Investigator Development Core

项目总结 为了解决药物滥用和艾滋病毒这两种流行病之间的健康差距，一批训练有素的研究人员正在 需要的。在艾滋病毒和药物使用问题方面的健康差异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群体，让少数群体社区参与进来，并在 多文化、多学科的团队，以应对复杂的心理社会、人际、社区和 推动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具有潜在的优势 定位于进行特别有影响力的健康差异研究，因为他们的经历可能会带来新奇的、 与文化相关的解决健康差距的办法。调查员开发核心的目的是支持 拟议的FIU-RCMI的总体目标是为一组早期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，他们致力于开展关于 为实现成功争取同行审查赠款资金的目标(例如，R21、R01)，卫生保健方面的差距是不可忽视的。 因此，该调查员开发核心的目标是提供一个试点项目和指导计划，以协助 在职业发展方面很有前途的初级调查员，重点是获得试点数据和准备中的出版物 用于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来实现：1) 建立公平和透明的制度，每年征集和选择最多5个试点项目，包括制定 申请申请、提交指南、审查标准和召集同行评审员并选择 中标；2)每年征集申请，提供试点项目提案制定方面的培训，提供 严格的同行审查程序，每年选择最多5个试点项目获得资金，并提供建设性的 向所有申请者提供反馈；3)监控选定项目的进度，并确保所有项目符合适用要求 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，有适当的 资源共享计划，并形成出版物；以及4)建立指导计划，试点项目接受者将 定期与FIU-RCMI教职员工和其他试点项目获奖者会面，以获得建议和支持，包括与FIU-RCMI的联系- RCMI研究培训、FIU-RCMI研究机会、FIU-RCMI社区联系和职业发展 通过FIU-RCMI和大学范围的方案开展的活动。到五年期末，该方案将 导致多达20名，主要是少数族裔的早期职业调查人员致力于健康差距研究，他们将会很好 作为独立调查人员，准备竞争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.