Research Education Core

项目摘要/摘要-研究教育部分 深南RCMAR的研究教育部分(REC)旨在招聘、教育和 支持我们四个合作机构(阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校、 莫尔豪斯医学院、塔斯基吉大学和阿拉巴马大学)致力于 长期致力于缩小非裔美国人(AA)和白人之间的健康差距 南方腹地(大多数老年老年人居住和健康的地区)的老年人 差距一直特别持久)。机构之间的这种独特的合作在以下方面差异很大 他们的研究重点、研究基础设施和教师背景将增加潜力池 该计划的应用程序。每一家合作机构都为整体教育带来了独特的优势 经验。这种合作对历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的好处 包括接触到更多具有R01经验研究人员，以及高级教职员工的更大深度和广度 可以担任导师。少数族裔机构对合作的优势包括提供 在文化敏感度方面经验丰富并致力于老龄化研究的教职员工队伍 健康不平等。此外，TU在生物伦理学培训方面带来了独特的力量，这是科学家的关键组成部分 有兴趣解决南方腹地地区的健康差距问题。区域经济共同体的总体目标是：(1)建立 通过招聘少数群体调查员提高研究能力和增加劳动力的多样性 和对不同的教师科学家群体的教育，(2)通过以下方式建立研究能力： 为RCMAR科学家提供在跨学科团队中工作的机会，使他们接触到 与年龄相关现象研究有关的其他科学学科的方法和理论，(3) 支持我们的科学家在老龄化和健康差距方面追求独立的职业生涯，通过 持续的指导，同时培养持续协作和支持的网络，以及(4)建立研究 通过为试点赠款提供研究资金和协助提交竞争性研究来提高能力 随着时间的推移进行项目。为了确保REC的成功，我们将从一大批成熟的导师中挑选， 所有合作机构，他们为RCMAR科学家提供了许多机会来参与大型、 合作研究计划。我们将通过科学家的各种指标对该计划进行仔细评估 职业独立，包括出版物、成功的拨款申请、职级晋升和服务 通过编辑委员会成员身份和参与研究部分，促进学术界的参与。在这些 通过这种方式，RCMAR REC将有助于使从事衰老研究的科学家队伍多样化，最终 减少老年人口健康不平等现象的目标。通过提高培养的科学家的多样性 在这一研究领域，人们的期望是全球竞争力将得到提高，科学创新 将得到加强，老年人将受益。

Project Summary/Abstract – Research Education Component The Research Education Component (REC) of the Deep South RCMAR is designed to recruit, educate, and support a diverse group of faculty at our four partnering institutions (The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University, and The University of Alabama) in the pursuit of enduring research careers focused on reducing health disparities between African American (AA) and White older adults in the Deep South (a region of the country where the majority of older AAs live and health disparities have been particularly persistent). This unique collaboration between institutions that vary greatly in their research emphasis, research infrastructure, and faculty backgrounds will increase the pool of potential applications to the program. Each partnering institution brings unique strengths to the overall educational experience. The benefits of this collaboration for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) include exposure to more researchers with R01 experience and a greater depth and breadth in senior faculty available to serve as mentors. The strengths of the minority institutions to the collaboration include providing a pool of faculty experienced in cultural sensitivity and committed to aging research leading to the reduction of health inequities. Additionally, TU brings unique strength in bioethics training, a key component for scientists interested in addressing health disparities in the Deep South. The overall goals of the REC are to (1) build research capacity and increase the diversity of the workforce through the recruitment of minority investigators and the education of a diverse group of faculty Scientists, (2) build research capacity through mentoring by providing opportunities for RCMAR Scientists to work on interdisciplinary teams, exposing them to the methodologies and theories of other scientific disciplines pertinent to the study of age-related phenomena, (3) support our Scientists in pursuing independent careers in aging and health disparities research through ongoing mentoring, while fostering networks for ongoing collaboration and support, and (4) build research capacity through research funding for pilot grants, and assistance in the submission of competitive research projects over time. To insure the success of the REC, we will draw from a large pool of established mentors at all partnering institutions, who offer many opportunities for RCMAR Scientists to participate in large, collaborative research programs. We will carefully evaluate the program through various indicators of Scientist career independence including publications, successful grant applications, promotions in rank, and service in the academic community through editorial board memberships and participation on study sections. In these ways, the RCMAR REC will help diversify the cadre of scientists engaged in aging research, with the ultimate goal of reducing health inequities in the older population. Through improving the diversity of scientists trained in this area of research, the expectation is that global competitiveness will be improved, scientific innovation will be enhanced, and older adults will benefit.