TRANSforming Bio-medical Research & Academic Faculty through Opportunity, TRaining, & Mentorship (TRANSFORM)

项目摘要/摘要 尽管国家卫生研究院在培训代表不足的少数民族(URM)生物医学方面进行了投资 研究人员、独立调查员和学术领导级别的多样性(例如，助理研究员和全职研究员 (教授、科长和系主任)在学术医疗机构中的人数仍然很少。2019年， 在所有179,238名医学学位授予机构的全职教员中，只有9.5%是URM。自然减员 来自学院的智力资本，由URM职业生涯中期的教师在即将成为 独立研究人员和/或担任领导角色是令人沮丧的。尽管前景看好，但 职业发展计划(CDP)在促进早期职业成功方面，很少有国家职业发展计划故意支持 通过加强URM中期教师的领导技能并指导他们加强 心理安全和自我效能感，这两者都是职业发展的关键。我们的整体 目标是通过建立一个全国性的CDP来改变生物医学研究人员的多样性 加强机构领导角色的保留、提升和实现，从而促进 乌鲁木齐大学职业生涯中期教师的学术研究生涯。我们提议的转型计划将 美国医学院协会(AAMC)和大学的专业知识和教育模式 匹兹堡临床研究教育研究所与三个少数族裔服务机构和 英才中心招聘职业生涯中期教职研究人员，即将晋升，理应获得 考虑担任机构领导职务。通过利用AAMC年度职业生涯中期少数族裔教师 领导力研讨会作为我们项目的起点，我们将每年招收20名学者，为期一年 为URM职业生涯中期教员提供多方面的课程。我们的计划旨在1)提高职业满意度和 通过小组活动增强心理安全感和自我效能感保持研究生涯 教练和同伴指导，2)通过提供文化支持来提高学业晋升和领导能力 响应性领导技能培训，3)通过以下方式加快URM学者的研究职业发展轨迹 个性化指导和交互式定制职业发展计划，以及4)构建结构化 通过让URM学者完成协作领导，促进制度变革的机会 与机构领导(例如，部门负责人、部门主席)合作的项目。与多样化的合作伙伴关系一起发展 为了确保长期的可持续性，我们的创新计划将增加职业生涯中期教师的留住 以及提拔他们担任高级职务和领导职务。加强城市管理高级研究人员的队伍，将在 反过来，帮助招募和指导未来的城市规划管理调查员，建立公平和包容的机构 并最终在使生物医学研究人员多样化方面发挥变革性作用，以确保 所有人的健康和医疗保健。

Project Summary/Abstract Despite investment by the National Institutes of Health in training underrepresented minority (URM) biomedical researchers, diversity at the independent investigator and academic leadership ranks (e.g., Associate and Full Professors, Division Chiefs and Department Chairs) in academic medical institutions remains meager. In 2019, among all 179,238 full-time faculty at medical degree-granting institutions, only 9.5% were URMs. The attrition of intellectual capital from the academy painstakingly earned by URM mid-career faculty at the cusp of becoming independent researchers and/or taking on leadership roles is disheartening. Despite the promising outcomes of career development programs (CDP) in facilitating early career success, few CPDs intentionally support the needs of URM mid-career faculty by bolstering their leadership skills and mentoring them to strengthen their psychological safety and self-efficacy, both of which are critical for professional advancement. Our overall objective is to transform the diversity of the biomedical research workforce by establishing a national CDP that enhances retention, promotion, and attainment of institutional leadership roles, thereby promoting longevity of academic research careers of URM mid-career faculty. Our proposed TRANSFORM program unites the expertise and educational modalities of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Clinical Research Education, in partnership with three minority serving institutions and Centers of Excellence to recruit mid-career faculty researchers at the cusp of promotion and deserving of consideration for institutional leadership positions. By leveraging the AAMC’s annual Mid-Career Minority Faculty Leadership Seminar as the entry point to our program, we will matriculate 20 scholars per year into a yearlong multi-faceted program for URM mid-career faculty. Our program aims to 1) promote career satisfaction and retention in research careers by strengthening psychological safety and self-efficacy through small group coaching and peer mentoring, 2) increase academic promotion and leadership attainment by providing culturally responsive leadership skills training, 3) accelerate research career trajectories for URM scholars by providing individualized mentoring and interactive customized career development plans, and 4) build structured opportunities to facilitate institutional change, by having URM scholars complete a collaborative leadership project with an institutional leader (e.g. Division Chief, Dept Chair). Developed with the diversity of partnerships necessary to ensure long-term sustainability, our innovative program will increase retention of mid-career faculty and their promotion to senior ranks and leadership roles. Bolstering the ranks of senior URM researchers will, in turn, aid in the recruitment and mentorship of future URM investigators, build equitable and inclusive institutional cultures and ultimately be transformative in diversifying the biomedical research workforce to ensure equity in health and healthcare for all.