TY - JOUR
T1 - Training the next generation of aging and cognitive health researchers
AU - Croff, Raina
AU - Tang, Weizhou
AU - Friedman, Daniela B.
AU - Balbim, Guilherme M.
AU - Belza, Basia
N1 - Funding Information:
REDCap at ITHS is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1 TR002319 (Harris et al., 2009).
Funding Information:
This publication is the result of research conducted by the Healthy Brain Research Network (HBRN), funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Alzheimer?s Disease and Healthy Aging Program. The HBRN is a thematic network of CDC?s Prevention Research Centers Program. Efforts were supported in part by cooperative agreements: U48 DP 005006, 005002, 005010, 005053, 005000, and 005013. The findings and conclusions presented in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC. The authors wish to thank Christina Miyawaki, PhD, MSW of the University of Houston, Jason Karlawish, MD of the University of Pennsylvania, and Leigh Callahan, PhD of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for their thoughtful reviews of this manuscript. The authors thank Liz Deutchki of the University of South Carolina for summarizing the themes from the scholar spotlights. At the Healthy Brain Research Network (HBRN) Coordinating Center at the University of Washington, the authors thank Gwen Moni, BA for her management of the HBRN Scholars Program, including its surveys and the HBRN Scholars Spotlight Series, and Yael Yanich for her assistance formatting our manuscript. REDCap at ITHS is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1 TR002319 (Harris et al., 2009).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Dementia is a growing public health concern, and African Americans and Latinos are disproportionately affected compared to White Americans. Improving cognitive health outcomes and reducing disparities requires a diverse, interdisciplinary workforce. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Brain Research Network (HBRN) Scholars Program trained racially/ethnically and gender-diverse scholars through mentored, collaborative research. Entry, exit, and alumni surveys and a Scholar Spotlight Series queried motivation, goals, acquired skills, accomplishments, program impact, and scholar perspectives. Scholars (n = 41) were majority female (n = 31, 75.6%), graduate students (n = 23, 56.1%), and racially/ethnically diverse (n = 20, 48.7%). Scholars primarily represented Medicine (n = 19, 46.3%) and Public Health (n = 12, 29.3%). Exiting scholars (n = 25) secured faculty/professional positions (n = 9, 36.0%), awards/funding (n = 12, 48.0%), and publications (n = 8, 32.0%). Alumni (n = 10) secured cognitive health-related positions/fellowships (n = 7, 70.0%). The HBRN Scholars Program is an adaptable model for other thematic networks to prepare scholars in collaborative skills critical for effective research and practice.
AB - Dementia is a growing public health concern, and African Americans and Latinos are disproportionately affected compared to White Americans. Improving cognitive health outcomes and reducing disparities requires a diverse, interdisciplinary workforce. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Brain Research Network (HBRN) Scholars Program trained racially/ethnically and gender-diverse scholars through mentored, collaborative research. Entry, exit, and alumni surveys and a Scholar Spotlight Series queried motivation, goals, acquired skills, accomplishments, program impact, and scholar perspectives. Scholars (n = 41) were majority female (n = 31, 75.6%), graduate students (n = 23, 56.1%), and racially/ethnically diverse (n = 20, 48.7%). Scholars primarily represented Medicine (n = 19, 46.3%) and Public Health (n = 12, 29.3%). Exiting scholars (n = 25) secured faculty/professional positions (n = 9, 36.0%), awards/funding (n = 12, 48.0%), and publications (n = 8, 32.0%). Alumni (n = 10) secured cognitive health-related positions/fellowships (n = 7, 70.0%). The HBRN Scholars Program is an adaptable model for other thematic networks to prepare scholars in collaborative skills critical for effective research and practice.
KW - Alzheimer’s disease
KW - Scholars program
KW - increasing diversity
KW - mentoring
KW - women
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U2 - 10.1080/02701960.2020.1824912
DO - 10.1080/02701960.2020.1824912
M3 - Article
C2 - 32975172
AN - SCOPUS:85091614046
SN - 0270-1960
VL - 43
SP - 185
EP - 201
JO - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
JF - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
IS - 2
ER -