Research Career Institute in Mental Health of Aging (CIMA)

这一新的申请（PAR-14-304）建议建立一个心理健康研究职业学院 老龄化（CIMA），以促进早期职业调查人员的发展，重点是老龄化和心理 全国各地的健康。CIMA是我们对2012年IOM报告的回应，该报告指出，“如果没有 重大创新和改革，需要帮助的老年人人数几乎翻了一番， 现有的服务和能力”。因此，CIMA是一个全国性的辅导计划， 旨在促进有才华的初级教师，博士后和博士后的研究生涯 感兴趣的研究员：1.中老年人行为病理学的机制和发展轨迹 晚年生活2.神经生物学信息的新型治疗和预防模型的开发 与年龄相关的心理健康需求; 3.向老年社区提供心理健康服务。 CIMA的目标是帮助学员澄清他们的研究重点，发展和保持必要的技能， 生产力记录，并获得基于竞争力的职业生涯所需的指导和支持 经费它的训练车辆将是：1。每年一次，为期五天的研究职业发展沉浸 为16-20名学员举办研讨会; 2.在为期一年的计划中，将学员与导师配对，重点是 研究内容和规划; 3.基于Web的基础架构，支持持续的异地 指导、专业网络和信息交流。 CIMA的资产是：1。通过在两个NIMH服务获得组织经验的领导 国家研究导师计划，夏季研究所和高级研究 研究所; 2.由NIH资助的多学科职业中期和高级研究人员组成的忠诚教师队伍， 一个成功的记录，在研究导师告知该领域的科学发展和指导 2015年NIMH战略优先事项和RDoC项目;以及3）认识到， 开始于中年的病理生理过程经常演变成与衰老相关的心理健康障碍， 这一概念可能为治疗和预防研究提供信息。

This new application (PAR-14-304) proposes to develop a Research Career Institute in Mental Health of Aging (CIMA) to promote the development of early career investigators focused on aging and mental health across the nation. CIMA is our response to the 2012 IOM Report, which indicates that “without major innovations and reforms, the near doubling of the number of older adults in need… will entirely overwhelm existing capacity and services”. Accordingly, CIMA is a national mentoring program designed to promote the research career of talented junior faculty, post-residency and post-doctoral fellows interested in: 1. Mechanisms and developmental trajectories of behavioral pathology of mid- and late-life. 2. Development of neurobiologically-informed novel treatment and prevention models for aging-related mental health needs; and 3. Delivery of mental health services to the aging community. CIMA’s aims are to help mentees clarify their research focus, develop and maintain requisite skills and a productivity record, and acquire mentorship and support needed for a career based on competitive funding. Its training vehicles will be: 1. An annual, five day research career development immersion seminar for 16-20 mentees; 2. Pairing trainees with mentors during an one-year program focusing on both research content and planning; and 3. A web-based infrastructure to support ongoing, offsite mentoring, professional networking, and information exchange. CIMA’s assets are: 1. A leadership with organizational experience gained through service in two NIMH national research mentorship programs, the Summer Research Institute and the Advanced Research Institute; 2. a committed faculty of multidisciplinary mid-career and senior NIH-funded investigators with a successful record in research mentorship informed by the field’s scientific developments and guided by the 2015 NIMH Strategic Priorities and the RDoC Project; and 3) the recognition that pathophysiological processes starting in mid-life often evolve into aging related mental health disorders, a concept that may inform both treatment and prevention research.