Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)

项目概要 该提案旨在建立克劳德D佩珀老年美国人独立中心 在康州大学（UConn OAIC），总体目标是制定临床策略， 增强老年人的功能和独立性，使其更加精确，个性化， 有效我们对精准老年学的关注是通过集体经验而产生的 和我们的多学科团队在康州大学中心完成调查的见解， 老龄化-所有人都致力于改善老年人的生活， 研究、教育和临床护理。 我们对精确老年学的重视一直遵循三个原则：1。越来越 在涉及衰老的所有方面的个体中， 因此，需要一个多学科的团队为基础的方法来老龄化研究; 2.增加 老年人对治疗反应的异质性或变异性，突出了 需要更好的定位; 3.认识到有必要将这些考虑纳入 设计和测试新的老年科学指导疗法。 这些目标将通过建立一个UConn OAIC通过协调 领导和管理核心（LAC），招聘和社区活动 参与核心（RC 1）、数据资源核心（RC 2）、生物标志物和临床前研究 核心（RC 3），试点和探索性研究核心（PESC）和研究教育部分 （REC）。 我们将努力通过以下目标实现这些目标： 目的1：开发和完善Precision研究和临床翻译的新方法 老年学 目标2：开发和评估新的研究方法，技术和合作 推进精确老年学目标所需的方法。 目标3：识别、发展和学习下一代研究人员的经验 准备成为与康州大学OAIC重点相关的老年医学研究的领导者。 目标4：选择和支持有希望帮助指导 设计、资助和完成与以下方面有关的更明确的未来研究： UConn OAIC焦点。

PROJECT SUMMARY OVERALL This proposal seeks to establish the Claude D Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at UConn (UConn OAIC) with the overarching goal of developing clinical strategies for enhancing function and independence in older adults that are more precise, personalized, and effective. Our focus on Precision Gerontology has emerged through the collective experiences and insights of our multidisciplinary team of accomplished investigators in the UConn Center on Aging – all united by a shared commitment to improving the lives of older adults through research, education, and clinical care. Our emphasis on Precision Gerontology has been guided by three principles: 1. A growing heterogeneity or variability over time among individuals involving all aspects of aging that therefore necessitates a multidisciplinary team-based approach to aging research; 2. Increased heterogeneity or variability with aging in older adults’ responses to treatment, highlighting the need for better targeting; and 3. Recognition of a need to incorporate these considerations into the design and testing of novel geroscience-guided therapies. These objectives will be achieved by establishing a UConn OAIC through the coordinated activities of a Leadership and Administration Core (LAC), Recruitment and Community Engagement Core (RC1), Data Resource Core (RC2), Biomarker and Preclinical Research Core (RC3), Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core (PESC), and Research Education Component (REC). We will seek to address these goals through the following aims: Aim 1: To develop and refine new approaches to the study and clinical translation of Precision Gerontology. Aim 2: To develop and evaluate new research methods, techniques, and collaborative approaches required to advance the goals of Precision Gerontology. Aim 3: To identify, develop, and learn from experiences of the next generation of researchers poised to become leaders in geriatrics research related to the UConn OAIC focus. Aim 4: To select and support innovative pilot studies that show promise in helping to guide the design, funding, and completion of more definitive future research studies related to the UConn OAIC focus.