Biomedical Research at the University of Guam

描述（由申请人提供）：目前的SCORE申请代表了一个持续的努力，以建立一个坚实的核心研究教师，将在关岛大学（UOG）进行高质量的生物医学研究。在重新建立SCORE计划后，PI和拟议的外部科学顾问（ESA）将指导其他教师建立自己的研究计划。因此，一个主要目标是在未来四年内增加申请SCORE或其他同行评审补助金支持的教师数量。参与生物医学研究（SCORE目标）的代表性不足的少数民族的数量预计将在UOG增加，通过SCORE计划改善生物医学基础设施和研究机会。参与当前SCORE申请的教师是全职研究人员。他们在指定的研究单位UOG海洋实验室建立自己的研究计划方面取得了实质性进展;这将确保拟议研究的成功和生产力。根据NIH MBRS计划的总体目标，以扩大参与机会，并“增加参与生物医学或行为研究的少数民族教师，研究人员和学生的数量”，我们为UOG SCORE计划设定了以下主要目标：（1）通过指导和资助写作研讨会增加参与SCORE计划的研究人员数量;（2）通过与场外研究密集型机构的合作，提高SCORE参与者的研究质量和生产力;（3）通过RISE和SCORE之间的联席会议，以及通过跨学科生物医学和海洋科学研讨会（IBMS）系列，我们鼓励学生积极参与，加强UOG研究和学习之间的联系;（4）利用关岛独特的自然资源和文化多样性进行生物医学研究。该SCORE项目包括一个跨学科的生物医学和海洋科学研讨会和研究（1）珊瑚肿瘤的特征和流行病学和（2）海绵微生物共生的新方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current SCORE application represents a continuing effort to build a solid core of research faculty that will conduct quality biomedical research at the University of Guam (UOG). Upon reestablishment of the SCORE program, the PIs and proposed External Scientific Advisor (ESA) will mentor other faculty in establishing their own research programs. Thus, a major objective is to increase the number of faculty applying for SCORE or other peer-reviewed grant support over the next four years. The number of underrepresented minorities involved in biomedical research (a stated SCORE goal) is predicted to increase at the UOG with the improvement in biomedical infrastructure and research opportunities through the SCORE program. The faculty involved in the current SCORE application are full-time research appointments. They have made substantial progress in establishing their own research programs at the UOG Marine Laboratory, a designated research unit; this will ensure the success and productivity of the proposed studies. In accordance with the overall goals of the NIH MBRS program to broaden opportunities for participation and to "increase the number of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators, and students engaged in biomedical or behavioral research," we have set the following primary goals for the UOG SCORE program: (1) to increase the number of researchers involved in the SCORE program through mentoring and grant-writing workshops; (2) to increase research quality and productivity of SCORE participants through collaborations with off-site research-intensive institutions; (3) to strengthen the link between research and learning at the UOG through joint meetings between RISE and SCORE, and via an Interdisciplinary Biomedical and Marine Science Seminar (IBMS) series in which we encourage active student participation; and 4) to capitalize on Guam's unique natural resources and cultural diversity for biomedical research. This SCORE project includes an Interdisciplinary Biomedical and Marine Science Seminar and studies on (1) Characterization and Epidemiology of Coral Tumors and (2) New Approaches to Sponge-Microbial Symbioses.