Professional Development Core

抽象--专业发展的核心 罗德岛(RI)拥有大量的健康和医疗保健资源，但也有大量和严肃的医疗保健 问题，包括服药过量死亡率高、精神健康问题、肥胖和重要的医疗保健 差距。调整国际扶轮的大量健康和保健资源，以便他们能够有效地解决国际扶轮的问题 健康和医疗保健问题要求该州临床和转化研究中的关键差距 (CTR)基础设施关闭。在Advance-CTR的第一阶段，专业发展(PD)核心 重点关注研究人员及其团队面临的三个具体差距：研究资金不足，有限 有机会学习CTR所需的最新技能，但缺乏有效和有经验的机会 辅导。为了支持资金，核心资助了十个指导研究奖(MRA)，所有十个都可能是 在第一阶段结束时获得外部资金。核心还提供了重新提交赠款奖(GRAS) 对于得分很高但没有资金的NIH提案的研究人员，以及几乎所有GRAS(5/6)都获得了随后的 资金问题。为了使调查人员和他们的团队能够培养技能，核心资助了为期数天的拨款写作 讲习班，包括一个专门侧重于职业发展奖的讲习班，以及多个其他以CTR为重点的讲习班 训练。为了增加高质量指导的可用性，核心赞助高级教员成为 来自国家研究指导网络和改进中心的互动课程主持人 指导经验。随后，105名初级和高级教职员工完成了这一出色的培训。 最后，根据获奖者的反馈，核心部门制定并实施了为期一年的强化培训 初级教师写作K奖计划，高级K计划。我们看到了巨大的机遇 高级--CTR进行第二阶段，更加重视来自代表性不足人群的教员 以及社区参与。对于第二阶段，PD核心提出以下具体目标：(1)提供 资助机制并增强基本的临床和翻译能力，以促进公平和 国际扶轮调查员群体的竞争力，(2)初级调查员的职位，以确保赠款资金和 实现独立性，以及(3)扩大最佳指导做法的传播。这是预期的结果 发展包括更加重视社区参与的研究；继续为青少年做准备 调查人员通过MRA吸引NIH资金；扩大传播进行CTR的培训和技能， 包括创业和社区参与方面的培训；更多获得K系列和R系列奖项的教师； 以及一个更大、更联系在一起的全州辅导网络。对国际扶轮的预期好处包括加强关注 卫生优先事项和差距、更稳定的CTR队伍、增强CTR的社区意识 调查人员，更多的研究资金，以及提高吸引和留住CTR研究人员的能力。在更长的时间里 在任期内，我们预计PD核心将为改善该州人口的健康和福祉做出贡献。

ABSTRACT- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORE Rhode Island (RI) has substantial health and healthcare resources, but also substantial and serious healthcare problems, including high rates of overdose death, mental health problems, obesity, and significant health care disparities. Aligning RI’s substantial health and healthcare resources so that they can effectively address RI’s health and health care problems requires that critical gaps in the state’s Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) infrastructure be closed. During Phase I of Advance-CTR, the Professional Development (PD) Core focused on three specific gaps faced by researchers and their teams: insufficient research funding, limited opportunities to learn state-of-the-art skills required for CTR, and lack of access to effective and experienced mentoring. To bolster funding, the Core funded ten Mentored Research Awards (MRAs), and all ten will likely be awarded extramural funding by the end of Phase I. The Core also provided Grant Resubmission Awards (GRAs) to researchers with high-scoring, but unfunded, NIH proposals, and nearly all GRAs (5/6) secured subsequent funding. To allow investigators and their teams to build skills, the Core sponsored multi-day grant writing workshops, including one focusing specifically on Career Development Awards, and multiple other CTR-focused trainings. To increase the availability of high-quality mentoring, the Core sponsored senior faculty to become facilitators of interactive curriculum from the National Research Mentoring Network and the Center of Improved Mentoring Experiences. Subsequently 105 junior and senior faculty have completed this outstanding training. Finally, in response to awardee feedback, the Core developed and implemented a year-long, intensive training program for junior faculty writing K awards, the Advanced-K Program. We see enormous opportunity as Advance-CTR undertakes Phase II, with an enhanced emphasis on faculty from underrepresented populations and on community engagement. For Phase II, the PD Core proposes the following Specific Aims: (1) Provide funding mechanisms and enhance essential clinical and translational competencies to promote equity and competitiveness of the RI investigator community, (2) Position junior investigators to secure grant funding and achieve independence, and (3) Expand the dissemination of best practices in mentoring. Expected results of this evolution include greater emphasis on community engaged research; continued preparation of junior investigators through MRAs to attract NIH funding; expanded dissemination of training and skills to conduct CTR, including training in entrepreneurship and community engagement; more faculty with K- and R-series awards; and a larger, more connected state-wide mentoring network. Expected benefits to RI include enhanced attention to health priorities and disparities, a more stable CTR workforce, an enhanced sense of community for CTR investigators, more research funding, and improved ability to attract and retain CTR researchers. In the longer term, we anticipate the PD Core will contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of the state’s population.