Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development Program

西班牙裔临床和转化研究教育和职业发展 波多黎各大学医学科学校区（UPR-MSC）的HCTRECD课程具有 通过支持性研究增加临床和转化研究多样性的记录 自2002年以来，西班牙裔的职业发展。我们的计划包括正式的教学研究培训 （第一部分）通过一个既定的机构支持的博士后科学硕士临床和 翻译研究（MSc）。我们已经招募了112名来自多个国家的卫生专业人员， 学科，包括医学，职业治疗，听力学，牙科医学，护理学，药学 和心理学等等。在最后一个资助周期，该计划支持了46个同行评审 与西班牙裔健康相关的主题文章，如癌症，艾滋病毒/艾滋病，糖尿病，婴儿/产妇健康，以及 心理健康第一部分最合格的毕业生竞相获得试点项目的额外支持。 项目通过第二部分。我们的毕业生已经能够提交并获得赠款 NIH的K99/R 00、R21和SCORE奖项。我们也有一些学者获得了 律政司及教育署除提供试验计划拨款外， 其他UPR项目。 我们将继续我们成功的第一部分计划，通过我们建立的硕士培训学者 以及我们的第二部分计划，为那些在以下方面出类拔萃的学者提供先进的研究技能： 第I部分或已经接受过正式临床和转化研究培训的人员。我们的更新是 创新，因为它将侧重于通过对方案的持续评估确定的需求： 方法知识和技能，并解决获得K奖的障碍。此外，我们将 通过持续的项目评估改进我们的项目。主要 更新期间的改进将是新方法的额外培训，加强我们的 辅导部分，并建立一个K俱乐部。通过我们的具体目标1，我们将提高 通过先进方法的课程、讲习班和咨询获得研究知识 通过具体目标2和3，我们将提高个性化研究技能， 通过加强我们的指导部分和建立K俱乐部来发展。

The Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development (HCTRECD) program at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC) has a documented track record of increasing diversity in clinical and translational research by supporting research career development of Hispanics since 2002. Our program consists of formal didactic research training (Component I) through an established institutionally supported post -doctoral Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research (MSc). We have already enrolled 112 health professionals from multiple disciplines, including medicine, occupational therapy, audiology, dental medicine, nursing, pharmacy and psychology, among others. During this last cycle of funding, the program supported 46 peer reviewed articles on topics relevant to Hispanic health such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, infant/maternal health, and mental health. The most qualified graduates from Component I compete to receive additional support for pilot projects through Component II. Our graduates have been able to submit and obtain competitive grants from NIH such as K99/R00, R21 and SCORE awards. We also have scholars who have obtained funding from the Department of Justice and Department of Education in addition to the pilot projects awards available from other UPR programs. We will continue our successful Component I program of training scholars through our established MSc as well as our Component II program to provide advanced research skills to those scholars who excel in Component I or who have already had formal clinical and translational research training. Our renewal is innovative as it will focus on the needs identified through ongoing evaluation of the program: improving methodological knowledge and skills and addressing barriers to obtaining K awards. In addition, we will enhance our program with improvements derived from our continuous program evaluation. The main enhancements of this renewal period will be additional trainings in novel methodologies, strengthening our mentoring components, and the establishment of a K club. Through our specific aim 1, we will enhance research knowledge acquisition through courses, workshops, and consultations in advanced methodologies to address health disparities while through specific aim 2 and 3 we will enhance individualized research skills development by strengthening our mentoring component and establishing a K club.