Infrastructure for Aging & Health Research

描述(由申请者提供)：乔治敦大学是一所 在老龄化领域教授和研究的研究人员种类繁多。 这些调查人员在医学院的不同部门和 整个主校区。为了给这些活动提供一个重点 并鼓励在这一领域开展更多工作，这项申请要求提供资金 用于发展基础设施，以支持老龄化和 健康。该项目的主要目标是：1)建立一个 智力之家，研究与衰老有关的问题，促进 跨学科交流，将丰富 这项研究；以及2)通过以下方式加强当前的老龄化研究并鼓励新的研究 通过探索和开展培训来支持当前的研究人员 为本科生和研究生提供机会，并通过提供 在学生和专业层面开展跨学科培训 辅助技能。 为了支持这些目标，我们建议：1)发展一系列关于老龄化的研讨会； 2)改善图书馆资源和服务； 3)建立一份现役个人和部门名册； 4)开发时事通讯和网站；5)扩大学生覆盖面；6)开展工作 通过行政管理来弥合机构的界限。我们要求 用于支持指导委员会两名成员(第三名)时间的资金 将由乔治城大学提供支持)，这是一家统计咨询服务公司 和数据核心，两位经验丰富的顾问将提出建议和评估 活动，以及一项基金，将用于通过小额赠款鼓励新的 整个乔治敦社区的老龄化倡议。乔治敦大学带来了 非同寻常的资源给这个企业。它有一个完善的医疗体系 该中心包括来自学校、医院和隆巴迪的教职员工 癌症中心。乔治敦公共政策研究所，历史悠久 肯尼迪学院社会和生物科学系 伦理学和国家生命伦理学文献参考中心 在乔治城大学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Georgetown University is home to a diverse set of researchers who teach and do research in the field of aging. These investigators are in various departments in the Medical School and throughout the Main Campus. In order to provide a focus for these activities and encourage additional work in this area, this application requests funding for the development of infrastructure in support of research in aging and health. The primary objectives of this project are to 1) Build an intellectual home for research related to aging and promote the interdisciplinary exchange that will enrich the dimensionality and depth of that research; and 2) Enhance current and encourage new research on aging by supporting current researchers, by exploring and developing training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, and by providing for transdisciplinary training at student and professional level to develop ancillary skills. In support of these aims, we propose to 1) Develop a seminar series on aging; 2) Improve library resources and services; 3) Create a roster of active individuals and departments; 4) Develop a newsletter and web site; 5) Expand student outreach; and 6) Work with administration to bridge institutional boundaries. We are requesting funding to support the time of two members of a steering committee (the third will be supported by Georgetown University), a statistical consulting service and data core, two experienced consultants who will propose and evaluate activities, and a fund that will be used to encourage, via small grants, new initiatives in aging throughout the Georgetown community. Georgetown brings unusual resources to this enterprise. It has a well-established medical center that includes faculty from the school, the hospital, and Lombardi Cancer Center. The Georgetown Public Policy Institute, well-established departments in the social and biological sciences, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature are housed at Georgetown University.