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)：随着我们开始新的千年，国家面临着持续需要消除不同人口部分之间的主要健康状况差距的挑战。对生物医学研究的投资已经消除了一些毁灭性的疾病，但健康差距依然存在。梅哈里医学院的历史和对未来的展望使其在努力改善影响非裔美国人社区和其他代表性不足的少数族裔的健康状况差距方面走在了前列。梅哈里医学院的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与健康相关的研究的增加和调查人员的竞争力的战略。该学院研究战略计划的三个主要目标是：1)增加经过基础和临床培训的研究科学家的数量；2)通过加强梅赫里医学院的研究基础设施能力，提高该学院基础和临床研究人员的竞争力；3)通过发展以专题为重点的健康差距跨学科卓越中心，增强和加强该学院的研究能力。 这项提案寻求捐赠资金，以支持学院的努力：促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异的疾病和残疾；以及开发具有文化敏感性的循证方法来治疗对非裔美国人影响特别大的疾病和状况。 这项建议的补充具体目标是：L)设立肿瘤学捐赠教席，以加强学院对S的招聘工作，以“磁力科学家”领导迈瑞的S癌症项目的发展和进步；以及2)加强对注册参加临床研究理学硕士项目的临床教员的奖学金计划。