人为导向的社区合作研究，重点是增加脆弱老年人的成功老龄化。她与当地和国家老龄化服务网络中的庞大社区合作伙伴网络建立了牢固的关系，并于2010年启动了洛杉矶老龄化研究社区学术合作伙伴关系（洛杉矶）。CAPRA）中心-加州大学洛杉矶分校老年医学部和洛杉矶市老龄部之间的合作伙伴关系。洛杉矶的使命。CAPRA中心是促进和实施社区合作研究，导致有意义的健康结果，并提高生活质量的低收入老年人在最大的和（可以说）最种族多元化的城市在美国。现在NIA对洛杉矶的拨款。CAPRA中心即将结束，这个虚拟中心正在蓬勃发展，因为Sarkisian博士和她的几个同事目前正在使用洛杉矶。CAPRA中心基础设施，以支持社区合作的老龄化研究，包括NIH资助的研究Sarkisian博士正在领导实施和测试一项干预措施，以降低中风风险并增加4个不同种族/民族的老年人（非洲裔美国人，华裔美国人，韩裔美国人和拉丁美洲人）的身体活动。目前没有NIA K24奖项专门用于社区合作研究或专注于少数民族老年人的研究。为了填补这一空白，Sarkisian博士寻求NIA K24奖的支持，以便：1）巩固一个以患者为导向的社区合作研究计划，该计划利用洛杉矶。CAPRA中心的基础设施，以实施和严格评估可持续发展的计划，提高低收入种族多样化的老年人的生活质量，并可以通过国家老龄化服务网络传播;和2）获得先进的技能，在实施科学，这将促进博士的影响。3）指导一批研究员和初级教师，他们将成为下一代老龄化转化研究人员。Sarkisian博士有着丰富且不断增长的指导记录;所要求的K24支持将使她能够从当前的临床职责中解脱出来，以便她可以将75%的时间完全集中在研究和指导上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for a K24 Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research to promote mentoring and career development in community-academic partnered research that improves the quality of life of low income and minority seniors. Dr. Catherine Sarkisian, PI of the proposed award, is a geriatrician and scientist committed to working to improve the quality of life of low-income ethnically diverse older adults. For over 12 years she has conducted empiric patient-oriented community-partnered research studies focused on increasing successful aging among vulnerable seniors. She has built strong relationships with a vast network of community partners in the local and national aging services network, and in 2010 launched the Los Angeles Community-Academic Partnership for Research in Aging (L.A. CAPRA) Center - a partnership between UCLA Division of Geriatrics and the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging. The mission of the L.A. CAPRA Center is to facilitate and implement community-partnered research that leads to meaningful health outcomes and improves the quality of life of lower income seniors across the largest and (arguably) most ethnically diverse city in the United States. Now that the original NIA grant for L.A. CAPRA Center is ending, this virtual center is thriving as Dr. Sarkisian and several of her colleagues are currently using the L.A. CAPRA Center infrastructure to support community- partnered aging research, including an NIH-funded study Dr. Sarkisian is leading implementing and testing an intervention to decrease stroke risk and increase physical activity in 4 different racial/ethnic groups of older adults (African-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Korean Americans and Latinos). Currently there are no NIA K24 awards devoted to community-partnered research or research focused on minority seniors. To fill this gap, Dr. Sarkisian seeks support from an NIA K24 award in order to: 1) solidify a program of patient-oriented community-partnered research that utilizes the L.A. CAPRA Center infrastructure to implement and rigorously evaluate sustainable programs that improve quality of life of lower income ethnically diverse seniors and that can be disseminated though the national aging services network; and 2) gain advanced skills in implementation science that will facilitate the impact of Dr. Sarkisian's research career; 3) mentor a cadre of research fellows and junior faculty who will become the next generation of translational researchers in aging. Dr. Sarkisian has a substantial and growing track record of mentorship; the requested K24 support would allow her to free herself from current clinical responsibilities so that she can focus 75% of her time completely on research and mentoring.