Tulane BIRCWH

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的杜兰BIRCWH计划致力于促进妇女健康研究和随后的研究成果转移。为了提高妇女健康研究的质量和数量，杜兰BIRCWH建议在高级培训和独立研究之间架起桥梁，并将专业、科学学科和选定学者感兴趣的领域联系起来。贯穿各个研究领域的共同主题是针对妇女，特别是非洲裔美国妇女的心血管疾病（CVD）和高血压患者的研究。解决路易斯安那州妇女心血管健康问题的需求十分迫切，特别是在奥尔良教区，那里的人口主要是非裔美国人，根据当地和全国数据，这是一个极其高风险的亚群体。杜兰BIRCWH重点将包括与女性心血管疾病和高血压有关的基础、转化、临床、健康行为和健康服务的研究。拟议的项目将被安置在杜兰泽维尔国家妇女健康卓越中心（TUXCOE）内，该中心是卫生和人类服务部妇女健康办公室下属的14个国家卓越中心之一。因此，杜兰BIRCWH将加强与泽维尔大学的现有合作，泽维尔大学是美国历史上唯一的黑人天主教学院和大学，通过为两所机构内的初级教师提供跨学科研究培训机会。杜兰BIRCWH的行政结构包括一个首席研究员（Pt），一个联合首席研究员（Co- PI）和一个咨询委员会。Paul Whelton，医学博士，硕士，TUHSC高级副总裁，担任PI；珍妮特H.马格努斯，医学博士，杜兰泽维尔国家妇女健康卓越中心主任，作为共同负责人。Magnus博士将担任杜兰大学BIRCWH的联席主任和项目主任。Drs。惠尔顿和马格努斯在妇女健康、心血管疾病、指导项目以及跨学科项目等领域贡献了丰富而相关的经验。杜兰BIRCWH咨询委员会成员，他们都代表了广泛的TUHSC领导和研究专业知识，将极大地补充PI和Co-PI/PD，以确保杜兰BIRCWH未来的项目成功和影响。此外，一个拟议的导师团队将为受训者提供在TUHSC内的学校进行广泛的基础和应用生物医学、行为科学和卫生服务研究的既定研究项目的机会。除了现有的杜兰大学妇女健康资源中心外，拟议中的妇女健康资源实验室（WHRL）将补充这些高素质和敬业的管理人员和导师，弥合培训完成与IWHR学者在研究妇女健康方面的独立职业之间的差距。杜兰BIRCWH的广度和活力确保了项目团队，包括合作部门、中心和研究所，形成了跨专业、智力和技术研究基地，为培养高水平的妇女健康研究人员提供了必要的基础培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Tulane BIRCWH program is dedicated to promoting Women's Health research and the subsequent transfer of findings. In order to improve the quality and increase the quantity of Women's Health research, Tulane BIRCWH proposes to bridge the period between advanced training and research independence, as well as link professions, scientific disciplines, and areas of interest for selected scholars. The common theme running throughout the various research areas is patient-oriented research on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and hypertension among women, particularly among African American women. The need to address women's cardiovascular health in Louisiana is dire, particularly in Orleans parish where the population is predominantly African American, an extremely high-risk sub-population according to local and national data. Tulane BIRCWH foci will include research that is basic, translational, clinical, and health behavioral and health services that pertain to CVD and hypertension in women. The proposed program will be housed within the Tulane Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women's Health (TUXCOE), one of only 14 National Centers of Excellence under the Office of Women's Health, Department of Health and Human Services. The Tulane BIRCWH will therefore enhance the existing collaboration with Xavier University, the only historically Black Catholic College and University in United States, by providing an interdisciplinary research training opportunity to Junior Faculty within both institutions. The administrative structure of Tulane BIRCWH comprises a Principal Investigator (Pt), a Co-Principal Investigator (Co- PI), and an Advisory Committee. Paul Whelton, MD, MSc, Senior Vice President of TUHSC, serves as the PI; and Jeanette H. Magnus, MD, PhD, Director of the Tulane Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, as the Co-PI. Dr. Magnus will serve as both Co-PI and Program Director (PD) for the Tulane BIRCWH. Drs. Whelton and Magnus contribute vast and pertinent experience in the areas of Women's Health, cardiovascular disease, mentoring programs, as well as interdisciplinary programs. The Tulane BIRCWH Advisory Committee members, all of whom represent a wide array of TUHSC leadership and research expertise, will greatly complement the PI and Co-PI/PD in ensuring Tulane BIRCWH's future programmatic success and impact. Additionally, an entire team of proposed mentors will provide the trainees with access to established research programs with a broad range of basic and applied biomedical and behavioral science and health services research, and across the schools within the TUHSC. In addition to the existing Tulane GCRC, a proposed Women's Health Resource Laboratory (WHRL) will complement these highly qualified and dedicated administrators and mentors in bridging the gap between the completion of training and an independent career in research addressing Women's Health for the IWHR Scholars. Tulane BIRCWH's deliberate breadth and dynamism ensures that the program team, including the collaborating departments, centers and institutes, form the inter-professional, intellectual and technical research base necessary to provide the fundamental training needed to produce the high caliber Women's Health researchers the program seeks to generate.