Center for Minority Health Services Research

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求由医疗保健研究和质量机构（AHRQ）授予霍华德大学的少数民族研究基础设施支持计划（M-RISP）的竞争性延续。 霍华德的第一个M-RISP赠款用于发展和扩大大学的能力，进行卫生服务研究（HSR）和成果研究;少数民族卫生服务研究中心（CMHSR）开发的第一个M-RISP赠款。 随着CMHSR的领导，药学，护理和联合健康科学学院的更多教师正在参与HSR，正在进行的HSR项目的数量正在增加，参与教师的出版物数量也在增加。 然而，在服务不足的少数民族人口中进行卫生服务研究的必要性正变得越来越重要。 这一申请继续AHRQ M-RISP资金寻求通过为初级少数民族调查员和研究生提供培训机会，继续扩大少数民族人口的卫生服务研究。 霍华德的少数民族健康服务研究中心（CMHSR）将扩大与霍华德的其他学校和学院的合作，并与位于其他地方的适当的研究中心和研究所; CMHSR将继续发展和提供重要的HSR讲习班和研讨会。 HSR专家持续发展的关键是在霍华德聘请一名全职生物统计学家，并在中心设立一个生物统计部门。 CMHSR计划支持小型试点HSR项目，为初级研究人员提供指导;这些小型项目有望导致更大的资助项目。 霍华德大学卫生服务研究计划的实施和发展的关键是建立一个成功的导师计划，并为初级研究人员提供培训机会。 这些培训机会将使年轻学者能够担任CMHSR支持的个人研究项目的共同研究者。 这些研究项目，由少数民族初级教师研究人员进行，是重要的霍华德大学的高铁计划针对少数民族人口的未来。 主要研究者将主要负责制定和实施政策和程序，并执行医疗保健研究和质量局（AHRQ）规定的所有补助金要求。 该中心，包括科学咨询委员会，将提供监督和增强霍华德大学的卫生服务研究基础设施，也将开发新的项目，确定潜在的未来研究人员，并将保持其重点放在实现这一赠款的目标和目的。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by the Applicant): This application seeks a competitive continuation of the Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP) grant awarded to Howard University by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Howard's first M-RISP grant was used to develop and expand the University's capability to conduct health services research (HSR) and outcomes research; the Center for Minority Health Services Research (CMHSR) was developed with the first M-RISP grant. With CMHSR leadership, more faculty of the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Health Sciences are becoming involved in HSR, the number of HSR projects underway is increasing, as is the number of publications by involved faculty. However, the need for health services research in underserved minority populations is becoming steadily more critical. This application for continuation of AHRQ M-RISP funding seeks to continue expansion of health services research in minority populations through the provision of training opportunities for junior minority investigators and graduate students. Howard's Center for Minority Health Services Research (CMHSR) will expand its collaboration with other Schools and Colleges at Howard, and with appropriate Research Centers and Institutes located elsewhere; CMHSR will continue to develop and to provide significant HSR workshops and seminars. Key to the ongoing development of HSR specialists will be the hiring of a full-time biostatistician at Howard and a Biostatistical Unit at the Center. The CMHSR plans to support small pilot HSR projects for mentored junior investigators; these small projects will, hopefully, lead to larger funded projects. Key in the implementation and development of a health services research program at Howard University is the establishment of a successful mentorship program and the provision of training opportunities for junior researchers. These training opportunities will enable young scholars to serve as co-investigators on CMHSR-supported Individual Research Projects. These research projects, conducted by minority junior faculty researchers, are important to the future of Howard University's HSR program targeting minority populations. The Principal Investigator will have prime responsibility for development and implementation of policies and procedures, and execution of all requirements of the grant as specified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The Center, including the Scientific Advisory Board, will provide oversight and enhancement of Howard University's health services research infrastructure, and will also develop new projects, identify potential future investigators and will maintain its focus on the attainment of this grant's goals and objectives.