Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

摘要 弗吉尼亚联邦大学(VCU)建立跨学科研究职业生涯的目标是 妇女健康(BIRCWH)计划旨在提供一个有组织的环境，促进 初级教研员转变为独立科学家，致力于跨学科研究 有利于妇女一生的健康和福祉。VCU在妇女健康方面处于全国领先地位 对性/性别对健康的影响进行了强有力的研究，并提供了广泛和多样化的机会和 支持这些领域的培训和研究。BIRCWH计划将招聘有前途的早期职业 教师候选人，并实施一种新颖的跨学科指导方法，将学者与团队匹配 导师将为学者的研究和职业发展带来不同的观点；设计和 实施有组织的、个性化的教育和培训计划，培养具有以下知识的学者 妇女的健康和性别/性别影响谁精通研究设计和实施，数据分析，和 按照最佳监管和道德做法出版；并将学者与其他人联系起来 来自VCU以及其他大学和社区合作伙伴的研究人员和临床医生 鼓励跨学科、科学严谨、临床相关的妇女健康研究，并 性别/性别差异。重点关注癌症、母婴健康、心理健康和 成瘾，神经肌肉骨骼健康，肥胖和心血管健康，该计划将利用 VCU杰出的女性健康研究人员在以下领域培训初级研究人员的专业知识 尤其与妇女和研究性/性别对健康的影响有关。VCU BIRCWH程序 将由一个由国际知名的女性健康研究人员和 VCU妇女健康研究所的行政住房，提供了一个支持 超越任何单一学校或学科的以性/性别为重点的培训和研究。学者候选人 将从VCU内外丰富、多样化的合格教职员工中招聘，并有特定的侧重点 为该计划物色杰出女性和少数族裔候选人。一次三位学者将 获得工资支持、相关研究和职业发展基金，以及个人职业发展 通过BIRCWH计划计划(ICD)。VCU长期致力于女性健康研究 和实践以及培训跨学科研究人员的协调议程。VCU BIRCWH计划将 提供独特的环境，培养新一代受过培训的跨学科调查人员，以提高 通过更好地了解性别和性别在疾病风险、临床表现、 治疗和结果，以及在保健和保健提供方面。

Abstract The goal of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program is to provide a structured environment that promotes the development of junior faculty researchers into independent scientists with a commitment to interdisciplinary research benefitting the health and well-being of women across the lifespan. VCU is a national leader in women’s health with robust research on sex/gender influences on health, and it offers extensive and varied opportunities and support for training and research in these areas. The BIRCWH Program will recruit promising early-career faculty candidates and implement a novel, interdisciplinary mentoring approach matching scholars with a team of mentors who will bring varied perspectives to the scholars’ research and career development; design and implement a structured, personalized education and training plan to develop scholars knowledgeable about women’s health and sex/gender influences who are proficient in study design and conduct, data analysis, and publication in accordance with best regulatory and ethical practices; and connect scholars with other researchers and clinicians from across VCU as well as from other universities and with community partners to encourage interdisciplinary, scientifically rigorous, clinically relevant research on women’s health and sex/gender differences. With a focus on the five areas of Cancer, Maternal-Child Health, Mental Health and Addiction, Neuro-Musculoskeletal Health, and Obesity and Cardiovascular Health, the program will leverage the expertise of VCU’s exceptional women’s health researchers to train junior researchers in areas that are particularly relevant to women and the study of sex/gender influences on health. The VCU BIRCWH Program will be directed by an interdisciplinary team of internationally acclaimed women’s health researchers and administratively housed in the VCU Institute for Women’s Health, providing an environment that supports sex/gender-focused training and research that transcends any single school or discipline. Scholar candidates will be recruited from a rich, diverse pool of qualified faculty both within and outside VCU with a particular focus on identifying exceptional women and minority candidates for the program. Three scholars at a time will receive salary support, related research and career development funds, and an individual career development plan (ICD) through the BIRCWH Program. VCU has a long-standing commitment to women’s health research and practice and a coordinated agenda to train interdisciplinary researchers. The VCU BIRCWH Program will provide a unique setting to develop a new generation of interdisciplinary investigators trained to improve women’s health by better understanding the role of sex and gender in disease risk, clinical manifestations, treatment, and outcomes as well as in health and health care delivery.