MSM Cardiovascular Center of Excellence

描述（由申请人提供）： 人们普遍认为，历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）已成为少数民族在卫生专业初步发展的独特国家资产。虽然HBCUs在创造一个良好的教育环境方面表现出色，但这些机构在历史上缺乏研究基础设施的深度和广度。亚特兰大大学中心包括一个HBCU联盟（即莫尔豪斯医学院（MSM），斯佩尔曼学院，莫尔豪斯学院和克拉克亚特兰大大学），共同教育全国最大的非裔美国学生群体之一。男男性接触者是战略准备建立一个充满活力的，国家的最先进的，研究环境，是密切相关的人才少数民族学生的丰富资源。在追求这一目标，男男性接触者使用HBCU研究科学家/卓越中心奖（HBCU-COE）招募博士。Gibbons先生是我们心血管研究所（CVRI）的创始主任。除了扩大少数民族学生的教育机会范围外，该示范计划还建立了一个卓越的中心，正在推进心血管科学领域，并解决心血管健康方面的种族差异。在过去的五年里，CVRI在迅速建立一个强大的研究计划方面超出了所有人的预期，该计划基于其对高质量科学的承诺而获得了国家认可。HBCU-COE奖的拟议更新建立在这一基础上，包括一系列创新举措，将进一步提高教师/学生成为领先科学家的机会。我们的具体目标是：目标一。招募和指导一批有才华的年轻研究人员，他们能够在CVRI卓越中心的协作环境中开发独立的研究项目。Aim II.建立支持尖端心血管研究的技术、研究基础设施和协作研究环境。瞄准你好。通过创造一个充满活力和培养知识分子，扩大生物医学研究社区的种族多样性 为少数民族学生的研究培训创造有利的环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): It is widely recognized that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have served as a unique national asset for the initial development of minorities in the health professions. Although HBCUs have excelled at creating a nurturing educational environment, these institutions have historically lacked depth and breadth in their research infrastructure. The Atlanta University Center includes a consortium of HBCUs (ie Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Spelman College, Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University) that collectively educate one of the nation's largest populations of African-American students. The MSM is strategically poised to establish a vibrant, state-of-the-art, research environment that is intimately connected with this rich resource of talented minority students. In the pursuit of this objective, MSM used the HBCU Research Scientist/Center of Excellence Award (HBCU-COE) to recruit Dr. Gary H. Gibbons as the founding director of our Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI). In addition to broadening the scope of educational opportunities for minority students, this model program has established a center of excellence that is advancing the field of cardiovascular science and addressing ethnic disparities in cardiovascular health. Over the past five years, the CVRI has exceeded all expectations in rapidly establishing a robust research program that has gained national recognition based on its commitment to high quality science. The proposed renewal of the HBCU-COE award builds on this foundation by including an innovative set of initiatives that will further enhance the opportunities for faculty/students to become leading scientists. Our specific aims are: Aim I. To recruit and mentor a critical mass of talented young investigators capable of developing independent research programs within the collaborative setting of the CVRI Center of Excellence. Aim II. To establish enabling technologies, a research infrastructure and a collaborative research environment that supports cutting-edge cardiovascular research. Aim HI. To expand the ethnic diversity of the biomedical research community by creating a vibrant and nurturing intellectual environment conducive to research training for minority students.