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:
Learn more about the research funding opportunities, and career development and networking initiatives that Clin-STAR provides to support clinician-scientists in aging research.
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 Outreach Funds
- Mini-Sabbatical Support
- Short-term immersion opportunities to learn specific methods or techniques.
- Distinguished Professorship
- Sponsored educational and mentorship activities to raise visibility of aging research at annual meeting of non-aging specialty professional societies.
- Visiting Professor Travel Fund
- Travel funds to support invitation of a prominent researcher in geriatrics to serve as a visiting professor, especially at institutions lacking robust aging/geriatric programs.
- Early Career Lecture Fund
- Travel funds for clinician-scientists invited to present their aging-related research at their specialty meetings.
- Support For Integrating Aging Research Initiatives in Professional Specialty Societies and Meetings
- Support for increasing aging-research related activities at professional societies through a range of activities as outlined below.
Clin-STAR Journey Story
Bridging the Divide: Lisa Simon’s Journey to Integrate Dental and Medical Care for Older Adults
Lisa Simon, MD, DMD
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.