UIC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Program

UIC BIRCWH计划的总体目标是与2019-23年跨NIH战略计划保持一致 妇女健康研究“促进培训和职业发展，使之训练有素、多样化、健壮 劳动力促进妇女健康科学“(NIH ORWH，2019年)。我们的长期目标是 促进具备知识的新一代科研人员的培养和职业发展 和职业技能，以推动科学为妇女的健康在下一个十年和以后。我们 总部设在UIC医学院，但借鉴了UIC的七个健康领域的跨学科优势 大学。我们在2007-2017年间成功地指导了BIRCWH，培养了18位学者的学术生涯 (33%代表不足的少数族裔；URM)。他们的成功体现在作为首席研究员的24项NIH拨款中 32人为联合调查员，以及许多非国立卫生研究院赠款(55人为私人调查员，50人为联合调查员)。我们还有一个 UIC资助的妇女健康研究(WHR)助理计划的成功指导记录 支持8名学者(38%的URM)和UIC资助的桥梁项目，该项目目前支持3名学者。全 三个项目得到了UIC领导层的强有力的机构支持。我们正在寻求BIRCWH的资金 未来5年培训6名初级教职研究人员从事女性或性/性别健康研究：3名医学博士 3年，3名博士，2年。我们将通过利用4个计划来巩固我们已证明的成功 优势：(1)我们成功地启动了29名妇女健康研究初级教员的职业生涯；(2) 与跨NIH妇女健康战略计划保持一致；(3)高度跨学科性质的 UIC和区域BIRCWH方案之间的方案和整合；以及(4)循证的使用 指导实践，为学者进行团队科学做准备，并解决新女性和 URM调查员。我们的短期目标是通过持续的计划活动巩固这些优势 以及几项新举措。正在进行的活动包括：a)用新的 培训和工具，b)优化现有的和新的UIC伙伴关系，以及c)加强我们的强有力的教学 妇女健康研究课程。我们还有4项新举措。第一，产业结构多元化 科学倡议确定了新生中实现最佳学术生活质量的体制障碍和其他障碍 调查人员，并推行政策变化和计划活动，以改善招聘、留住和 提高妇女和城市居民的地位。第二，我们将参与中西部BIRCWH计划，这是一项旨在 加强中西部BIRCWH项目之间的协作。第三，我们将纳入新课程 关于可重复性、透明度和严格性的内容。最后，我们将提供基础研究方面的培训 个性化医疗的方法、实践生物信息学培训和实验设计。BIRCWH UIC与性和性别对健康和疾病的影响有关的活动将把世界卫生组织的目标推进到 加快将知识转化为改善妇女保健的工作。

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.