With gratitude and best wishes to Susan Zieman, MD
Dr. Sue Zieman recently retired from her longtime role as Medical Officer in the NIA Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology. While this was Sue’s difficult decision given her ongoing passion to continue her work, managing her responsibilities became challenging due to her increasing health limitations. She will be greatly missed by the Clin-STAR community, and the many academic and medical society circles she’s participated in during her inspiring career in cardiology, geriatrics, and aging research.
Sue’s passion and commitment for subspecialty clinicians pursuing aging research has been central to the inspiring success of the NIA GEMSSTAR program and in spearheading the concept for the Clin-STAR program. Despite her retirement from NIA, Sue’s heart will remain in the field and she hopes to find other ways to continue to contribute to transdisciplinary aging research.
We welcome you to share a message and/or photos for Sue on this digital “kudoboard” by March 10th to be printed as a token of our collective appreciation and best wishes for Sue.
Please share with colleagues!
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Clin-STAR Call For Applications! |
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The Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center is seeking to fund aging research development and training awards that aim to prepare early career investigators for careers in aging-related research and stimulate new collaborations focused on the development of clinically relevant aging research projects.
This mechanism provides funding for up to four grants in 2025. Up to $50,000 in direct cost and up to 8% ($4,000) for indirect cost may be budgeted. Awards will be made to early-career clinician-scientists who work collaboratively with established (senior) investigator(s). A mentor with aging research expertise is required. This mentor can be at the same institution or another institution. Additional mentors are allowed. The Clin-STAR Coordinating Center can assist with matches if needed.
Note: Non-exempt human subject research cannot be supported through this mechanism.
Letters of intent are due on May 1, 2025.
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Clin-STAR Visiting Professor Fund |
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Up to $3,000 may be requested to cover travel in the U.S., meals, accommodations, honorarium of up to $1,000, and other Visiting Professor activities.
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Over 50 leaders in aging research across disciplines and specialties are willing to visit your institution to provide education, training and mentoring.
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Formats could include Grand Rounds, small group mentoring sessions, small group discussion, 1-mentoring, department in-service workshops.
- Read about how UCSD leveraged expertise for aging research through the Visiting Professor Fund
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Similarly, the Clin-STAR Distinguished Professor initiative sponsors educational and mentorship activities to raise visibility of aging research at annual meeting of non-aging specialty professional societies with up to $5000 support for honorarium, travel and meeting expenses.
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Seeking Aging-Related Guidelines by Specialties |
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Clin-STAR is aggregating aging-related guidelines and best practices by different disciplines and specialties.
Some examples include:
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Expertise in functional decline and resilience with aging, geriatric assessment, cancer, and anemia
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Clin-STAR Research Interest Group News |
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Engaging Older Adults as Research Partners |
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The new engaged research documentary, “Redefining Expertise” highlights engaged research success stories. Watch to see the innovative work particularly in the field of aging research, paving the way for meaningful partnerships that drive community-centered research and impact.
This project was Led by Dr. Erin McGaffigan of Collective Insight a small women-owned organization specializing in community engagement, and Dr. Marc Cohen of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. It was funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award (EACB-26961).
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2025 USDeN Annual Meeting
May 7, 2025 | Chicago, IL
This highly interactive meeting is open to all with an interest in research that aims to improve deprescribing and medication use in older adults and features tremendous opportunities to learn from leaders in the field and to network and share ideas with colleagues from across the US and the world.
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NIDUS Delirium Boot Camp
October 26-28, 2025 | Chapel Hill, NC
The 2025 Bootcamp will be led by a faculty of more than 15 experienced delirium researchers, who collectively, have expertise in everything from animal models, biomarkers, epidemiology, clinical trials, implementation science, delirium assessment and statistical methods. Applications are due July 7, 2025.
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Other Funding & Career Opportunities |
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Butler-Williams Scholars Program
Deadline: March 31, 2025
The Butler-Williams Scholars Program provides unique opportunities for junior faculty, researchers who are new to the field of aging, and postdoctoral fellows to gain insight about research on aging from a number of perspectives.
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NEXT STEPs Network Pilot Projects
Deadline: April 8, 2025
The goal of the NEXT STEPs pilot awards aims to support high-quality research by advising on research design, disseminating best practices, and sharing findings to improve nursing home care.
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JAMA Internal Medicine Editorial Fellowship Program
Deadline: April 15, 2025
The JAMA Internal Medicine Editorial Fellowship Program plans to offer 3 early-career faculty in Internal Medicine the opportunity to participate in an immersive 1-year fellowship as a part of the team of Editors at JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Hevolution Foundation Scientific Conferences Fund
Deadlines: April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31
Proposals for the support of scientific meetings, conferences, and workshops relevant to the mission of the Hevolution Foundation will be considered. Up to $10,000 per meeting may be requested, but the Hevolution Foundation will determine the final amount based on several factors, including but not limited to the number of expected attendees, duration of the meeting, and meeting venue.
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NIDUS Delirium Boot Camp
Deadline: July 27, 2025
The 2025 Bootcamp will be held on October 26-28, 2025, led by a faculty of more than 15 experienced delirium researchers, who collectively, have expertise in everything from animal models, biomarkers, epidemiology, clinical trials, implementation science, delirium assessment and statistical methods (and their application to research in the clinical settings where delirium is most frequently encountered).
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This communication is managed by the American Federation for Aging Research, which serves as the National Program Office for the Clin-STAR Coordinating Center. The Clin-STAR Coordinating Center is funded by the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging under award number U24AG065204. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funder.
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