Health of Older Minorities

描述(由申请人提供)：德克萨斯大学医学分校(UTMB)的Sealy老龄中心是少数族裔健康和老龄化研究的领先中心。UTMB自1999年以来一直主办由NIA支持的关于少数民族健康和老龄化的博士后和博士后培训计划。在当前的资助周期中，我们要求为三个博士后和两个博士后职位提供资金。我们建议在下一个资金周期对少数民族老龄培训方案的重点和活动进行几个重要的改变。展望未来，T32培训计划将专注于UTMB在少数族裔老龄化研究中确定的两个核心优势领域：西班牙裔和拉丁美洲的健康与老龄化，以及老年人健康结果的差异。在这些领域，该大学投入了大量资源来创造新的教员职位，并在获得同行评议(R01)支持方面取得了重大成功。为了配合最近人口健康科学研究生课程的战略规划过程(大多数博士前实习生都在这里注册)，我们正在修订博士前学生教育和培训课程。生物医学研究生院和教务长办公室在过去的一年里作出了重大承诺，以加强UTMB的研究生教育和博士后培训和研究的卓越水平。这些承诺包括招募优秀研究生的总统学者计划，以及建立博士后事务办公室，其中包括职业发展和指导方面的有组织的培训和机会。我们已经制定了一个正式的结构和相关活动，以加强招聘，并便利我们的受训人员在区域和国家一级的安置。我们相信，这些变化将使受训人员在下一代老龄化研究人员中占据领导职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Sealy Center on Aging at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is a leading center for research on minority health and aging. UTMB has hosted an NIA-supported pre-doctoral and postdoctoral training program in minority health and aging since 1999. In the current funding cycle, we request funding for three predoctoral and two postdoctoral positions. We are proposing several important changes in the focus and activities of the minority aging training program for the next funding cycle. Going forward, the T32 training program will focus on two identified core areas of strengths in minority aging research at UTMB: Hispanic and Latin American health and aging, and disparities in health outcomes in older adults. These are areas in which the University has committed substantial resources toward creating new faculty positions and has demonstrated significant success in obtaining peer-reviewed (R01) support. In concert with the recent strategic planning process for the graduate program in Population Health Sciences (where most pre-doctoral trainees are enrolled), we are adopting a revised curriculum for pre-doctoral student education and training. The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Provost's Office have made significant commitments in the past year to enhancing the excellence of graduate education and postdoctoral training and research at UTMB. These commitments include the President's Scholars Program to recruit outstanding graduate students and the establishment of an Office of Postdoctoral Affairs that includes organized training and opportunities in career development and mentoring. We have developed a formal structure and related activities to enhance recruitment and facilitate the placement of our trainees regionally and nationally. We believe that these changes will position trainees for leadership positions among the next generation of aging researchers.