A National Platform to Advance Transdisciplinary Aging Research
The Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center provides a national platform for clinicians focusing their careers on aging research in order to improve patient-centered care for older adults across specialties and disciplines.
Clin-STAR Coordinating Center initiatives include:
Join the "Who's Who" in Aging Research
Joining is free and without any commitments. The Clin-STAR Database features unique functions to search and visualize how the broad aging research community is connected with clinician-investigators from any discipline or level of seniority, starting as early as medical students. The database allows users to easily identify and contact investigators for transdisciplinary research collaborations and mentoring opportunities.
Clin-STAR Aging Research Development and Training Awards
Accepting Applications Now!
The Clin-STAR Aging Research Development and Training Awards are redesigned grants with a greater emphasis on research career development and training. An informational overview of RFA with Q&A will be held on March 14, 2024, 12:00-12:45pm ET. Register here.
2024 Clin-STAR Health Equity Research Scholars Program
Accepting Applications Now!
The program will support career development and provide mentorship to build knowledge and leadership skills, facilitate scientific exchange and build a collective identity and cohesiveness among the Scholars. Applications are due no later than April 1, 2024 at 5:00 pm EST.
This paper is part of the Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Institute on Aging special collection for the May 2024 edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Training and supporting subspecialty clinician–scientists in aging research through GEMSSTAR and Clin-STAR
Clin-STAR Journey Stories
Older Adults in the ICU: Equitably Improving Long-term Outcomes
Snigdha Jain, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor
Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Check out more Clin-STAR Journey Stories here.