UIC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Program

UIC BIRCWH计划的总体目标是与2019-23跨NIH战略计划保持一致， 妇女健康研究，以“促进培训和职业发展，训练有素，多样化，和强大的 劳动力，以促进妇女健康的科学”（NIH ORWH，2019）。我们长远的目标是 促进新一代研究人员的培训和职业发展， 在未来十年及以后推动科学促进妇女健康所需的职业技能。我们 总部设在UIC医学院，但借鉴UIC的七个健康的跨学科优势， 院校我们过去在2007-2017年成功指导了BIRCWH，培养了18名学者的学术生涯 (33代表性不足的少数民族的百分比; URM）。他们的成功是显而易见的，在24个国家卫生研究院赠款作为首席研究员 和32作为合作研究者，以及许多非NIH赠款（55作为PI和50作为Co-I）。我们也有一个 在UIC资助的妇女健康研究（WHR）协会计划中成功指导的记录， 支持了8名学者（38% URM）和UIC资助的桥梁计划，目前支持3名学者。所有 有三个项目得到了UIC领导层的大力支持。我们寻求BIRCWH资金， 未来5年，培训6名女性或基于性/性别的健康研究初级研究员：3名医学博士 三年三个博士两年我们将通过利用4个项目， 优势：（1）我们成功地启动了29名女性健康研究初级教师的职业生涯;（2） 与跨NIH妇女健康战略计划保持一致;（3） 计划和UIC和区域BIRCWH计划的整合;以及（4）使用基于证据的 指导实践，帮助学者进行团队科学并解决新女性和新成员面临的障碍 URM调查员。我们的短期目标通过持续的计划活动建立在这些优势之上 以及一些新举措。正在进行的活动包括：a）补充团队指导计划， 培训和工具，B）优化现有的和新的UIC合作伙伴关系，以及c）增强我们强大的教学 妇女健康研究课程。此外，我们还有4项新举措。第一，多元化 科学倡议确定了新的学术生活质量最佳的制度和其他障碍 调查员，并追求政策变化和计划活动，以改善招聘，保留， 提高妇女地位和统一登记机制。第二，我们将参与中西部BIRCWH计划，该计划旨在 加强中西部BIRCWH计划之间的合作。第三，我们会把新课程 内容的可重复性，透明度和严谨性。最后，我们将提供基础研究培训 方法，动手生物信息学培训和个性化医疗的实验设计。BIRCWH 在UIC开展的与性和性别对健康和疾病的影响有关的活动将推进ORWH的目标， 加速将知识转化为改善妇女保健。

The overall goal of the UIC BIRCWH Program is to align with the 2019-23 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research to “promote training and careers to develop a well-trained, diverse, and robust workforce to advance science for the health of women” (NIH ORWH, 2019). Our long-term objective is to promote training and career development of a new generation of researchers equipped with the knowledge and career skills necessary to advance science for the health of women in the next decade and beyond. We are based in the UIC College of Medicine, but draw on the interdisciplinary strengths of UIC’s seven health colleges. Our past success directing a BIRCWH from 2007-2017 fostered the academic careers of 18 Scholars (33% under-represented minorities; URM). Their success is evident in 24 NIH grants as Principal Investigator and 32 as Co-Investigator, as well as numerous non-NIH grants (55 as PI and 50 as Co-I). We also have a record of success mentoring in the UIC-funded Women’s Health Research (WHR) Associates Program which supported 8 Scholars (38% URM) and the UIC-funded Bridge Program which currently supports 3 Scholars. All three programs have received strong institutional support from UIC leadership. We seek BIRCWH funding over the next 5 years to train 6 junior faculty researchers in women’s or sex/gender-based health research: 3 MDs for 3 years and 3 PhDs for 2 years. We will build upon our demonstrated success by capitalizing on 4 program strengths: (1) our success in launching the careers of 29 junior faculty in women’s health research; (2) alignment with the Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health; (3) the highly interdisciplinary nature of the program and integration across UIC and regional BIRCWH Programs; and (4) the use of evidence-based mentoring practices to prepare scholars to conduct team science and address barriers facing new female and URM investigators. Our short-term objectives build upon these strengths through ongoing program activities and several new initiatives. Ongoing activities include: a) supplementing team mentoring programs with new training and tools, b) optimizing existing and new UIC partnerships, and c) augmenting our strong didactic curriculum in women’s health research. We also have 4 novel initiatives. First, the Diversification of the Sciences Initiative identifies institutional and other barriers to optimal academic quality of life among new investigators, and pursues policy changes and program activities to improve recruitment, retention, and advancement of women and URMs. Second, we will engage in the Midwest BIRCWH Program, an initiative to increase collaboration across Midwestern BIRCWH Programs. Third, we will incorporate new curriculum content on reproducibility, transparency, and rigor. Lastly, we will provide training on fundamental research approaches, hands-on bioinformatics training, and experimental design for personalized medicine. BIRCWH activities at UIC related to sex and gender influences in health and disease will advance the ORWH goal to accelerate the translation of knowledge into improved health care for women.