Investigator Development Core

项目摘要 为了解决药物滥用和艾滋病毒这两种流行病在健康方面的差距， needed.艾滋病毒和药物使用问题方面的健康差距研究具有特殊的挑战，因为它通常 需要招募难以接触到的少数民族人口，让少数民族社区参与进来，并有效地开展工作， 多文化，多学科团队，以解决复杂的心理，人际，社区， 造成这些健康差距的结构性因素。来自种族/少数民族群体的研究人员可能很好地 能够进行特别有影响力的健康差异研究，因为他们的经验可能会导致新的， 解决健康差距的文化相关办法。研究者发展核心的目的是支持 拟议的FIU-RCMI的总体目标，为一组早期阶段的调查人员开发研究机会， 特别是那些来自代表性不足的种族/少数民族群体的人，他们致力于进行研究， 健康差距和实现成功竞争同行评审赠款资金的目标（例如，R21、R01）。 因此，本研究者发展核心的目标是提供一个试点项目和指导计划，以协助 有前途的初级调查员的职业发展，重点是获得试点数据和编写出版物 外部同行评审的赠款资金。这一目标将通过以下四个具体目标实现： 建立一个公平和透明的制度，每年征求和选择最多5个试点项目，包括制定一个 申请要求、提交准则、审评标准以及召集同行审评员和挑选 2）每年征集申请，提供试点项目提案开发培训， 严格的同行审查程序，每年选择最多5个试点项目接受资助，并提供建设性的 3）监督选定项目的进展情况，确保所有项目符合适用的 涉及人类受试者和脊椎动物的研究的联邦政策、规则和指南， 资源共享计划，并导致出版物;和4）建立一个指导计划，试点项目的接受者将 定期与金融情报机构区域合作管理学院教员和其他试点项目获奖者会面，寻求咨询和支持，包括与金融情报机构的联系， 区域医学合作研究所研究培训、国际金融机构-区域医学合作研究所研究机会、国际金融机构-区域医学合作研究所社区联系和职业发展 通过FIU-RCMI和全校范围的方案开展活动。到五年期结束时，该方案将 导致多达20个，主要是少数民族，致力于健康差异研究的早期职业调查员，他们将很好地 作为独立调查员竞争NIH的资金。

PROJECT SUMMARY To address health disparities in the twin epidemics of substance abuse and HIV, a well-trained cadre of researchers is needed. Health disparities research in HIV and substance use problems has particular challenges in that it usually involves the need to recruit hard-to-reach minority populations, engage minority communities, and effectively work in multicultural, multidisciplinary teams to address the complex sets of psychosocial, interpersonal, community, and structural factors driving these health disparities. Researchers from racial/ethnic minority groups are potentially well positioned to conduct particularly impactful health disparities research because their experiences may lead to novel, culturally relevant solutions to health disparities. The purpose of the Investigator Development Core is to support the overall goals of the proposed FIU-RCMI by developing research opportunities for a group of early stage investigators, particularly those from underrepresented racial/ethnic minority groups, who are committed to conducting research on health disparities and to achieve the goal of successfully competing for peer-reviewed grant funding (e.g., R21, R01). Thus, the objective of this Investigator Development Core is to provide a pilot project and mentoring program to assist promising junior investigators in career development, with a focus on obtaining pilot data and publications in preparation for external peer-reviewed grant funding. This objective will be achieved through the following four specific aims: 1) Develop an equitable and transparent system to solicit and select up to 5 pilot projects a year including developing a request for applications, submission guidelines, review criteria, and a process for convening peer reviewers and selecting winning proposals; 2) Annually solicit applications, provide training in pilot project proposal development, provide a rigorous peer review process that selects up to 5 pilot projects per year to receive funding, and provide constructive feedback for all applicants; 3) Monitor progress of selected projects and ensure that all projects comply with applicable Federal policies, rules, and guidelines for research involving human subjects and vertebrate animals, have appropriate resource sharing plans, and result in publications; and 4) Establish a mentoring program where pilot project recipients will meet regularly with FIU-RCMI faculty and other pilot project awardees for advice and support, including linkages to FIU- RCMI research training, FIU-RCMI research opportunities, FIU-RCMI community connections, and career development activities through the FIU-RCMI and university-wide programs. By the end of the five-year period, the program will result in up to 20, primarily minority, early career investigators committed to health-disparities research, who will be well positioned to compete for NIH funding as independent investigators.