Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program
Overview
Program Aims 
Research in Progress Meetings
Program Directors
Current Trainees
Applying to the program
Contact
EBA Consulting Group

Please note: The EBA Training Program is currently accepting pre-doctoral applications for EBA training grant support in the 2012-2013 grant year.  We are not accepting applications for postdoctoral fellows, as all postdoctoral positions have been filled for the 2012-2013 grant year.  Applications are due by March 15, 2012 at 5pm.  Please carefully review the following document for detailed application information: EBA Training Program Request for Applications, 2012-2013. (posted on January 27, 2012.)

Overview
Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD, Principal Investigator / Director
Thomas Glass, PhD, Co-Director
This program offers training in the methodology and conduct of significant clinical- and population-based research in older adults.  Training in a program that includes numerous investigators actively involved in multidisciplinary research provides experience in the successful conduct of the collaborative work essential in studies of health in older adults and offers mentoring that leads to career dedication to these issues.  The specific mission of this training grant is to prepare epidemiologists and biostatisticians who will be both leaders and essential members of the multidisciplinary research needed to define models of healthy, productive aging and the prevention and interventions that will accomplish this goal.  This training grant is funded by the National Institute on Aging, T32AG000247.

Program Aims
The EBA training grant has as its aims:

1. Train pre- and post-doctoral fellows by providing a structured program consisting of a) course work, b) seminars and working groups, c) practica, d) directed multidisciplinary collaborative experience through a training program research project, and e) directed research.
2. Ensure hands-on participation in multidisciplinary research bringing trainees together with infrastructure, mentors, and resources, thus developing essential skills and experience for launching their research careers.
3. Provide in-depth knowledge in established areas of concentration, including a) the epidemiology and course of late-life disability, b) the epidemiology of chronic diseases common to older persons, c) cognition, d) social epidemiology, e) the molecular, epidemiological and statistical genetics of aging, f) measurement and analysis of complex gerontological outcomes (e.g, frailty), and g) analysis of longitudinal and survival data.
4. Expand the areas of emphasis to which trainees are exposed by developing new training opportunities in: a) clinical trials; b) causal inference; c) screening and prevention; and d) frailty and the integration of longitudinal physiologic investigation into epidemiology.
5. Integrate epidemiology and biostatistics training to form a seamless, synthesized approach whose result is greater than the sum of its parts, to best prepare trainees to tackle aging-related research questions.

These aims are designed to provide the fields of geriatrics and gerontology with epidemiologists and biostatisticians who have an appreciation for and understanding of the public health and scientific issues in human aging, and who have the experience collaborating across disciplines that is essential to high quality research on aging.

Program Directors
Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD, Director
Thomas Glass, PhD, Co-Director
Michelle Carlson, PhD, Associate Director
Paulo Chaves, MD, PhD, Associate Director
Dani Fallin, PhD, Associate Director
Ravi Varadhan, PhD, Associate Director
Qian-Li Xue, PhD, Associate Director

Current Trainees
Dolly Chang (Predoctoral Trainee in Epidemiology)
Jennifer Deal (Predoctoral Trainee in Epidemiology)
Jenna Krall (Predoctoral Trainee in Biostatistics)
Amii Kress (Predoctoral Trainee in Epidemiology)
Julie Kuo, PhD  (Postdoctoral Trainee in Epidemiology)
Ann Zenobia Moore (Predoctoral Trainee in Epidemiology)
Russell Shinohara (Predoctoral Trainee in Biostatistics)
Bonnielin Swenor (Predoctoral Trainee in Epidemiology)
Alison Turnbull, DVM (Postdoctoral Trainee in Epidemiology)
Therri Usher (Predoctoral Trainee in Biostatistics)

Applying to the program
The EBA training program supports 8 doctoral fellows and 2 postdoctoral fellows each year.  If you are interested in applying to the program, please send a statement of interest along with your curriculum vitae to bbuta@jhmi.edu.  Request for Applications are typically posted in late Winter / early Spring each year.  Detailed application instructions are listed in the Request for Applications document.  Please note that along with your CV and statement, you will also need to submit in your application three letters of reference, proof of US citizenship/permenant residence and a copy of your transcript .

The EBA Training Program is currently accepting pre-doctoral applications for EBA training grant support in the 2012-2013 grant year.  We are not accepting applications for postdoctoral fellows, as all postdoctoral positions have been filled for the 2012-2013 grant year.  Applications are due by March 15, 2012 at 5pm.  Please carefully review the following document for detailed application information: EBA Training Program Request for Applications, 2012-2013.

Contact
To find out more about the training program, please contact our program administrator, Brian Buta, at bbuta@jhmi.edu or 410-502-3412.  You can also download our student guide (PDF) here: EBA Student Guide (2010)