Training Program in Gerontological and Geriatric Research

项目摘要 这个T32支持的“老年学和老年医学研究培训计划"，最初 2009年获得资助（为期2年），随后于2012年延长5年， 对5名成功的研究人员进行指导培训，他们仍然致力于研究事业，其中2名 承诺开始培训的新研究员将于2016年夏/秋开始接受培训。我们的六年进展正步入正轨， 超越计划目标，与我们的教师在以下方面取得杰出成就的整体记录一致： 教育其他学生，博士后研究员和早期职业教师。在全国范围内， 缺乏接受过适当研究技能培训的合格研究人员， 对导致行动不便、痴呆和丧失的重要老年结局的临床研究 独立性。因此，我们的T32支持学员的研究已经并将继续 有助于增进有关预防残疾和最佳健康的知识， 照顾老年人。 我们的TPGGR的总体目标是提供一个综合的职业发展途径， 培训研究员进行临床研究所需的技能和能力， 预防身体和认知残疾。我们的学者获得了科学的理解， 导致身体和/或认知残疾的途径，以及获得：1） 在老年人中进行随机临床试验和/或纵向队列研究，2）经验和 认知和/或身体残疾结果测量方面的专业知识，以及3）具体 技术或方法技能符合他们的个人利益。这次培训将使他们 一个成功过渡到早期教师职位并具有高度竞争力的职位 新的资金继续他们走向独立的道路。这种方法补充了我们的其他 培训计划，并与我们现有的NIA赞助的科学主题完美结合， Pepper中心，专注于身体功能，我们的捐赠Kulynych中心， 专注于认知功能自从我们最初的T32拨款以来，研究密集型教师的数量 我们斯蒂克特中心的校外资金几乎翻了一番。因为我们的爆炸 高素质的培训教师人数，本提案寻求3名受训人员的年薪支持。 目前的研究组合资助赠款总额为2840万美元的直接费用， 我们提出的T32计划教师，我们有科学的专业知识，资源和研究 培训下一代研究者以取得临床成功的机会 老年医学研究

Project Summary This T32-supported “Training Program in Gerontological and Geriatric Research (TPGGR)”, initially funded in 2009 (for 2 years), and subsequently renewed for 5 years in 2012, has supported mentored training of 5 successful investigators who remain dedicated to a research career, with 2 new fellows committed to begin training in summer/fall 2016. Our 6-year progress is on track to exceed program goals, consistent with our faculty's overall track record of outstanding success in educating other students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career faculty. Nationwide, there is a dearth of competent investigators trained in the appropriate research skills who wish to conduct clinical research on important geriatric outcomes that lead to mobility disability, dementia, and loss of independence. Thus, the research of our T32-supported trainees has been, and will continue to be, instrumental in advancing knowledge regarding the prevention of disability and the best health care for older adults. The overall goal of our TPGGR is to provide an integrated career development pathway centered on training fellows in the skills and competencies needed to conduct clinical research directed at prevention of physical and cognitive disability. Our scholars acquire a scientific understanding of the pathways leading to physical and/or cognitive disability, as well as gain: 1) competencies needed to conduct randomized clinical trials and/or longitudinal cohort studies in the elderly, 2) experience and expertise in the measurement of cognitive and/or physical disability outcomes, and 3) specific technical or methodological skills in line with their individual interests. This training will place them in a position to transition successfully to an early-stage faculty position and to be highly competitive for new funding to continue their path towards independence. This approach complements our other training programs and integrates perfectly with the scientific themes of our existing NIA-sponsored Pepper Center, which is focused on physical function, and our endowed Kulynych Center, which is focused on cognitive function. Since our initial T32 grant, the number of research-intensive faculty and extramural funding in our Sticht Center has nearly doubled. Because of this explosion in our number of highly qualified training faculty, this proposal seeks annual salary support for 3 trainees. With a current research portfolio of funded grants totaling $28.4 million in direct costs awarded to our proposed T32 Program Faculty, we have the scientific expertise, resources, and research opportunities available for training the next generation of investigators for success in clinical geriatric research.