Kentucky BIRCWH Program: Training the Next Generation of Women's Health Scholars

肯塔基大学(英国)的BIRCWH项目围绕三个支柱建立：指导、 跨学科研究和职业发展。鉴于中国面临的重大健康挑战 肯塔基州，我们关注阿巴拉契亚肯塔基州人健康差距的三个重要领域：1) 物质使用，2)对妇女的暴力，以及3)健康的寿命随着年龄的增长而变化。英国 BIRCWH的目标是：1)提供环境、指导和设施，以增强 BIRCWH学者在妇女研究的不同领域竞争NIH研究拨款的能力 健康研究，2)加深我们对性和性别在社会中的独特作用的理解 健康和疾病的表现，3)开发和实施新的沟通和 社交网络技术，解决性别和性别差异，改善女性的 健康，4)个性化预防、诊断和治疗，以解决健康差距， 5)鼓励在重点、跨学科和互动研究领域开展新的合作 对揭示性别和性别差异以及改善妇女健康至关重要；以及 6)利用主题多学科重点作为加强翻译研究的平台 基础、临床和公共卫生科学家之间的关系。我们为‘发展下一步’的正式框架 一代人的女性健康和性别差异研究人员包括一个指导团队 每名学者由：1)有经验的教员(导师)和2)一名前BIRCWH组成 学者(教练)。这个指导团队将共同提供深入的研究经验 并对助理教授、终身教职教师进行说教培训。职业发展也将 包括对提交手稿问责机制、赠款讲习班 发展和学术发展方面，如人事管理、谈判 技能、自我照顾和晋升。英国BIRCWH奖学金获得者的博士和 医学博士学位获得者3年。根据我们以往的经验，我们预计将培训8名以上的学者 多年的资金投入。结果：自2000年以来，40名学者完成了BIRCWH培训(17 MDS，23名博士)，他们出版了1,712份同行评议的出版物，在#年获得了41,636,782美元 美国国立卫生研究院的资金为公共投资，239,982,415美元为联合投资或其他外部来源的公共投资。英国保留了 57%的BIRCWH毕业生继续积极的研究项目，并支持BIRCWH 作为教练和导师。既然取得了这样的成功，为什么英国的BIRCWH资金应该继续下去？ 简而言之，肯塔基州的需求仍在继续。我们的药物使用、暴力和慢性病的比率 (3个疫源地)是全国最高的。有了BIRCWH的资金，我们可以支持那些愿意 解决肯塔基州人和全国其他人仍然面临的健康不平等问题。

The University of Kentucky’s (UK) BIRCWH program is built around three pillars: mentoring, interdisciplinary research, and career development. Given the significant health challenges in Kentucky, we focus on three areas of important health disparity for Appalachian Kentuckians: 1) substance use, 2) violence against women, and 3) lifespan changes in health with aging. UK BIRCWH objectives are: 1) to provide the environment, mentorship, and facilities to enhance the ability of BIRCWH scholars to compete for NIH research grants in diverse areas of women’s health research, 2) to deepen our understanding of the unique role of sex and gender in the manifestation of health and disease, 3) to develop and implement new communication and social networking technologies to address sex and gender differences and improve women’s health, 4) to personalize prevention, diagnostics, and therapeutics to address health disparities, 5) to stimulate new collaborations in focused, interdisciplinary, and interactive research areas that are essential for uncovering sex and gender differences and improving women’s health; and 6) to use a thematic multidisciplinary focus as a platform for enhancing translational research between basic, clinical and public health scientists. Our formal framework for ‘growing the next generation’ of women’s health and sex differences researchers includes a mentoring team for each Scholar composed of: 1) experienced faculty members (Mentors) and 2) a former BIRCWH scholar (Coach). This mentoring team will collectively provide in-depth research experiences and didactic training to assistant professor, tenure-track faculty. Career development will also include mechanisms for accountability for manuscript submissions, workshops on grant development, and aspects of academic development such as personnel management, negotiation skills, self-care, and promotion. UK BIRCWH Scholar appointments will be 2 years for PhD and 3 years for MD scholars. Based on our prior experience, we anticipate training 8 scholars over 5 years of funding. Outcomes: Since 2000, 40 Scholars have completed BIRCWH training (17 MDs, 23 PhDs), who have produced 1,712 peer-reviewed publications, secured $41,636,782 in NIH funding as PI, and $239,982,415 as Co-I or PI from other external sources. UK has retained 57% of our BIRCWH graduates who continue active research programs, and support BIRCWH as Coaches and Mentors. Given this success, why should UK’s BIRCWH funding continue? Succinctly, Kentucky’s need continues. Our rates of substance use, violence, and chronic disease (3 foci) are among this nation’s highest. With BIRCWH funding, we can support those who will address the health inequities Kentuckians and others across the nation still face.