MINORITY CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER

本申请申请续期第三次拨款#M01-RR-08198 资助期。这笔赠款由MBR和GCRC共同提供资金。这是一个 旨在鼓励临床研究发展的创新计划 在梅哈里医学院。 从1981年开始的头五年是MBR格式，其中五年 正在资助的四个学科的子项目：肿瘤学、镰刀细胞 疾病、免疫学和肺病学。这四个临床研究领域 都成立了。第二个资助期，为期三年，从#年开始 1987年，改为GCRC格式。这一请求是为了建立一家临床 研究中心，目的是提供必要的设施 在少数族裔学校进行临床研究。四个人已经- 维护了已建立的区域，并制定了新的临床研究计划 在传染病、牙科、行为科学和 营养。病人护理的物理和管理结构 启动了资源，并实施了一项特别支助服务方案 为教育和培养临床医生而设立的 几乎没有研究经验。本申请建议稳定 并扩大现有计划，鼓励充分利用 由教职医生、社区医生、居民和 学生们。 已经指定了三个特别发展努力的领域：癌症， 心血管疾病和艾滋病。之所以选择这些地区是因为 它们涵盖了对黑人影响不成比例的医疗保健问题 人口。因此，对于梅哈里，一个历史上的黑人来说，这很重要 医学院，来解决这些问题。

This application requests renewal of grant #M01-RR-08198 for its third funding period. The grant is jointly funded by MBRS and GCRC. It is an innovative program designed to encourage development of clinical research at Meharry Medical College. The first five years, beginning in 1981, were in the MBRS format with five subprojects in four disciplines being funded: Oncology, Sickle Cell Disease, Immunology, and Pulmonology. These four clinical research areas were established. The second funding period, for three years, beginning in 1987, changed to the GCRC format. This request was to establish a clinical research center for the purpose of furnishing the facilities necessary to do clinical research in a minority school setting. The four already- established areas were maintained and new clinical research programs were proposed in Infectious Disease, Dentistry, Behavioral Sciences and Nutrition. The physical and administrative structure for the patient care resource was begun, and a program of special support services was established for the education and nurturing of the clinicians who had very little research experience. The present application proposes to stabilize and expand the existing program and to encourage full utilization of the facilities by faculty physicians, community physicians, residents, and students. Three areas for special developmental effort have been designated: cancer, cardiovascular disease, and AIDS. These areas have been chosen because they encompass health care problems that disproportionately affect black populations. Therefore, it is important for Meharry, a historically Black Medical College, to address these problems.