UNC-CH Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students

 描述（由申请人提供）：UNC-CH医学生老龄化夏季研究培训（UNC-CH MSTAR）计划建议作为国家资源，为医学和骨科学生在职业生涯早期做好准备，以设计，进行和分析广泛的老龄化领域的独立研究。学员将与一名受资助的导师配对，导师将作为学术榜样。该计划自2010年以来一直得到资助，在老年医学部主任兼老龄与健康中心（CAH）主任Jan Busby-Whitehead博士的指导下。目前，我们每年有8个短期实习生职位。所有职位都由来自美国医学和骨科学校的高素质实习生填补。UNC-CH要求在五年内提供40个职位（每年8个）;然而，由于资金通知较晚，第二和第四赠款年只有12名受训人员，以满足我们拟议的40名受训人员的配额。2011-2013年的32名博士前学员已成功完成该计划。2014年目前有8名受训人员参加，履行了我们到2014年的承诺。在成功完成该方案的32名受训人员中，有5名是代表性不足的少数民族医学生。在2014年，8名受训人员中有2名是城市资源管理人员。32个学生/导师团队中有29个发表了摘要，并在美国老年医学会年会上介绍了他们的UNC-CH MSTAR项目。其中两名学生被邀请在AGS做口头报告，另外七名学生被选中在总统海报区展示他们的海报。此外，13名学生在同行评审的期刊上发表了12篇文章。17名UNC-CH MSTAR学生因其老龄化研究项目获得了学术认可和荣誉。这些数字说明了正在进行的UNC-CH MSTAR计划的成功。我们要求NIA继续提供12个博士前实习生名额，UNC-CH已作出机构承诺，为其中2个博士前实习生名额提供资金。培训集中在CAH与医学，护理，药学，公共卫生，社会工作和艺术与科学学院合作。受训人员参加必要的结构化教学课程和研讨会。他们在训练的第四周和夏季经验结束时进行绩效评估。指导由学员的研究导师和UNC-CH MSTAR领导团队提供。受训人员沉浸在研究的相关领域，包括：遗传，生物，临床，行为，社会和经济研究有关的衰老过程，疾病和与衰老相关的条件，以及其他问题和具体的美国老年人的需求。受训人员接触到有关老龄问题领域所需研究领域的范围和影响的问题、有关文献的审查、研究倡议的制定、数据分析、手稿和摘要的编写以及研究报告。我们有信心，我们的计划是为我们的学员提供了一个坚实的基础，建立对学术事业，将推进老龄化研究。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UNC-CH Summer Research Training in Aging for Medical Students (UNC-CH MSTAR) program proposes to serve as a national resource for preparing medical and osteopathic students early in their careers to design, conduct, and analyze independent research in the broad field of aging. The trainees are paired with a funded mentor who will serve as an academic role model. This program has been funded since 2010, under the direction of Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Director of the Center for Aging and Health (CAH). We currently have 8 short term trainee positions per year. All positions have been filled with highly qualified trainees from USA medical and osteopathic schools. UNC-CH requested 40 positions over a five-year period (8 per year); however, due to a late funding notice, Grant Years 2 and 4 were filled with 12 trainees in order to meet our proposed quota of 40 trainees. Thirty-two pre-doctoral trainees from 2011-2013 have successfully completed the Program. Eight trainees are currently enrolled for 2014, fulfilling our commitment through 2014. Of the thirty-two trainees who successfully completed the Program, five are underrepresented minority (URM) medical students. In this current year of 2014, two trainees out of eight are URM. Twenty-nine of the 32 student/mentor teams have published abstracts and presented their UNC-CH MSTAR projects at the American Geriatrics Society annual meeting. Two of the students were invited to give oral presentations at AGS, and seven other students were selected to display their posters in the Presidential Poster Section. In addition, 13 students have published a total of 12 articles in peer reviewed journals. Seventeen UNC-CH MSTAR students have received academic recognition with honors and awards for their aging research projects. These numbers speak to the success of the ongoing UNC-CH MSTAR program. We are requesting from NIA to continue with 12 pre-doctoral trainee slots, and UNC-CH has made an institutional commitment to fund 2 of these pre-doctoral trainee slots. Training is centered in the CAH in collaboration with the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social Work, and Arts and Sciences. Trainees attend required structured didactic sessions and seminars. They have performance reviews during their fourth week of training and at the end of their summer experience. Guidance is provided by the trainee's research mentor and the UNC-CH MSTAR Leadership Team. Trainees are immersed in relevant areas of research including: genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research related to the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and other problems and needs specific to older Americans. The trainees are exposed to issues regarding the scope and impact of areas of research needed in the field of aging, reviews of the relevant literature, development of research initiatives, data analysis, preparation of manuscripts and abstracts, and research presentations. We are confident that our Program is providing a strong foundation for our trainees to build towards academic careers that will advance aging research.