Kansas BIRCWH Career Development Program in Women's Health

描述(由申请人提供)：在堪萨斯大学的教职员工中，有一群非常有才华的科学家从事女性健康研究。妇女健康方面这一有才华的研究基地的存在激起了我们领导层的兴趣，从而在堪萨斯大学制定了一项跨学科妇女健康研究计划。这项拨款申请代表了来自联合健康、医学、护理和药学学院的教职员工的共同努力。堪萨斯大学医学中心(KUMC)BIRCWH教师发展计划的目的是正式建立和加强堪萨斯大学的妇女健康研究事业。这一努力的目标是促进跨学科研究和转让有益于妇女健康的研究成果，包括性别/性别在生物学、健康或疾病方面的相似或差异。KUMC BIRCWH K12项目将通过为从事妇女健康跨学科研究的初级教员提供高级培训、职业指导和向独立的过渡来完成这一任务。KUMC BIRCWH K12计划的长期职业目标是促进初级教师的职业发展，他们从事与女性健康相关的基础、翻译、行为、临床和/或健康服务研究。在五年的项目期内，从事妇女健康研究的初级(助理教授)教员在终身教职跟踪职位上的人数将至少增加8人。将提供灵活的教师发展计划，以满足每一名新招聘教师的需要。在与妇女健康有关的五个主题领域招募了导师：(一)妇女的生殖健康；(二)产妇健康；(三)妇女流行疾病的发病机制；(四)药物设计、药物给药和药物基因组学；(五)预防、干预和健康差距。每一位IWHR奖学金获得者在BIRCWH K12项目资助期间以及毕业后的进展情况将受到密切关注。KUMC BIRCWH K12项目将对堪萨斯大学女性健康研究的追求产生积极影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Among the faculty at the University of Kansas are a group of very talented scientists pursuing women's health research. The existence of this talented research base in women's health has ignited the interest of our leadership resulting in the development of a plan for interdisciplinary women's health research at the University of Kansas. This grant application represents the concerted efforts of faculty from the Schools of Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. The purpose of the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) BIRCWH Faculty Development Program is to formally establish and strengthen the women's health research enterprise at the University of Kansas. The goal of the effort is to promote interdisciplinary research and transfer findings that will benefit the health of women, including sex/gender similarities or differences in biology, health or disease. The KUMC BIRCWH K12 program will accomplish this task by providing advanced training, career guidance, and transition to independence for junior faculty pursuing interdisciplinary research in women's health. The long-term career objective of the KUMC BIRCWH K12 Program is to foster the career development of junior faculty pursuing basic, translational, behavioral, clinical and/or health services research relevant to women's health. Over the five-year project period, the number of junior level (assistant professor) faculty hired in tenure-track positions pursuing women's health research will increase by at least eight. A flexible faculty development plan tailored to meet the needs of each newly recruited faculty member will be provided. Mentors have been enlisted in five thematic areas related to women's health: (i) Women's Reproductive Health; (ii) Maternal Health; (iii) Pathogenesis of Diseases Prevalent in Women; (iv) Drug Design, Drug Delivery, and Pharmacogenomics; and (v) Prevention, Intervention, and Health Disparities. Progress of each IWHR Scholar will be closely monitored while they are supported by the BIRCWH K12 Program and following their graduation. The KUMC BIRCWH K12 Program will positively impact the pursuit of women's health research at the University of Kansas.