Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD, Principal Investigator
Thomas Glass, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator
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.
The EBA training grant has as its aims: - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Jennifer Deal
Lauren Kim, PhD
Ann Zenobia Moore
Jennifer Schrack
Russell Shinohara
Bruce Swihart
John Tillinghast, PhD
Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD, Director
Thomas Glass, PhD, Co-Director
Paulo Chaves, MD, PhD, Associate Director
Dani Fallin, PhD, Associate Director
Ravi Varadhan, PhD, Associate Director
Carlos Weiss, MD, Associate Director
Qian-Li Xue PhD, Associate Director
The EBA training program supports 6 doctoral fellows and 3 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. For post-doctoral applicants, the statement should address career development plans for the fellowship, including a) the skills, knowledge or certifications the applicant seeks to obtain; b) expected effects on career goals; and c) potential mentors at Johns Hopkins. For pre-doctoral candidates, the letter should describe career goals. In both cases, applicants are also encouraged to describe why they are interested in research about aging or the health of older adults. You will also need to submit three letters of reference, proof of US citizenship/permenant residence and a copy of your transcript with your application.
Please note: we are currently seeking postdoctoral candidates for support during 2009-2010.
Contact
To find out more about the training program, please contact our program administrator, Brian Buta, at bbuta@jhmi.edu or 410-502-3412. | 
