MINORITY ORAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER DEVELOPMENT

位于巴尔的摩的马里兰州大学（UMAB）的一个财团，霍华德 弗吉尼亚联邦大学（Virginia Commonwealth University，VCU） 为了发展一个组织，将导致创建一个 少数民族口腔健康研究中心（RCMOH） 综合这些 机构将产生最佳的资源，以改善口腔健康的 美国种族和少数民族;提高研究能力， 少数种族成员的参与;并制定和加强 少数民族口腔健康研究在少数民族牙科学校（HU）和 一所为少数民族人口服务的牙科学校（UMAB）。 开发一个 少数民族口腔健康研究中心（RCMOH） 提出了以下具体目标：（1）启动一个行政 财团，包括少数民族牙科学校，牙科学校服务 一个庞大的少数民族人口，和一个研究密集的牙科政府， 行业，学术界和健康科学，以确定少数口腔 高质量研究所需的卫生研究需求和支持; 3） 组织核心单位和设施，以维持研究和开发 致力于少数民族健康科学研究的教师和科学家; 4)确定并资助小型项目和试点企业， 少数民族口腔保健研究需要，将提供科学的 一个RCMOH的基础。 要开始实现上述三个具体目标， 提出了研究项目和三个试点项目。 这些活动 将由三个核心单位提供支持：a）行政/诊所，B） 生物统计学; c）发展。 每一项研究都有一个共同点 被研究的人群仅限于或包括个体 非洲裔美国人（黑人）。 三大重点领域 包括：a）口腔癌，B）牙周病，以及c） 少数民族儿童和年轻人的口腔健康需求。 预计 在这一发展时期，一个更加鲜明的中心主题将 从最初的项目和试点中发展而来。

A consortium of the University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB), Howard University (HU) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was forged in order to develop an organization that would lead to the creation of a Research Center for Minority Oral Health (RCMOH). Together these institutions will generate optimal resources to improve the oral health of U.S. racial and ethnic minorities; enhance the research capabilities and participation of members of racial minorities; and develop and strengthen the minority oral health research at a minority dental school (HU) and at a dental school serving a large minority population (UMAB). To develop a structure for a Research Center for Minority Oral Health (RCMOH) the following specific aims are set forth: 1) Initiate an administrative consortium that includes a Minority Dental School, a Dental School Serving a large minority population, and a research intensive Dental government, industry, academics, and the health sciences to identify minority oral health research needs and support necessary for high quality research; 3) organize Core units and facilities to sustain research and the development of faculty and scientists dedicated to minority health sciences research; 4) Identify and fund small projects and pilot ventures that address minority oral health care research needs that would provide the scientific basis for a RCMOH. To begin to achieve the above specific aims three small research projects and three pilot ventures are proposed. These activities will be supported by three core units; a) Administration/Clinic, b) Biostatistics, and c) Development. Common to each of the research efforts is that the population to be studied is limited to or includes individuals of African-American descent (Blacks). The three major areas of focus include: a) oral cancer, b) periodontal diseases, and c) assessment of oral health needs of minority children and young adults. It is anticipated that during this development period a more distinct Center theme will evolve from these initial projects and pilots.