Research Education Component

REC支持早期调查人员的职业发展、指导和研究培训，以 过渡到独立研究职业。我们的计划为圣安东尼奥的多个机构提供服务，7日 美国最大的城市和最大的西班牙裔少数族裔城市之一-反映了未来的人口结构 OAIC是南得克萨斯州地区老年科学研究培训的中心。 我们的总体目标是促进翻译老年学的早期研究人员的发展。学者 将拥有一套全面的技能来测试老年人的衰老调节干预措施。我们的REC计划是 在过去4年内成功建立，以1)增强临床和转化性研究知识并 基础科学家的经验；2)培养临床研究人员的机械研究技能；3)促进 基础和临床研究人员之间的合作。这一目标是通过以下目标实现的： 目标1：监督招聘、选拔、监测和评估一名高素质、敬业和多样化的 职业生涯早期的REC学者小组；帮助他们发展为临床和翻译科学家 能够有效地领导和贡献跨学科研究团队的老年科学。 目标2：提供积极的多学科监督(指导)团队，定期监测、评估和指导 每一位REC学者通过他们的研究和职业发展计划的进展；学者和他们的 导师将制定个性化的结构化研究教育计划，明确定义职责和 根据他们的研究需要制定里程碑，并侧重于翻译科学方面的交叉培训。 目标3：从多个层面招聘和促进不同学者队伍的职业发展，包括 妇女、少数族裔、现役军人和退伍军人代表我们的病人 建立一支具有医学、护理、心理学、药学等专业知识的老年科学劳动力队伍 在团队科学环境中推进老年护理所需的卫生保健学科。 目标4：促进交叉受精，确保REC参与者的职业发展和 与a)所有圣安东尼奥OAIC方案和b)国家OAIC网络开展的活动。 我们的核心有两个定制路径：OAIC第一阶段计划提供工资支持，密集 为不同的早期研究人员提供翻译老年学方面的指导和传授。第二阶段 为完成第一阶段课程的学者和早期教师提供持续的职业发展活动 强调独立性、领导力和指导技能的发展。REC培训下一代 科学家通过将强大而独特的老龄化研究资源和研究编织在一起 将南得克萨斯州的教育计划纳入一个综合的增强职业发展环境。我们都很好 定位于翻译在啮齿类动物身上制定并在绒猴身上测试的健康衰老策略，以促进 促进翻译老年学这一新学科的健康发展。

The REC supports career development, mentoring, and research training for early-stage investigators to transition to independent research careers. Our program serves multiple institutions in San Antonio, the 7th largest city in the U.S. and one of the largest Hispanic majority minority cities – reflecting the future demographics of the U.S. The OAIC is the focal point for geroscience research training for the South Texas region. Our overall goal is to foster development of early-stage investigators in translational geroscience. Scholars will have a comprehensive skill set to test aging-modulating interventions in older adults. Our REC program was successfully established within the last 4 years to 1) enhance clinical and translational research knowledge and experience of basic scientists; 2) develop mechanistic research skills of clinical investigators; and 3) facilitate collaborations among basic and clinical researchers. This goal is achieved through the following Aims: Aim 1: Oversee the recruitment, selection, monitoring, and evaluation of a highly qualified, dedicated and diverse group of early-career REC Scholars; assisting with their development into clinical and translational scientists in geroscience who can effectively lead and contribute to interdisciplinary research teams. Aim 2: Provide active multi-disciplinary supervising (mentoring) teams that regularly monitor, evaluate, and guide the progress of each REC Scholar through their research and career development programs; Scholars and their mentors will develop individualized structured research education plans with clearly defined responsibilities and milestones based on their investigative needs and focused on cross-training in translational sciences. Aim 3: Recruit and advance the careers of a diverse cadre of Scholars across multiple dimensions, including women, underrepresented minorities and active-duty military and veterans representative of our patient population to build a geroscience workforce with expertise in medicine, nursing, psychology, pharmacy and other health care disciplines necessary for advancing geriatric care in a team science environment. Aim 4: Promote cross-fertilization and assure integration of the REC participants' career development and activities with a) all San Antonio OAIC programs and b) the national OAIC network. Our Core has two customized tracks: the OAIC Phase 1 Program provides salary support, intensive mentoring and didactics in translational geroscience to a diverse cadre of early-stage investigators. Phase 2 provides continued career development activities for Scholars finishing Phase 1 and early-stage faculty emphasizing growth in independence leadership and mentoring skills. The REC trains the next generation of scientists in geroscience by weaving together the robust and unique aging research resources and research education programs in South Texas into an integrated enhanced career development environment. We are well positioned to translate healthy aging strategies developed in rodents and tested in marmosets to promote healthspan and accelerate progress in the new discipline of translational geroscience.