TY - JOUR
T1 - Leadership Lessons
T2 - Developing Mentoring Infrastructure for GEMSSTAR Scholars
AU - Carpenter, Christopher R.
AU - Hurria, Arti
AU - Lundebjerg, Nancy E.
AU - Walter, Louise C.
AU - Mody, Lona
N1 - Funding Information:
2. A.H. receives research funding from GSK, Celgene, and Novartis. A.H. served as a consultant for: MJH Healthcare Holdings, LLC, Pierian Biosciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, and Sanofi. A.H. serves as Board Member for the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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Through the National Institute on Aging’s (NIA’s) “Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists” Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) U13 grant, the NIA and the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) developed three transdisciplinary research conferences with a focus on mentoring and leadership skills development. The NIA’s GEMSSTAR program evolved from two earlier programs, the AGS’ Dennis W. Jahnigen and the Association of Specialty Professors’ T. Franklin Williams Career Development Scholars Awards. It supports the continued cultivation of the next generation of medical and surgical specialty researchers with an interest in aging research. The award requires both geriatrics and specialty mentoring and currently provides up to $150,000 a year in direct support to scholars. Additionally, the award requires that scholars have a professional development plan that is complementary to the GEMSSTAR award. The U13 conferences, focused on frailty, models of aging, and cognition, brought together GEMSSTAR scholars, former scholars, innovators, mentors, and leaders in aging research, the specialties, and geriatric medicine. This article describes the themes of each of the GEMSSTAR U13 conferences and highlights the lessons learned on mentoring, team science, aging research networks, and work-life balance. We plan to use these lessons to guide the support we provide to the growing group of emerging leaders who are poised to lead the transdisciplinary research network of the future. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:650–656, 2019.
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Abbreviations: GEMSSTAR, Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research; NIA, National Institute on Aging; NIH, National Institutes of Health; NINDS, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; PCORI, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
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Financial Disclosure: L.M. receives grant funding from National Institutes of Health K24 AG050685.
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Dedication: We humbly dedicate this mentorship essay to our senior author, GEMSSTAR U13 principle investigator, friend, and hero Arti Hurria, who lost her life on November 7, 2018. Financial Disclosure: L.M. receives grant funding from National Institutes of Health K24 AG050685. Conflicts of Interests: C.C. is co?principal investigator on the GEMSSTAR U13 award. C.C. has participated as invited faculty for Emergency Medical Abstracts and Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine continuing medical education lectures. C.C. serves as Board Member for the following: (a) Chair, Schwarz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute International Advisory Board; (b) Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Academic Emergency Medicine journal; (c) Editorial Board, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. A.H. receives research funding from GSK, Celgene, and Novartis. A.H. served as a consultant for: MJH Healthcare Holdings, LLC, Pierian Biosciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, and Sanofi. A.H. serves as Board Member for the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Author Contributions: Authors C.C. and L.M. contributed to the concept and design of the manuscript and preparation of the manuscript. Author L.W. worked on analysis and interpretation of data of the manuscript. Sponsor's Role: In addition to support from the National Institute on Aging, we want to thank The Atlantic Philanthropies for supporting the Jahnigen Career Development Award Scholars and The John A. Hartford Foundation and for their support of their Jahnigen Career Development Award and the U13 conference series.
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© 2019 The American Geriatrics Society
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Through the National Institute on Aging's (NIA's) “Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists” Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) U13 grant, the NIA and the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) developed three transdisciplinary research conferences with a focus on mentoring and leadership skills development. The NIA's GEMSSTAR program evolved from two earlier programs, the AGS' Dennis W. Jahnigen and the Association of Specialty Professors’ T. Franklin Williams Career Development Scholars Awards. It supports the continued cultivation of the next generation of medical and surgical specialty researchers with an interest in aging research. The award requires both geriatrics and specialty mentoring and currently provides up to $150,000 a year in direct support to scholars. Additionally, the award requires that scholars have a professional development plan that is complementary to the GEMSSTAR award. The U13 conferences, focused on frailty, models of aging, and cognition, brought together GEMSSTAR scholars, former scholars, innovators, mentors, and leaders in aging research, the specialties, and geriatric medicine. This article describes the themes of each of the GEMSSTAR U13 conferences and highlights the lessons learned on mentoring, team science, aging research networks, and work-life balance. We plan to use these lessons to guide the support we provide to the growing group of emerging leaders who are poised to lead the transdisciplinary research network of the future. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:650–656, 2019.
AB - Through the National Institute on Aging's (NIA's) “Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists” Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) U13 grant, the NIA and the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) developed three transdisciplinary research conferences with a focus on mentoring and leadership skills development. The NIA's GEMSSTAR program evolved from two earlier programs, the AGS' Dennis W. Jahnigen and the Association of Specialty Professors’ T. Franklin Williams Career Development Scholars Awards. It supports the continued cultivation of the next generation of medical and surgical specialty researchers with an interest in aging research. The award requires both geriatrics and specialty mentoring and currently provides up to $150,000 a year in direct support to scholars. Additionally, the award requires that scholars have a professional development plan that is complementary to the GEMSSTAR award. The U13 conferences, focused on frailty, models of aging, and cognition, brought together GEMSSTAR scholars, former scholars, innovators, mentors, and leaders in aging research, the specialties, and geriatric medicine. This article describes the themes of each of the GEMSSTAR U13 conferences and highlights the lessons learned on mentoring, team science, aging research networks, and work-life balance. We plan to use these lessons to guide the support we provide to the growing group of emerging leaders who are poised to lead the transdisciplinary research network of the future. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:650–656, 2019.
KW - geriatrics
KW - mentoring
KW - research
KW - specialties
KW - specialty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060784315&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/jgs.15787
DO - 10.1111/jgs.15787
M3 - Article
C2 - 30693945
AN - SCOPUS:85060784315
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 67
SP - 650
EP - 656
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 4
ER -