Midcareer Investigator Award in Geriatric Depression

老年抑郁症职业中期研究员奖

基本信息

批准号：
8506448
负责人：
DAVID C. STEFFENS
金额：
$ 11.64万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-07-01 至 2013-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8506448
关键词：
Academic Medical Centers Address Aging Alleles American Apolipoprotein E Area Award Blood Vessels Brain Brain scan Cerebrovascular Disorders Clinical Cognitive Data Dementia Depressed mood Development Educational process of instructing Elderly Faculty Funding Genes Genetic Genetic Polymorphism Geriatric Psychiatry Grant Head Health Hippocampus (Brain)Impaired cognition Incidence Individual Long-Term Depression Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical Students Medicine Mental Depression Mental Health Mental disorders Mentors Mid-Career Clinical Scientist Award (K24)Moods Morphology National Institute of Mental Health Neurofibrillary Tangles Neurosciences Outcome Pathology Patients Population Positioning Attribute Postdoctoral Fellow Principal Investigator Psychiatry Public Health Qualifying Research Research Personnel Research Training Risk Role Scholarship Senile Plaques Social support Source Time Training Training Programs White Matter Disease career cerebrovascular density experience folic acid metabolism frontal lobe functional status geriatric depression geriatric mental health graduate student interest mild neurocognitive impairment mind control mortality neuroimaging neuropsychological next generation older patient patient oriented research pre-doctoral professor receptor social

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competing renewal application for a K24 Career Award in Patient-Oriented Research. The candidate, Dr. David Steffens, is Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, where he serves as the Head of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Director of an NIMH-sponsored T32 Research Training Program. Dr. Steffens has established a record of scholarship in the area of geriatric depression, and he serves as Principal Investigator on two large NIMH-funded grants, an R01 focusing on longitudinal geriatric depression outcomes and on the Recruitment Core of a Conte Neuroscience Center studying cerebrovascular disease in late-life depression. He is the previous recipient of a Clinical Geriatric Mental Health Academic Award (K07). Dr. Steffens has mentored individuals at all levels, including undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, pre- and post-doctoral research fellows, psychiatry residents, geriatric psychiatry fellows, and junior faculty. These experiences make the candidate well qualified for this K24 Award. Through this Award, the candidate will expand his research by focusing on genes related to folate metabolism in late life depression. Using his funded research as a source for teaching, the candidate will be well positioned to mentor pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows as well as junior faculty. Under the Award, the candidate will spend at least 50% of his time conducting patient-oriented research and mentoring. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: There is a lack of well-trained junior investigators interested in late-life mental health research. With the aging of the population, better understanding of mental illness in older Americans is essential. Support of individuals such as Dr. Steffens who have an interest and ability to train the next generation of geriatric mental health researchers will help address an important and growing public health need.

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份针对以患者为导向的研究领域的 K24 职业奖的竞争性续展申请。候选人 David Steffens 博士是杜克大学医学中心的精神病学和医学教授，担任该中心老年精神病学部门的负责人以及 NIMH 资助的 T32 研究培训项目的主任。 Steffens 博士在老年抑郁症领域建立了学术记录，他担任两项由 NIMH 资助的大型资助项目的首席研究员，其中一项是专注于纵向老年抑郁症结果的 R01 项目，另一项是研究脑血管疾病的 Conte 神经科学中心的招募核心项目。晚年抑郁症。他是临床老年心理健康学术奖 (K07) 的前任获得者。史蒂芬斯博士指导过各个级别的个人，包括本科生、研究生、医学生、博士前和博士后研究员、精神病学住院医师、老年精神病学研究员和初级教师。这些经历使候选人完全有资格获得本次 K24 奖。通过该奖项，候选人将通过关注晚年抑郁症中与叶酸代谢相关的基因来扩展他的研究。利用他资助的研究作为教学来源，候选人将能够很好地指导博士前和博士后研究员以及初级教师。根据该奖项，候选人将花费至少 50% 的时间进行以患者为导向的研究和指导。公共卫生相关性：缺乏对晚年心理健康研究感兴趣的训练有素的初级研究人员。随着人口老龄化，更好地了解美国老年人的精神疾病至关重要。像史蒂芬斯博士这样有兴趣并有能力培训下一代老年心理健康研究人员的个人的支持将有助于满足重要且不断增长的公共卫生需求。