Detroit Reproductive Career Development Research Center

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议培训计划的总体目标是继续发展能够在与妇女生殖健康相关的基础、转化和/或临床研究中保持独立职业的内科科学家。韦恩州立大学在这方面的机构承诺历来很强，从而形成了一个强大的研究和培训环境，现在包括美国国立卫生研究院的围产期研究分部。妇女和儿童健康已被华盛顿州立大学校长列为该校三个主要研究重点之一。咨询委员会将从一群对研究表现出兴趣和先前经验的候选人（当地和全国）中挑选学者，特别强调那些来自代表性不足的群体的学者。在当前支助期间所获得的经验使选择标准更加严格。每次将招收四名学者，其中六名将在要求的资助期内完成拟议的培训。培训有六个目标：1)提供精选课程/讲座/研讨会，为学者的职业生涯做好准备

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objective of the proposed training program is to continue development of physician-scientists who can sustain independent careers in basic, translational and/or clinical research related to women's reproductive health. Institutional commitment to doing so is historically strong at Wayne State University, resulting in a strong research and training environment that now includes NIH's Perinatology Research Branch. Women's and children's health has been included by WSU's president as one of the University's three primary research foci. Selection of Scholars by an Advisory Committee will be from a pool of candidates (local and national) with demonstrated interest and prior experience in research, placing particular emphasis on those from underrepresented groups. Selection criteria have been sharpened by experience gained during the current period of support. Four Scholars will be enrolled at any one time, with the expectation that six will complete the proposed training during the requested period of funding. There are six training aims: 1) Provide selected coursework / lectures / seminars to complete preparation of Scholars for careers in independent research; 2) Provide ancillary skills and resources needed to optimize the work efficiency of each Scholar and meet his/her individual requirements; 3) Provide each Scholar with a mentored research experience relevant to his/her long-term research interest (at least 75% effort); 4) Ground each Scholar in the responsible conduct of research; 5) Assure that each Scholar can write a competitive grant application; and 6) Proactively network each Scholar with senior, well-established investigators prominent in the Scholar's field of research. Regular evaluation of the program by the Advisory Committee will include objective analysis of both process and outcome. Members of the Advisory Committee will also assist in networking Scholars with established senior investigators. The cadre of experienced, extramurally funded mentors available to train Scholars provides a firm basic and clinical research base that spans the broad spectrum of contemporary research that is relevant to women's health. These investigators will be complemented by a wide range of equally contemporary, sophisticated clinical and research resources. Scholars will complete their training when they have demonstrably reached research independence, objectively measured by such criteria as ability to compete successfully for independent grant support. Wayne State University is committed to retaining and rewarding successful Scholars through tenure-track faculty appointments. Overall, the program is expected to contribute substantively to the nation's capacity for women's health research.