Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research (IHER) Center

跨学科健康公平研究（IHER）中心

• 批准号: 10556819
• 负责人: Sangeeta Gupta
• 金额: $ 394.5万
• 依托单位: DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-20 至 2027-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10556819
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Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research (IHER) Center Summary The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on our nation’s stark disparities in health and the disproportional burden of disease related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Delaware is an ideal state for a health disparities-focused research center as it represents the whole of the USA in a compact form. The population of Delaware (~978,000) mirrors the US population in ratios of urban-to-rural, old to young, and ethnic/racial diversity. Thus, studies involving a cross-section of Delaware are easily generalizable to the national population. In addition, Delaware is ranked 35th out of the 50 states for overall health outcomes, a low ranking that reflects high disparities in health status for low-income and minority populations. The urgency to address health disparities in Delaware is clear, and promoting health equity through a social determinants of health approach is a state priority. Delaware State University is well-positioned to lead that effort. DSU’s Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research Center has the overall goal to develop DSU as a leader in biomedical, behavioral and social research related to health conditions that have a disparate impact on underserved individuals and communities. The Center will build a supportive scientific community that brings together faculty investigating the social and behavioral determinants of health with faculty using biomedical approaches to investigate health conditions that have a disparate impact on underserved populations. The IHER Center will build a research-enabling infrastructure at DSU by: a) providing access to core facilities in biostatistics, qualitative methods, microscopy and electrophysiology; b) providing investigators working with human subjects support for managing the IRB process, and an infrastructure for secure collection, analysis and storage of human subject data; and c) immersing researchers in a supportive professional network. We will also build our IHER Center by recruiting two new faculty members with expertise in behavioral and social research related to health equity, and supporting them to work with other DSU scientists in interdisciplinary research teams. Through mentorship, career enhancement activities, and a Pilot Grant Program for early-stage investigators, our IHER Center will develop faculty at DSU into independent investigators who can successfully lead interdisciplinary research teams and compete for external funding DSU is currently engaged in robust initiatives to promote health equity, including DSU’s Center for Neighborhood Revitalization and Research, Health Disparities Center; and an NIH RADx-UP grant. Our IHER Center will leverage Delaware State University’s expanding human and research resources in biomedical research, our state-wide partnerships with other Delaware institutions and community based organizations, as well as the nationwide RCMI Translational Research Network to promote health equity, social awareness and economic development among local communities.

跨学科健康公平研究中心（IHER） 总结 2019冠状病毒病大流行凸显了我们国家在以下方面的巨大差距： 与种族、族裔和民族有关的不成比例的疾病负担， 社会经济地位。特拉华州是一个以健康为重点的理想州 研究中心，因为它代表了整个美国在一个紧凑的形式。的 特拉华州的人口（约978，000）反映了美国人口的城市与农村，老年人与年轻人的比例， 民族/种族多样性。因此，涉及特拉华州横截面的研究很容易推广到 全国人口。此外，特拉华州在50个州的总体健康状况中排名第35位， 排名较低，反映了低收入和少数民族人口健康状况的巨大差异。 解决特拉华州健康差距的紧迫性是显而易见的，通过以下措施促进健康公平： 健康的社会决定因素方针是国家的优先事项。特拉华州州立大学处于有利地位， 领导这一努力。DSU的跨学科健康公平研究中心的总体目标是发展 DSU是与健康状况相关的生物医学，行为和社会研究的领导者， 对服务不足的个人和社区产生不同的影响。该中心将建立一个支持 科学界，汇集教师调查的社会和行为的决定因素， 健康与教师使用生物医学方法来调查健康状况，有不同的 对服务不足人群的影响。IHER中心将在DSU建立一个研究基础设施 通过：a）提供生物统计、定性方法、显微镜检查和 电生理学; B）为与人类受试者一起工作的研究者提供管理IRB的支持 用于安全收集、分析和存储人类受试者数据的过程和基础设施;以及c） 让研究人员沉浸在支持性的专业网络中。我们还将建立我们的IHER中心， 招聘两名在与健康公平相关的行为和社会研究方面具有专长的新教师， 并支持他们与其他DSU科学家在跨学科研究团队中合作。通过 导师，职业提升活动，以及为早期研究人员提供的试点补助金计划，我们的 IHER中心将在DSU发展教师成为独立的调查员谁可以成功地领导 跨学科研究团队并竞争外部资金 DSU目前正在积极主动地促进健康公平，包括DSU的中心 社区振兴和研究，健康差异中心;和NIH RADx-UP补助金。 我们的IHER中心将利用特拉华州州立大学不断扩大的人力和研究资源， 生物医学研究，我们与其他特拉华州机构和社区的全州范围内的伙伴关系， 组织，以及全国RCMI转化研究网络，以促进健康公平， 提高当地社区的社会意识和经济发展。