Endowment for Disparities Research

差异研究基金会

• 批准号: 6613164
• 负责人: JOHN E MAUPIN
• 金额: $ 500万
• 依托单位: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-30 至 2006-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6613164
• 关键词: African American; health science profession; health science research; health science research support; medical education; medically underserved population; minority institution research support; oncology; racial /ethnic difference; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As we begin a new millennium, the nation is challenged by the persistent need to eliminate major health status disparities between different segments of the population. Investment in biomedical research has brought the elimination of some devastating diseases, but health disparities remain. Meharry Medical College's history and vision for the future place it in the forefront of efforts to ameliorate health status disparities affecting the African American community and other underrepresented minorities. Meharry's School of Medicine research strategic plan places emphasis on strategies designed to foster an increase in health related research and competitiveness of investigators through faculty development and enhancement of the research infrastructure at the College. The three major goals of the College's research strategic plan are: 1) Increase the number of basic and clinically trained research scientists; 2) Enhance the competitiveness of basic and clinical researchers at Meharry Medical College through strengthening the research infrastructure capacity of the College; 3) Augment and strengthen the College's research capabilities through the development of thematic focused health disparity interdisciplinary Centers of Excellence. This proposal seeks endowment funds in support of the College's efforts to: advance the scientific understanding of health disparities; develop new or improved approaches to control or prevent diseases and disabilities that contribute to health disparities; and, develop culturally sensitive evidenced-based approaches to treat diseases and conditions that disproportionately affect African-Americans. The complementary specific aims of this proposal are: l) To establish an Endowed Chair in Oncology to strengthen the College' s recruitment efforts of a "magnet scientist" to lead the development and advancement of Meharry' s cancer program; and 2) To strengthen the fellowship program for clinical faculty members who enroll in the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation program.

描述（由申请人提供）：当我们开始一个新的千年，国家面临的挑战是持续需要消除人口的不同部分之间的主要健康状况的差距。对生物医学研究的投资消除了一些毁灭性疾病，但健康差距仍然存在。梅哈里医学院的历史和对未来的愿景将其置于努力改善影响非裔美国人社区和其他代表性不足的少数民族的健康状况差异的最前沿。Meharry的医学院研究战略计划强调旨在通过教师发展和加强学院研究基础设施来促进健康相关研究和调查人员竞争力的增加的战略。该学院的研究战略计划的三大目标是：1）增加基础和临床培训的研究科学家的数量; 2）通过加强学院的研究基础设施能力，提高Meharry医学院基础和临床研究人员的竞争力;第三章通过发展以主题为重点的健康差异跨学科中心，增强和加强学院的研究能力。卓越 该提案寻求捐赠基金，以支持学院的努力：推进对健康差距的科学理解;开发新的或改进的方法来控制或预防导致健康差距的疾病和残疾;以及，开发文化敏感的循证方法来治疗不成比例地影响非洲裔美国人的疾病和状况。 这项建议的补充具体目标是：1）建立一个肿瘤学捐赠主席，以加强学院的招聘工作的“磁铁科学家”，以领导发展和推进梅哈里的癌症计划;及2）加强奖学金计划的临床教师谁在科学硕士注册在临床研究计划。