Aging and Development

描述(申请人提供)：本次竞赛续签申请资金，用于未来5年内每年培训5名博士后学员和3名博士后学员。在这个项目中，有13名教师和4名附属教师组成了这个项目的主要导师。该项目的目标是培养博士后学生和博士后研究员，从事衰老心理学的研究工作。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，以及更多应用方法来调节与年龄相关的认知衰退轨迹，并将认知缺失的人际后果降至最低。华盛顿大学在衰老和阿尔茨海默氏症研究方面有着悠久的历史，与华盛顿大学医学院有着密切的合作关系，在认知神经科学和神经成像方面的国际公认的专业知识，因此为这种培训提供了丰富的环境。博士前实习生将通过心理学系的研究生课程进入培训计划。在整个培训期间，通过由老龄化和发展计划的计划主任和执行委员会对学生档案进行学期审查，来监督实习生的进度。博士后实习生在完成博士学位后被招募，基于他们的兴趣，要么进一步磨练他们对老龄化研究的现有兴趣，要么发展 在老龄化领域的研究专长。博士后培训是高度个性化和专业化的。培训主要在心理学系的教员实验室进行，其他培训在心理服务中心、心理和医学院系内的神经成像设施以及Charles F.和Joanna Knight阿尔茨海默病研究中心进行。

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.