CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH AND GENDE*

描述（由申请人提供）：资金要求在宾夕法尼亚大学建立一个BIRCWH计划，以增加妇女健康和性别生物学独立调查人员的数量，利用多学科研究范式。拟议的计划将有一个稳定的状态5 IWHR学者。它将受益于现有的生殖与妇女健康研究中心和妇女健康英才中心，该中心为与妇女健康有关的研究、培训和教育活动提供全面支助。持有医学博士学位的人，博士完成临床研究生或博士后培训的博士生或同等学历人员，由学术单位提名或招收参加国际妇女健康中心奖学金。学者将由BIRCWH咨询委员会根据过去的学术和研究成就，对妇女健康的承诺，以及他们的研究兴趣与该领域的相关性来选择。将与指定的研究导师合作制定个性化的职业发展计划。预计学者将追求一个研究计划，导致独立，与空间和额外的启动费用由提名学术单位在过渡到独立提供资金。学者将参加所需的BIRCWH活动，包括双月“粉笔会谈”和写作和赠款准备研讨会，以及在他们选择的研究学科以及CRRWH-COE的计划提供的其他学术充实活动。CRRWH-COE核心设施和支持功能以及CRRWH-COE试点赠款支持将提供给所有学者。BIRCWH咨询委员会将在研究导师的指导下定期监测学者的进展。IWHR学者将放弃从BIRCWH计划的支持，当他们收到R 01或同等补助金作为主要研究者。BIRCWH计划的成功将在短期内通过学者在获得研究技能，他们的研究生产力，他们在所选领域的工作的可见性以及获得独立调查员地位与校外资金的进展来衡量。该方案对妇女健康研究的长期影响只能追溯到最初支助期以外的范围。BIRCWH计划将跟踪学者的职业轨迹，并将继续作为职业咨询和研究建议方面的资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to establish a BIRCWH program at the University of Pennsylvania to increase the number of independent investigators in women's health and gender biology utilizing multidisciplinary research paradigms. The proposed program will have a steady state of 5 IWHR Scholars. It will benefit from the pre-existing Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health and Center of Excellence in Women' s Health (CRRWH-COE), which provides umbrella support for research, training and educational activities relevant to women's health. Individuals holding the M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degrees that have completed clinical fellowship or post-doctoral training will be nominated or recruited for IWHR Scholarships by academic units. Scholars will be selected by the BIRCWH Advisory Committee based on past academic and research accomplishments, commitment to women's health, and the relevance of their research interests to the field. Individualized career development plans will be formulated in collaboration with a designated research mentor. Scholars will be expected pursue a research program leading to independence, with space and additional funding for start-up costs being provided by the nominating academic unit during the transition to independence. Scholars will participate in required BIRCWH activities including bi-monthly "chalk talks" and a writing and grant preparation workshop as well as other academic enrichment activities offered in their chosen research discipline as well as the programs of the CRRWH-COE. CRRWH-COE core facilities and support functions as well as CRRWH-COE pilot grant support will be available to all Scholars. The BIRCWH Advisory Committee will monitor the progress of Scholars on a periodic basis with guidance from the research mentor. IWHR Scholars will relinquish support from the BIRCWH program when they receive an R01 or equivalent grant as principal investigator. The success of the BIRCWH program will be measured in the short term by the Scholars' progress in gaining research skills, their research productivity, the visibility of their work in their chosen fields, and the attainment of independent investigator status with extramural funding. The long-term impact of this program on women's health research can only be traced beyond the scope of the initial period of support. The BIRCWH program will track the career trajectories of Scholars and will continue to serve as a resource in terms of career counseling and research advice.