Traineeship Program

Oregon State University’s IGERT in Aging Sciences will train students to facilitate and conduct interdisciplinary research, with the scientific understanding of multiple interacting aging processes grounded in a life span framework.

Oregon State University’s IGERT in Aging Sciences will train

students to facilitate and conduct interdisciplinary research, with

the scientific understanding of multiple interacting aging processes

grounded in a life span framework. This is accomplished through

formal coursework, research in multiple labs and experiential learning

that is aligned with students’ career goals. The IGERT in Aging Sciences

supplements the students’ primary discipline.

Trainees will be admitted each year after being accepted into individual

participating Ph.D. programs. IGERT Trainees will receive a PhD

degree from one of the 10 associated doctoral programs at Oregon

State, and must fulfill all doctoral requirements for the specific

program. The IGERT training qualifies participants for an Aging

Sciences Minor.

The IGERT in Aging Sciences will integrate training of new scientists

into the existing structure of the Center for Healthy Aging Research,

established in 2005 at Oregon State. This existing university-wide

Center was designed to catalyze micro to macro-level research linkages

and is strategically organized into four research cores: 1) Diet, Genes,

and Aging; 2) Musculoskeletal Aging; 3) Psychosocial Aging; and 4)

Gerontechnology.

Training includes formal coursework, research in multiple labs, and experiential learning that is aligned with students' career goals.

The IGERT in Aging Sciences supplements each trainee’s primary discipline. Trainees are admitted each year after being accepted into individual participating Ph.D. programs. IGERT Trainees will receive a PhD degree from their participating Oregon State doctoral programs, and must fulfill all doctoral requirements for the specific program. The IGERT training also qualifies trainees for an Aging Sciences Minor.

This IGERT in Aging Sciences integrate training for new scientists into the existing structure of the Center for Healthy Aging Research, established in 2005 at Oregon State. This existing university-wide Center was designed to catalyze micro to macro-level research linkages and is strategically organized into four research cores: