Gerontological Public Health Training Program - Quick Facts
Year Established: 2003
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging
Program Director: Thomas Prohaska, PhD
Fellowships offered: Predoctoral and Postdoctoral
Current openings: NONE
Duration of fellowship: Up to 4 years for full-time students in a UIC doctoral program; 2 to 3 years for postdoctoral fellows
Eligibility: Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Doctoral students who have passed their preliminary exams will be considered for predoctoral fellowships. Candidates for postdoctoral fellowships must have completed a research-oriented doctoral degree in any of the social or health sciences.
Compensation: Predoctoral fellows receive an annual stipend (determined by the NIA annually) plus a tuition waiver, health benefits, travel support, and research expenses.
Postdoctoral fellows receive an annual stipend (determined by the NIA annually) with reimbursement for health insurance and yearly travel support. Additional financial support is also available.
Amenities: All postdoctoral fellows are provided with office space, a computer, phone, and access to university resources through the Center for Research on Health and Aging and can consult with the IHRP Methodology Research Core about their research.
Examples of research topics:
- Exercise adherence in older adults
- Physical activity in older adults with physical disabilities
- Evidence-based recommendations for exercise
- Long-term-care policy issues
- Community living among older adults with chronic illness and disability
- Determinants of physical frailty
- Methodological issues related to research on older adults
- Large dataset and longitudinal analysis
- Doctor-patient interaction
- Dissemination of evidenced-based research
- Prevention of chronic illness and disability
- Health promotion in adults with cognitive disabilities