Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

描述(由申请人提供)：杜克大学/北卡罗来纳中央大学(NCCU)BIRCWH项目旨在培养研究女性健康问题的高技能研究人员，并强调跨学科的学术研究。该方案将通过以下具体目标来实现这一目标：具体目标1：为BIRCWH学者提供关于开展广泛学科的妇女健康研究的教学和经验性培训，重点是妇女的终身健康。具体目标2：协调全面的指导经验，确定的结果是每位学者在其BIRCWH任期内至少提交一笔赠款用于独立资助。具体目标3：让学者参与旨在帮助他们掌握跨学科学术原则和做法的有组织的讨论，并将其应用于他们的研究。具体目标4：执行一项新制定的确定和招募少数群体学者的战略。具体目标5：将BIRCWH模式整合到机构项目中，以满足所有以研究为导向的初级教员的专业发展需求。杜克大学/NCCU项目的主要主题将是妇女一生的健康，研究领域包括生育的母体后果、影响妇女的条件以及卫生保健的利用和差距。一组经验丰富的核心导师将为奖学金计划提供支持，一个杰出的咨询委员会将对该计划和学者计划的进展进行监督和定期评估。杜克大学与历史悠久的黑人大学NCCU之间的合作，将加强我们培养少数族裔学者的目标。正如杜克医学院院长继续担任首席研究员所表明的那样，该项目得到了重要的机构支持，杜克医学院和护理学院提供的补充资金将支持一名额外的学者，我们的NGCU联合调查员积极参与制定有效的合作伙伴关系，项目主任在妇女健康和教师发展中的机构作用，以及通过杜克医学院教师发展办公室提供的实物支持。杜克大学/NCCU BIRCWH计划与公共卫生相关，因为它培训研究人员，他们的工作将导致改善对影响妇女的一系列疾病的治疗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Duke/North Carolina Central University (NCCU) BIRCWH Program is designed to develop highly skilled researchers investigating women's health issues, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary scholarship. The Program will accomplish this through the following Specific Aims: Specific Aim 1: Provide BIRCWH scholars with didactic and experiential training in the conduct of women's health research across a wide spectrum of disciplines, with a focus on women's health across the lifespan. Specific Aim 2: Coordinate a comprehensive mentorship experience, with the defined outcome that each Scholar will submit at least one grant for independent funding during their BIRCWH tenure. Specific Aim 3: Engage Scholars in structured discussions designed to help them to achieve mastery of the principles and practices of interdisciplinary scholarship, and to apply them to their research. Specific Aim 4: Implement a newly designed strategy for identifying and recruiting minority Scholars. Specific Aim 5: Integrate the BIRCWH model into institutional programs that address the professional development needs of all research-oriented junior faculty members. The overarching theme for the Duke/NCCU Program will be women's health across the life-span, with areas of research interest that include maternal consequences of childbearing, conditions that affect women, and health care utilization and disparities. A group of experienced core mentors will support the Scholars, and a distinguished Advisory Committee will provide oversight as well as regular evaluations of the Program and Scholar progress. The collaboration between Duke and NCCU, a Historically Black University, will strengthen our goal of training minority scholars. The Program has significant institutional support as indicated by the Dean of the Duke School of Medicine continuing to serve as Principal Investigator, supplemental funding from the Duke Schools of Medicine and Nursing that will support an additional scholar, the active participation of our NGCU Co-Investigator in crafting an effective partnership, the Program Director's institutional role in women's health and faculty development, and the in-kind support provided through the Duke School of Medicine Office of Faculty Development. The Duke/NCCU BIRCWH Program is relevant to public health because it trains researchers whose work will lead to improved treatments for a wide range of conditions affecting women.