PHD in Clinical Research (RMI)

描述(由申请人提供)：我们寻求设计和实施一个临床研究培训计划，以获得临床研究博士学位(PhDCR)，以培养多学科的翻译研究团队，以解决不同种族社区的健康差距。跨学科课程将通过课堂教学、研讨会、实验室培训和基于社区的体验式学习，重点关注应用生物医学伦理学、文化能力和团队建设。来自约翰·A·伯恩斯医学院(JABSOM)、护理和牙齿卫生学院(SONDH)、威廉·S·理查森法学院(WSRSL)、商学院、教育系、夏威夷土著研究系、亚洲研究系、宗教研究系、哲学、社会学和社区其他系的不同教员将被邀请参加一项多学科方法，以确定和减少健康差距的研究障碍，特别是在基因组学和临终决策领域。此外，我们将与加州大学旧金山分校和其他机构建立合作关系，以提高该项目的学术水平。我们将鼓励医学生、住院医师、博士后、博士后、初级和少数族裔教师参加该项目，确保基础学科和临床科学学科的学生多样化。通过提供跨学科的博士课程，我们寻求增加基础和临床研究人员队伍，致力于开展具有文化能力的研究，以缩小亚洲人、夏威夷原住民和其他太平洋岛民之间的差异并改善健康结果。这一目标将通过以下具体目标来实现：1)开发一个结合应用生物医学伦理学、文化能力和团队建设的课程，专门用于多学科翻译研究团队的培训；2)巩固JABSOM院长办公室的行政结构，以促进PhDCR活动；以及3)促进研究员发展以及PhDCR项目学员、导师和讲师之间的合作，确保持续的后续监督，帮助指导应届毕业生在临床研究中开始有前途的职业生涯。通过实现这些具体目标，我们希望增加夏威夷调查人员的数量，他们的知识、培训和经验将使他们能够共同努力，开展具有文化能力的健康差距研究，以造福夏威夷多样化的种族人口。如果成功，我们预计这种创新的跨学科方法将成为其他学术项目的典范，这些项目旨在减少在全国各地进行具有文化能力的研究的障碍。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We seek to design and implement a clinical research training program leading to a Ph.D. in Clinical Research (PhDCR) to prepare multidisciplinary translational research teams to address health disparities in diverse ethnic communities. The interdisciplinary curriculum will focus on applied biomedical ethics, cultural competence, and team building through classroom teaching, seminars, laboratory training and community-based experiential learning. Diverse faculty from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (SONDH), the William S. Richardson School of Law (WSRSL), the Business School, the Departments of Education, Native Hawaiian Studies, Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Sociology and others in the community will be invited to participate in a multidisciplinary approach to identifying and reducing barriers to health disparities research, particularly in the areas of genomics and end-of-life decision-making. In addition, we will build upon collaborative relationships with the University of California at San Francisco and other institutions to enhance the academic excellence of the program. We will encourage medical students, residents, post-doctoral fellows, Ph.D. candidates, and junior and minority faculty to enroll in the program, ensuring a diverse range of students from both basic and clinical science disciplines. By offering interdisciplinary Ph.D. curricula, we seek to increase the cadre of basic and clinical investigators committed to conducting culturally competent research that will reduce disparities and improve health outcomes among Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander populations. This objective will be accomplished through the following specific aims: 1) to develop a curriculum combining applied biomedical ethics, cultural competence and team building specifically for the training of multidisciplinary translational research teams; 2) to solidify an administrative structure based in the JABSOM Dean's office to facilitate PhDCR activities; and, 3) to foster investigator development and collaboration between trainees, mentors, and instructors of the PhDCR program, ensuring continued follow-up surveillance that will help guide new graduates as they embark on promising careers in clinical research. By accomplishing these specific aims, we hope to increase the number of investigators in Hawaii whose knowledge, training and experience will enable them to work together to conduct culturally competent health disparities research for the benefit of Hawaii's diverse ethnic populations. If successful, we expect this innovative interdisciplinary approach to serve as a model for other academic programs designed to reduce barriers to conducting culturally competent research in diverse settings across the country.