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T32奖学金计划续签申请。随着人口老龄化，对老年心理健康独立调查人员的需求将继续增加。在过去的19年里，我们招募了92名T32学员，包括57名博士后研究员，14名博士预科生和21名医学生。大多数受训人员是妇女，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T32奖学金。这个T32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。它也隶属于萨姆和罗斯斯坦老龄化研究所，约翰A。哈特福德老年精神病学卓越中心，以及加州大学圣地亚哥分校的临床和转化科学奖（CTSA）。在过去的5年里，将T32学员与我们两个NIH资助的夏季研究培训项目的学员相结合，总学员中有15%来自代表不足的少数民族（URM）。92名T32研究员中有9名仍在接受培训;其余82%的受训人员不再参加T32方案，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。我们的学员获得了10个NIH，2个VA和1个基金会职业发展奖，14个R 01，4个VA优秀评审赠款，3个部门。国防赠款，13个R34/R21/R 03，13个NARSAD青年研究员奖，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，以及一些其他竞争性赠款。此外，我们的其他学员在过去5年中获得了3个NIH职业发展奖和4个R型赠款。整合各种资源在UCSD的研究培训，我们已经开发了一个指导学院，旨在重新定位学术机构的文化，以支持，奖励和提高质量指导临床和转化研究健康科学。我们非常重视职业发展。奖学金计划包括个人指导沿着团队科学的经验培训，并辅以教学活动。在研究金课程的初期，为每个受训者制定了个性化的培训计划。写作技能的提高，平衡个人生活和职业生涯的指导，并接触到跨学科的共同导师表征我们的计划。该更新申请建议支持6名博士后研究员（最佳情况下，3名博士，2名医学博士或医学博士，1名药学博士），3名博士前学生（最佳情况下，2名临床心理学和1名神经科学），每年为药学学生提供2个夏季研究名额。在接下来的5年里，我们将更加关注成功的认知和情感衰老，医生和药剂师科学家，基础和转化神经科学，学员的多样性以及培训研究。我们已经制定了一个强有力的计划来评估培训过程，包括短期，中期和长期结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for a 5-year renewal of the T32 Fellowship Program in Geriatric Mental Health at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). As the population ages, the demand for independent investigators in geriatric mental health will continue to increase. Over the last 19 years, we have recruited 92 T32 trainees including 57 postdoctoral Fellows, and 14 predoctoral and 21 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 T32 Fellowship. This T32 program is part of a larger research training program within UCSD's Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. It is also affiliated with the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, the John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry, and the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) at UCSD. Combining the T32 trainees with those in our two NIH-funded summer research training programs over the past 5 years, 15% of the total trainees have been from Under-Represented Minority (URM) ethnic groups. Nine of the 92 T32 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 10 NIH, 2 VA, and 1 Foundation Career Development Awards, 14 R01s, 4 VA Merit Review grants, 3 Dept. of Defense grants, 13 R34s/R21s/R03s, 13 NARSAD Young Investigator Awards, 6 NIMH Postdoctoral Minority or Disability Supplements, 4 NIMH Minority Predoctoral Awards, and a number of other competitive grants. Additionally, our other trainees have obtained 3 NIH career development awards and 4 R-type grants during the past 5 years. Integrating various resources for research training at UCSD, we have developed a Mentoring Academy, which seeks to reorient the culture of the academic institution to support, reward, and enhance quality mentoring in clinical and translational research in health sciences. We place major emphasis on career development. The Fellowship program includes individual mentoring along with experiential training in team science, complemented by didactic activities. A personalized training plan is developed for each trainee early in the course of the Fellowship. Writing skills enhancement, guidance on balancing personal life and professional career, and exposure to cross-disciplinary co-mentors characterize our program. This renewal application proposes to support 6 postdoctoral Fellows (optimally, 3 PhDs, 2 MDs or MD-PhDs, and 1 PharmD), 3 predoctoral students (optimally, 2 in clinical psychology and 1 in neuroscience), and 2 summer research slots for pharmacy students annually. Over the next 5 years, we will increase our focus on successful cognitive and emotional aging, physician and pharmacist scientists, basic and translational neuroscience, diversity of trainees, and research on training. We have developed a strong plan for evaluation of the training process including short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term outcomes.