Health Disparities Research Scholars Training Program

项目总结/摘要 美国的健康不平等现象很大，而且持续存在，而且开始于生命的早期; 非裔美国母亲的孩子是白色母亲的孩子的两倍多。研究主要集中 关于改善少数民族健康的关键个人、家庭、背景和政策层面的战略， 因此，迫切需要在生命早期对人口进行干预。健康差异研究学者计划是一个 跨学科博士后培训计划，位于妇产科系， 威斯康星州大学医学和公共卫生学院，旨在支持职业生涯 健康差距研究人员的发展。该方案有两个主要目标：1）培养一个干部， 生物医学，行为研究人员谁推进的原因，后果和工具，以减少知识 少数群体在生命早期的健康差异; 2）吸引和留住 少数族裔研究人员在学术研究生涯中的代表性不足。为了实现计划目标，我们 积极招募致力于健康差异研究事业的各种学者骨干。我们 提供2-3年的培训和支持，从博士学位课程的学者准备建立在方法， 他们的研究生学科，跨越边界，并借鉴其他领域的内容，理论和方法。我们 汇集了一个特殊的核心教师与跨医学科学的专业知识，人口健康， 社会/行为和基础科学。为实现这些目标，有五个培训组成部分： 多学科导师团队;每周一次的健康差异研究学者研讨会和机会 参加校园内的其他人;课程，研讨会和可选的学位课程;指导研究， 专业发展活动。通过这个跨学科的培训计划，我们建立关键 能力，并提供专业的指导，促进我们的学者作为独立的成功 健康差异研究人员。通过季度进度报告和半年进度报告跟踪奖学金活动 导师团队会议，以及对每位学者的年度正式评估。这些评估使 项目总监和指导团队提供及时的指导，并确定确保生产力的策略 实现职业目标。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Health inequalities in the United States are large and persistent, and begin early in life; infant mortality rates of children of African American mothers are more than twice that of children of white mothers. Research focused on the key individual, family, contextual, and policy-level strategies to improve the health of minority populations early in life is urgently needed. The Health Disparities Research Scholars Program is an interdisciplinary post-doctoral training program, located in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, designed to support the career development of health disparities researchers. The program has two primary goals: 1) to develop a cadre of biomedical, behavioral researchers who advance knowledge on the causes, consequences, and tools to reduce disparities in health among minority populations early in the life course; and 2) to attract and retain underrepresented minority investigators in academic research careers. To achieve the program goals, we actively recruit a diverse cadre of scholars who are committed to a career in health disparities research. We provide 2-3 years of training and support to scholars from doctorate programs ready to build on the methods of their graduate discipline, cross boundaries, and draw from content, theory and methods of other fields. We have assembled an exceptional core faculty with expertise across medical sciences, population health, social/behavioral, and basic sciences. There are five training components designed to achieve these objectives: a multidisciplinary mentor team; a weekly Health Disparities Research Scholars seminar and the opportunity to attend others on campus; coursework, workshops, and optional degree programs; mentored research, and professional development activities. Through this interdisciplinary training program we build key competencies and provide professional mentoring that facilitates the success of our scholars as independent health disparities researchers. Scholar activities are tracked through quarterly progress reports, biannual mentor team meetings, and an annual formal evaluation of each scholar. These assessments enable the program director and mentor team to provide timely guidance and identify strategies to ensure productivity and achievement of career goals.