RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT CORE

RCDC的目的是通过在基础、临床和应用科学领域开展以导师为基础的转化研究培训计划，促进来自多个学科的初级教师的职业发展，使其成为老年学和老年医学领域独立的学术科学家，重点是恢复功能 以及预防慢性病老年人的功能下降，以保持独立性。RCDC提供了一个丰富的，以导师为基础的研究培训和教育环境，以促进RCDC学者的职业发展走向独立，作为老龄化相关研究的调查人员和老年学和老年医学的领导者。学者从学术教师科学家和经验丰富的核心领导者那里学习技能，并通过我们的机构K30计划提供丰富的教学计划，并辅以专题课程和研讨会。通过指导和教学培训，学者将学习：a）临床，基础科学和机制研究的技能，从基因，细胞和组织水平的实验室到应用临床研究; B）制定假设驱动的研究问题和方法，将运动康复的功能和临床研究成果转化为社区试验; c）进行临床和基础研究的技能 项目，包括人员管理，招募患者，组织和安排研究测试和干预措施，保持研究的完整性，管理数据收集，坚持研究道德和知情同意的过程; d）研究演示的艺术，撰写手稿和拨款申请;和e）领导技能，导致一个有凝聚力的，有重点的研究团队。RCDC将为RCDC学者（由OAIC资助）和其他附属初级学院（即，UM的初级教师，其工资由K12和其他职业发展机制提供）。RCDC学者参与该计划将确保我们维持未来几代独立调查人员，基础科学家和老年医学和老年康复科学的学术领袖。

The purpose of the RCDC is to foster the career development of junior faculty from multiple disciplines into independent, academic scientists in gerontology and geriatrics through a mentor-based, translational research training program in basic, clinical and applied sciences, with a focus on the restoration of function and prevention of functional decline to maintain independence in older people with chronic disease. The RCDC provides an enriched, mentor-based research training and educational environment to promote the career development of RCDC Scholars toward independence as investigators in aging-related research and leaders in gerontology and geriatric medicine. Scholars learn skills from academic faculty scientists and experienced core leaders, and a rich didactic program available through our institutional K30 program supplemented by special topic courses and seminars. Through mentoring and didactic training, Scholars will learn: a) skills in clinical, basic science and mechanistic research that spans from the bench at the gene, cell, and tissue levels, to applied clinical research; b) formulation of hypothesis-driven research questions and the methods for the translation of mechanisms of functional and clinical research outcomes of exercise based rehabilitation into community-based trials; c) skills for the conduct of clinical and basic research projects, including the management of personnel, recruiting patients, organizing and scheduling research testing and interventions, maintaining study integrity, managing data collection, and adhering to research ethics and the process of informed consent; d) the art of research presentation, and writing manuscripts and grant proposals; and e) leadership skills that lead to a cohesive, focused research team. The RCDC will provide individual and group mentoring to both RCDC Scholars (funded by the OAIC) and other Affiliated Junior Faculty (i.e., junior faculty at UM whose salary is provided by K12 and other career development mechanisms). Engagement of RCDC Scholars in this program will insure that we sustain future generations of independent investigators, basic scientists and academic leaders in gerontology and geriatric rehabilitation sciences.