Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College (JAS), White Plains, NY.
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (RP, MLB), Lebanon, NH.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2023 Dec;31(12):1209-1215. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.07.017. Epub 2023 Aug 5.
The Advanced Research Institute (ARI) in Mental Health and Aging is a NIMH-funded mentoring network to help transition early-career faculty to independent investigators and scientific leaders. Since 2004, ARI has enrolled 184 Scholars from 61 institutions across 34 states. We describe the ARI components and assess the impact and outcomes of ARI on research careers of participants. Outcomes of ARI graduates (n = 165) came from NIH Reporter, brief surveys, and CVs: 87.3% remained active researchers, 83.6% performed scientific service, and 80.6% obtained federal grants. A population-based analysis examined NIMH mentored K awardees initially funded from 2002-2018 (n = 1160): in this group, 77.1% (47/61) of ARI participants versus 49.5% (544/1099) of nonparticipants obtained an R01. Controlling for time, ARI participants were 3.2 times more likely to achieve R01 funding than nonparticipants. Given the struggle to reduce attrition from the research career pipeline, the effectiveness of ARI model could be relevant to other fields.
高级心理健康与老龄化研究所（ARI）是美国国立卫生研究院（NIMH）资助的一个指导网络，旨在帮助处于早期职业阶段的教师过渡到独立研究员和科学领导者。自 2004 年以来，ARI 已从 34 个州的 61 个机构招收了 184 名学者。我们描述了 ARI 的组成部分，并评估了 ARI 对参与者研究职业的影响和结果。ARI 毕业生（n=165）的结果来自 NIH Reporter、简短调查和简历：87.3%的人仍然是活跃的研究人员，83.6%的人从事科学服务，80.6%的人获得联邦拨款。一项基于人群的分析研究了 2002 年至 2018 年期间最初获得 NIMH 指导 K 奖的受助人（n=1160）：在这组人中，ARI 参与者中有 77.1%（47/61）获得了 R01，而非参与者中有 49.5%（544/1099）获得了 R01。在控制时间的情况下，ARI 参与者获得 R01 资助的可能性是非参与者的 3.2 倍。鉴于在研究职业管道中减少人员流失的斗争，ARI 模式的有效性可能与其他领域相关。
