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

肯塔基州的（英国）BIRCWH计划的大学是围绕三个支柱：指导， 跨学科研究和职业发展。鉴于中国面临重大健康挑战 在肯塔基州，我们关注阿巴拉契亚州的肯塔基人的三个重要健康差距领域：1） 物质使用，2）对妇女的暴力行为，以及3）随着年龄的增长健康寿命的变化。英国 BIRCWH的目标是：1）提供环境，指导和设施，以提高 BIRCWH学者在妇女的不同领域竞争NIH研究赠款的能力 健康研究，2）加深我们对性和性别在健康中的独特作用的理解， 健康和疾病的表现，3）开发和实施新的通信和 社会网络技术，以解决性别和性别差异，并提高妇女的 健康，4）个性化的预防，诊断和治疗，以解决健康差距， 5)促进重点、跨学科和互动研究领域的新合作 对揭示性和性别差异以及改善妇女健康至关重要; 6)使用主题多学科的重点作为平台，以加强转化研究 在基础、临床和公共卫生科学家之间。我们的正式框架， 一代妇女的健康和性别差异研究人员包括一个指导小组， 每个学者由：1）经验丰富的教师（导师）和2）前BIRCWH 教练（Coach）这个指导团队将共同提供深入的研究经验， 以及对助理教授和终身教职人员的教学培训。职业发展也将 包括对提交手稿负责机制、赠款问题讲习班 发展，以及学术发展方面，如人事管理，谈判 技能、自我照顾和晋升。英国BIRCWH学者任命将是2年的博士和 三年为博士生。根据我们以前的经验，我们预计培训8名学者超过5 多年的资金。成果：自2000年以来，已有40名学者完成了BIRCWH培训（17 医学博士，23名博士），他们已经制作了1，712篇同行评审的出版物，获得了41，636，782美元的收入。 NIH资金作为PI，239，982，415美元作为其他外部来源的Co-I或PI。英国保留 57%的BIRCWH毕业生继续积极的研究计划，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资助应该继续下去？ 简而言之，肯塔基州的需求仍在继续。我们的物质使用率，暴力，和慢性病 （3）是全国最高的。有了BIRCWH的资助，我们可以支持那些愿意 解决肯塔基州和全国其他地区仍然面临的卫生不平等问题。

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.