The Hopkins Undergraduate Summer Training and Research (USTAR) Program

霍普金斯大学本科生暑期培训与研究 (USTAR) 计划

• 批准号: 10420395
• 负责人: GEORGE W. REBOK
• 金额: $ 33.45万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10420395
• 关键词: Address; Adult; Aging; Alzheimer' s Disease; Alzheimer' s disease related dementia; Area; Baltimore; Behavioral; Behavioral Sciences; Biological; Biomedical Research; Biometry; Career Mobility; Censuses; Color; County; Demographic Transitions; Development; Discipline; Disease; Education; Educational Curriculum; Elderly; Ensure; Environment; Epidemiology; Ethnic group; Evaluation; Exposure to; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Grant; Health; Health Disparities Research; Health Policy; Health behavior; Impaired cognition; Individual; Infrastructure; Institution; Interdisciplinary Study; Knowledge; Leadership; Life Cycle Stages; Maryland; Medicine; Mental Health; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority; Nature; Outcome; Pathway interactions; Physical Function; Policies; Population; Process; Public Health; Public Health Nursing; Public Health Schools; Reduce health disparities; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resource Development; STEM field; School Nursing; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Societies; Time; Training; Training Programs; Training Support; Translating; Underrepresented Populations; United States; Universities; age related; aged; career; career development; design; education research; ethnic diversity; ethnic minority population; experience; frailty; health disparity; health equity; health management; healthcare community; interest; leadership development; medical schools; minority health; physical conditioning; physically handicapped; programs; racial and ethnic disparities; racial diversity; racial minority; racial population; school health; skill acquisition; social culture; undergraduate research; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student

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.

随着美国经历人口过渡到更大，更粗糙和种族的老年人 人口，与衰老有关的疾病中的重大分布将持续存在。尽管研究了数十年 关于与衰老有关的健康差异和少数族裔健康，跨学科最少 研究重点是推进研究和政策，重点是健康差异和少数民族健康 在中期至后期，使用生命课程的角度。尽管有衰老或健康差异为重点 约翰·霍普金斯（Johns Hopkins）的研究计划，目前没有外部资助的夏季培训计划 支持下一个在健康分配领域代表性不足的本科培训的干部的发展 与重点关注认知障碍的老龄化或少数族裔衰老有关的研究，阿尔茨海默氏病， 身体功能和脆弱。霍普金斯大学夏季培训和研究（USTAR） 本文所述的程序将位于其他完整的老化和健康分布有关的联系 约翰·霍普金斯（Johns Hopkins）的培训计划和中心。霍普金斯乌斯塔尔的总体目标是减少健康 差异并通过增加多样性的多样性来实现老年人健康状况的健康公平性 通过专注于代表性不足的本科生的老化研究。我们要求资金支持 8每年代表不足的本科生，总共32名，他们全职参加了我们的合作机构： 摩根州立大学和马里兰大学巴尔的摩县。有31个课程教师 来自健康，行为和社会部门，心理健康，健康政策和管理， 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。这 这些研究提供的科学领导力，基础设施，协作性质和大学环境 计划和计划教师将使所有本科学员向所有学员提供广泛的曝光率 在整个生命课程中的健康分配原则和几种与年龄有关的疾病（例如） 认知障碍，阿尔茨海默氏病，身体残疾和脆弱。具体目的包括：（1）训练 下一个健康差异和少数民族老龄化研究人员的干部通过确保动手参与 跨学科，与年龄相关的研究通过为培训提供了针对健康的研究项目 与认知障碍有关的整个生活过程中的差异和/或少数族裔老化，阿尔茨海默氏症 疾病和相关痴呆症，身体功能和脆弱； （2）提供健康研究教育 与身心健康相关的生活过程中的差异和少数群体老化； （3） 通过个性化的精神制和利用职业发展机会 整个机构的领导力和职业发展资源，准备学员开始下一个 职业过渡； （4）对霍普金斯USTAR的结果和过程进行外部评估 程序。