Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging

描述（由申请人提供）：这是自1996年以来由NIA资助的老龄化流行病学和生物统计学机构培训补助金的5年续期申请。这个多学科计划的目标是培养优秀的博士前和博士后候选人，领导下一代定量研究科学家解决我们老龄化人口的健康问题。该项目由流行病学家和生物统计学家联合开展，致力于将这两个学科的学生聚集在一起，发展对该领域发展至关重要的内容领域和方法论的专业知识。学生接受培训，进行前沿的研究，可以告知预防计划的发展，以压缩发病率在老龄化人口。该计划是基于流行病学和生物统计学的部门，但涉及整个我们的公共卫生，医学和护理学院的部门的教师。生物统计学项目主任，流行病学联合主任，6名其他副主任和28名其他核心教员将担任学员的导师。一个核心课程是预期的博士前学员和博士后学员定制。受训人员，一半来自流行病学和生物统计学，参加双周一次的研究进展会议，关于老龄化的研讨会，具体到这个程序的实践，并培训，以建立多学科合作的技能。研究经验和导师的选择，以确保高质量的研究值得同行评审的出版物。我们将继续培训学生流行病学和生物统计学方法及其在老龄化中的应用，重点是慢性病的流行病学，残疾和虚弱，老年学的生物统计学和遗传学研究方法，以及晚年的心理社会流行病学，并扩大临床试验设计和实施的培训，并增加比较有效性和社区参与性研究的新重点。学员们的工作效率很高，他们的研究获得了很大的认可，并在强调老龄化的有吸引力的职位上开始了他们的职业生涯。毕业生将成为多学科研究团队的有效领导者，解决与美国人口老龄化相关的健康问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for a 5-year renewal of an institutional training grant in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging, funded by NIA since 1996. This multidisciplinary program's goals are to train outstanding predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates to lead the next generation of quantitative research scientists addressing the health of our aging population. This program is conducted jointly by epidemiologists and biostatisticians with a strong commitment to bringing together students in both disciplines to develop expertise in the content areas and methodologies that are essential to advancement of the field. Students are trained to conduct leading- edge research that can inform the development of prevention programs to compress morbidity in the aging population. The program is based in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics but involves faculty from departments throughout our Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing. A Program Director in Biostatistics, Co-Director from Epidemiology, 6 other Associate Directors, and 28 other core faculty members will serve as mentors for the trainees. A core curriculum is expected of predoctoral trainees and customized to postdoctoral trainees. Trainees, half each from Epidemiology and Biostatistics, participate in biweekly research in progress meetings, seminars on aging, practica specific to this program, and training to build skills in multidisciplinary collaboration. Research experiences and mentors are selected to ensure high quality research worthy of peer-reviewed publication. We will continue to train students in epidemiologic and biostatistical method and their application to aging, with emphases on the epidemiology of chronic disease, disability and frailty, biostatistics and genetics research methods for gerontology, and the psychosocial epidemiology of late life, and, expand training on the design and conduct of clinical trials and add new emphases in comparative effectiveness and community-based participatory research. Trainees have been highly productive, gained substantial recognition for their research, and launched their careers in appealing positions with emphases on aging. Graduates will be effective leaders of multidisciplinary research teams tackling the health problems associated with the aging US population.