Midcareer Award in Patient-Oriented Aging Research

项目总结/摘要 此应用程序是一个K24中期职业生涯研究者奖在病人为导向的老龄化的延续 Research.凯瑟琳Sarkisian博士，PI的建议奖，是一个老年病学家和卫生服务研究员 致力于提高不同种族老年人的生活质量。的支持下 K24她已经完成了她的既定目标，推进她的职业生涯作为一个专家在学术界 合作研究集中在少数民族老年人，获得新的技能，在实施科学，并扩大 为她的学员提供研究平台和机会。她的工作效率很高，发表了29篇文章。 由她的导师领导，4个导师奖作为主要导师（包括Beeson，GEMSTAR和Jahnigen）， 和8个新的赠款作为PI，所有这些都支持她的学员。 在过去的几年里，萨尔基相博士的科学工作越来越多地涉及与公众的合作， 卫生系统减少“低价值护理”-没有好处的检查和程序，这些检查和程序往往伤害病人， 不成比例地影响老年人。她在这一领域的高影响力出版物的记录越来越多。 她获得了NIA R 01和补充资金，以支持加州大学洛杉矶分校健康的跨学科团队 努力实施电子健康记录干预措施，由行为经济学原理告知， 减少对老年人的低价值护理。2018年，加州大学洛杉矶分校的大卫格芬医学院推出了一项新的 “基于价值的护理研究联盟（VBCRC）”与她的领导。萨尔基相博士担任主任 该中心已成为大量博士后研究员和初级研究员的研究之家， 教师寻求萨尔基相博士的指导和她的多元化研究团队的支持。 支持这种延续将确保Sarkisian博士能够维持受保护的时间， 临床义务，使她能够：1）保持她目前的势头，并推进她的职业生涯，作为一个寻求- 在导师和高影响力的科学研究者之后; 2）获得新的研究技能，使她能够提高自己的研究能力。 作为一名独立科学家的生产力和作为UCLA VBCRC主任的影响力。在她的基础上 专业知识的学术社区合作研究，她寻求推进她的科学生涯作为一个专家 在现实世界环境中的学术卫生系统伙伴关系中，以减少浪费性支出，确保 患者获得适当和高质量的护理，并减少种族和民族差异， 高价值护理。她寻求巩固VBCRC基础设施作为下一个研究平台， 一代领导人在以病人为导向的研究老龄化和一个主要贡献者的全国对话 如何减少老年人的低价值护理。

Project Summary/Abstract This application is for a continuation of a K24 Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Aging Research. Dr. Catherine Sarkisian, PI of the proposed award, is a geriatrician and health services researcher committed to working to improve the quality of life for ethnically diverse older adults. With the support of the K24 she has accomplished her stated aims of advancing her career as an expert in academic-community partnered research focused on minority seniors, gaining new skills in implementation science, and expanding the research platform and opportunities for her mentees. She has been highly productive, with 29 publications led by her mentees, 4 mentored awards as primary mentor (including a Beeson, GEMSTAR and a Jahnigen), and 8 new grants as PI, all of which support her mentees. Over the past several years Dr. Sarkisian's scientific work has increasingly involved partnering with public health systems to reduce “low-value care” – tests and procedures with no benefit that often harm patients and disproportionately affect older adults. She has a growing track record of high-impact publications in this area. She has obtained NIA R01 and supplemental funding to support an interdisciplinary team at UCLA Health working to implement electronic health record interventions informed by principals of behavioral economics to reduce low-value care for older adults. In 2018, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA launched a new “Value-Based Care Research Consortium (VBCRC)” with her leadership. Dr. Sarkisian serves as the Director of the VBCRC, which has become a research home to a large number of post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty seeking Dr. Sarkisian's mentorship and the support of her diverse research team. Support of this continuation would ensure Dr. Sarkisian can maintain protected time from increased inpatient clinical obligations, allowing her to: 1) maintain her current momentum and advance her career as a sought- after mentor and high-impact scientific investigator; and 2) gain new research skills to allow her to increase her productivity as an independent scientist and impact as the Director of the UCLA VBCRC. Building upon her expertise in academic-community partnered research, she seeks to advance her scientific career as an expert in academic-health system partnerships in real-world settings to reduce wasteful spending, ensure that patients receive appropriate and high-quality care, and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of high-value care. She seeks to solidify the VBCRC infrastructure as a platform for research for the next generation of leaders in patient-oriented research in aging and a major contributor to the national dialogue on how to reduce low-value care for older adults.