# Medical Student Training in Aging and Injury Research

> **NIH NIH T35** · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · 2021 · $81,097

## Abstract

Abstract
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Medical Student Training in Aging and Injury Research is a 10-
12 week summer research training program with the goal of introducing medical students to injury control
research in aging during the summer between their first and second years. The long-term goal is to increase
the pool of students who will pursue careers in aging research, with an emphasis on the risks for and impact of
injury through the life stages. The experience focuses on the risk factors and outcomes associated with injury,
and research aimed at improving safety, health and quality of life for older individuals. Specific
objectives are to: 1) provide early exposure to injury research at a critical time in medical students’ career
decision-making; 2) increase medical student knowledge regarding current investigative frontiers in injury
prevention, treatment and policy; 3) train students to apply a “geriatrics approach” in their research, therapy
and injury control efforts, emphasizing the special risks, needs and circumstances of the elderly; and 4) to
stimulate and retain medical students’ interest in research, injury control and aging beyond the short-term
experience, by providing on-going support and strengthening their connection to the scientific community and
future research pursuits throughout the medical school training.
Trainees collaborate with experienced research faculty and research teams on injury-related projects relevant
to aging and the aged, such as falls prevention, cognitive function, depression/ suicide, toxicology,
patient safety, and quality of life after trauma. Faculty mentors bring expertise across the spectrum of
Translational Science, from the laboratory to clinical, community-based, and population health research,
making it unique among MCW’s funded research training programs. Students will participate in enrichment
activities including: 1) seminars offered to all summer research students, including training in ethical conduct in
research, career development and presentation skills; 2) weekly core seminars on injury and injury prevention
across the lifespan, with attention to the special needs and considerations of the elderly, including Falls,
Abuse, Poisonings, the System of Care for trauma; 4) presentation of their work at an Annual Medical Student
Research Poster Day; and 5) opportunities for continued research through on-going mentorship, our required
longitudinal Scholarly Pathways program, and an optional Research Honors track.
The program builds on a highly successful institutional summer research program infrastructure, and strong
collaborations among MCW’s Injury Research Center and Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research,
the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, General Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, the
Departments of Family and Community Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Surgery, and affiliated faculty from
basic, social and clinical sciences to address injury preven...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10179259
- **Project number:** 5T35AG029793-15
- **Recipient organization:** MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
- **Principal Investigator:** LINDA N. MEURER
- **Activity code:** T35 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $81,097
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-05-01 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10179259

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10179259, Medical Student Training in Aging and Injury Research (5T35AG029793-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10179259. Licensed CC0.

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