The Hopkins Undergraduate Summer Training and Research (USTAR) Program

随着美国经历人口结构的转变，老年人的人数越来越多，种族和民族也越来越多样化， 在人口中，与老龄化有关的疾病的显著差异将继续存在。尽管几十年来的研究集中在 关于与老龄化有关的健康差距和少数民族健康问题， 研究，重点是推进以健康差距和少数群体健康为重点的研究和政策 从生命历程的角度来看，尽管有以老龄化或健康问题为重点的 研究计划在约翰霍普金斯，目前还没有外部资助的夏季培训计划， 支持发展下一批代表性不足的本科学员， 研究，因为它涉及老龄化或少数老龄化集中在认知障碍，阿尔茨海默氏病， 身体机能和虚弱霍普金斯大学本科生暑期培训和研究（USTAR） 本文所述的计划将与其他补充性老龄化和健康相关的医疗保健联系在一起。 约翰霍普金斯的培训项目和中心。霍普金斯大学的首要目标是减少健康 通过增加老年人健康结果的多样性， 老龄化研究的重点是代表性不足的本科生。我们正在申请资金支持 每年8名代表不足的本科生，共32名全日制参加我们的合作机构： 摩根州立大学和马里兰州巴尔的摩县大学。有31个项目的教师，绘制 来自卫生、行为和社会、心理健康、卫生政策和管理部门， 约翰霍普金斯大学的流行病学、生物统计学、医学院和护理学院。的 这些研究所提供的科学领导、基础设施、协作性质和学院环境 课程和课程教师将使所有本科学员能够广泛接触到 生命过程中的健康差异原则和少数人老龄化到几种与年龄有关的疾病， 认知障碍、阿尔茨海默病、身体残疾和虚弱。具体目标包括：（1）培训 下一个干部的健康差距和少数民族老龄化研究人员，通过确保动手参与， 通过向受训人员提供以健康为重点的研究项目， 差异和/或少数老龄化的整个生命过程，因为它涉及到认知障碍，阿尔茨海默氏症 疾病和相关的痴呆症、身体功能和虚弱;（2）提供健康方面的研究教育 在整个生命过程中的差异和少数人老龄化，因为它涉及到身心健康的结果;（3） 通过个性化辅导和利用 领导力和职业发展资源，为学员开始下一个 职业过渡;（4）提供霍普金斯USTAR的成果和过程的外部评估 程序.

As the US undergoes a demographic transition to a larger and more racially and ethnically diverse older adult population, significant disparities in aging-related diseases will persist. Despite decades of research focusing on health disparities and minority health as it relates to aging, there has been minimal interdisciplinary research with emphasis on advancing research and policies focused on health disparities and minority health in middle to late life using a life-course perspective. Although there are aging- or health disparities-focused research programs at Johns Hopkins, at present there is no externally funded summer training program that supports the development of the next cadre of underrepresented undergraduate trainees in health disparities research as it relates to aging or minority aging focusing on cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, physical functioning, and frailty. The Hopkins Undergraduate Summer Training and Research (USTAR) Program described herein will sit at the nexus of other complementary aging- and health disparities-related training programs and Centers at Johns Hopkins. The overarching goal of Hopkins USTAR is to reduce health disparities and move toward health equity in health outcomes in older adults by increasing the diversity in aging research by focusing on underrepresented undergraduate students. We are requesting funds to support 8 underrepresented undergraduates per year for a total of 32 who attend our partner institutions full time: Morgan State University, and University of Maryland Baltimore County. There are 31 program faculty, drawn from the Departments of Health, Behavior, and Society, Mental Health, Health Policy and Management, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, School of Medicine, and the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University. The scientific leadership, infrastructure, collaborative nature, and collegial environment provided by these research programs and program faculty will enable the provision of broad exposure to all undergraduate trainees to the tenets of health disparities across the life course and minority aging to several age-related diseases such as cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, physical disability, and frailty. Specific aims include: (1) Train the next cadre of health disparities and minority aging researchers by ensuring hands-on participation in interdisciplinary, age-related research by providing trainees with a research project focusing on health disparities and/or minority aging across the life course as it relates to cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias, physical functioning, and frailty; (2) Provide research education in health disparities and minority aging across the life course as it relates to physical and mental health outcomes; (3) Implement career development opportunities, through individualized mentorship and by leveraging the leadership and career development resources across the Institution, to prepare trainees to begin their next career transition; and (4) provide an external evaluation of the outcomes and process of the Hopkins USTAR program.