Translational Nutrition and Aging Research Academic Career Leadership Award

转化营养与衰老研究学术职业领导奖

• 批准号: 8721830
• 负责人: JULIE L. LOCHER
• 金额: $ 11.66万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-30 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8721830
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of this K07 Academic Career Leadership Award is to develop a sustainable Program in Translational Nutrition and Aging based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and in partnership with organizations and individuals within the state of Alabama who have an interest in collaborating on nutrition and aging research initiatives. Specific Aims are to: 1) provide leadership, core faculty, and resources that support innovative, integrated, interdisciplinary, clinical, behavioral, and policy-related collaborations focused on translational nutrition and aging research; 2) provide high quality educational experiences related to translational nutrition and aging research for pre-doctoral trainees, post-doctoral fellows, junior and transitional faculty, and community stakeholders, including policy makers and the geriatric workforce; and 3) identify gaps in the current evidence base, address methodological issues, and set priorities for translational nutrition and aging research. The candidate, Julie L. Locher, is a Medical Sociologist and Health Services Researcher whose work as an independent investigator has been devoted to the study of: 1) eating behaviors and nutrition issues of older adults and 2) the various dimensions through which nutrition affects patient-centered outcomes in older adults. Most of her work focuses on social and environmental factors, including community and health care practices and policies that affect eating behaviors and nutrition-related health outcomes in this population. She is uniquely trained in mixed quantitative and qualitative applied research methods. Dr. Locher possesses the professional qualifications and personal qualities necessary for developing and leading a substantive and sustainable Program in Translational Nutrition and Aging Research that is both timely and cutting-edge. UAB is a world leader in: 1) geriatrics, gerontology, palliative and supportive care research, education, and clinical care; 2) nutrition and obesity research, education, and clinical care; and 3) patient-centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research and training. The candidate and UAB, with the support of a stellar External Advisory Committee, are particularly well-poised to carry out the proposed aims of the program. Demographic and economic imperatives highlight the reality that nutritional matters are too costly to ignore in our rapidly aging society. This is especially true in consideration of:1) increasing efforts to improve transitions of care linking hospital and home health services with community-based services in order to reduce preventable healthcare utilization and 2) increasing initiatives to rebalance long-term care so that older adults can remain in the community versus having to enter an institution. Rising rates of overweight and obese Baby Boomers who enter into older adulthood with concomitant obesity-related comorbidities and disability present additional and complicating challenges to these trends wherein nutritional matters figure prominently.

描述（由申请人提供）：该K07学术职业领导力奖的总体目标是在伯明翰的阿拉巴马大学（UAB）开发一项可持续的营养和衰老计划，并与阿拉巴马州内的组织和个人合作，他们在营养和老化研究启动方面具有兴趣。具体目的是：1）提供领导，核心教师和资源，以支持创新，综合，跨学科，临床，行为和与政策相关的合作，以转化营养和衰老研究； 2）提供与翻译营养和老化研究有关的高质量教育经验，用于博士后学员，博士后研究员，初级和过渡教师以及社区利益相关者，包括政策制定者和老年劳动力； 3）确定当前证据基础中的差距，解决方法论问题，并为转化营养和衰老研究设定优先级。候选人朱莉·洛希尔（Julie L. Locher）是一名医学社会学家和卫生服务研究人员，他作为独立研究者的工作致力于研究：1）老年人的饮食行为和营养问题，以及2）营养影响老年人中心患者的各种维度。她的大部分工作都集中在社会和环境因素上，包括影响饮食行为和与营养相关的健康结果的社区和医疗保健实践以及政策。她 在混合定量和定性应用研究方法中进行了独特的培训。 Locher博士具有开发和领导实质性可持续性计划所必需的专业资格和个人素质，这些计划既及时又尖端。 UAB是：1）老年医学，老年医学，姑息治疗和支持性护理研究，教育和临床护理； 2）营养和肥胖研究，教育和临床护理； 3）以患者为中心的结果和比较有效性研究和培训。在出色的外部咨询委员会的支持下，候选人和UAB尤其精通，以执行该计划的拟议目标。人口和经济要求强调了一个现实，即在我们迅速衰老的社会中，营养问题太昂贵了。考虑到以下方面，尤其如此：1）不断提高努力，以改善将医院和家庭卫生服务与社区服务联系起来的过渡，以减少可预防的医疗保健利用； 2）不断增加以重新平衡长期护理的计划，以便老年人可以保留在社区中，而不是必须进入机构。与肥胖相关的合并症和残疾伴随的超重和肥胖婴儿潮一代的增长率上升，对这些趋势提出了更多的挑战，在这些趋势中提出了更多的挑战，在这些趋势中，营养问题显着。