Training Grant on the Biology of Aging

衰老生物学培训补助金

• 批准号: 8842567
• 负责人: PETER J HORNSBY
• 金额: $ 68.06万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-05-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8842567
• 关键词: Biology of Aging; Grant; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed program represents a 5-year continuation of an institutional training grant in the biology of aging, which was encompasses diverse investigators from 7 academic departments at UT Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA). We request funds to support 10 predoctoral and 6 postdoctoral trainees. The impending avalanche of elderly in the US combined with major recent advances in understanding fundamental mechanisms of aging has created a substantial demand for researchers trained to investigate means of delaying and relieving the ailments of an aging population. UTHSCSA is a premier research institution in the biology of aging, with the largest faculty in the country whose research is devoted primarily to the basic biology of aging. The primary goal of the proposed Training Program is to intellectually prepare both graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for careers as leaders in basic biological research in aging. The Training Program involves 26 faculty members (16 men, 10 women) and takes advantage of the synergies created by intensely collaborative personnel, the unique resources available from our Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Biology of Aging and the institutional commitment to, and expanding resources of, the Barshop Institute itself. Trainees will be chosen competitively based on academic excellence, their interest in aging research, and motivation for careers in research. The main activity of each trainee is the development of their faculty- supervised research project, which because of the extensive collaboration among our faculty tends to result surprisingly often in co-mentorships. Trainees have thrived with dual mentorships to the point that we have now institutionalized it as an obligatory feature of our training program Another key component is to require broad knowledge in the biology of aging acquired in our biology of aging course such that trainees' can place their research in an appropriate scientific context. In addition to this formal didactic training, we require trainees to attend the weekly Aging Research Journal Club and present at, as well as attend, our weekly Barshop Institute seminar series and annual trainee retreat. Training in grant writing skills resulting in an F- seris grant proposal for individual NRSAs are accomplished by all trainees within the first 18 months of entering our training program.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的计划代表了衰老生物学机构培训补助金的 5 年延续，其中包括来自 UT 圣安东尼奥健康科学中心 (UTHSCSA) 7 个学术部门的不同研究人员。我们请求资金支持 10 名博士前培训生和 6 名博士后培训生。美国即将到来的老年人数量激增，加上最近在理解衰老的基本机制方面取得的重大进展，对受过培训的研究人员产生了巨大的需求，以研究延缓和缓解人口老龄化疾病的方法。 UTHSCSA 是衰老生物学领域首屈一指的研究机构，拥有美国最大的师资队伍，其研究主要致力于衰老的基础生物学。拟议培训计划的主要目标是为研究生和博士后研究员在衰老基础生物学研究领域的职业生涯中提供智力准备。该培训计划涉及 26 名教职人员（16 名男性，10 名女性），并利用了紧密合作的人员所产生的协同作用、我们的 Nathan Shock 衰老生物学卓越中心提供的独特资源以及机构承诺和扩展Barshop Institute 本身的资源。学员将根据学术成绩、对衰老研究的兴趣以及研究职业的动机进行竞争性选拔。每个学员的主要活动是开发他们的教师监督的研究项目，由于我们教师之间的广泛合作，往往会产生令人惊讶的共同指导。受训者在双重指导下茁壮成长，以至于我们现在已将其制度化为我们培训计划的强制性特征另一个关键组成部分是要求在我们的衰老生物学课程中获得广泛的衰老生物学知识，以便受训者可以将他们的在适当的科学背景下进行研究。除了这种正式的教学培训之外，我们还要求学员参加每周一次的老龄化研究期刊俱乐部，并参加我们每周一次的 Barshop Institute 研讨会系列和年度学员静修会。所有学员在进入我们的培训计划后的前 18 个月内完成拨款写作技能培训，从而为个人 NRSA 提供 F 系列拨款提案。