Prevention and Control Core

爱因斯坦DRTC的预防和控制(P&C)核心建立在其32年多产的历史基础上，创建了一个由三个功能单元组成的新基础设施，并通过吸引具有社区和心理社会专业知识和创新方法的教师。各职能单位之间的接口和协同作用对P&C核心和DRTC作为一个整体的成功至关重要。研究设计的连续体为研究糖尿病相关问题创造了许多替代方案，所有这些都集中在改善 健康差距。临床研究方法学单位(CRMU)的主要任务是通过咨询、培训和指导适用于糖尿病的临床研究方法，促进高质量的糖尿病转化研究。其目标包括：1)提高糖尿病相关临床试验、临床生理学和转化研究的质量和范围；2)促进新的糖尿病临床和转化研究人员的职业发展。行为干预及其评价 方法学单位(BIEM)促进行为干预措施的开发和实施，并为预防和控制糖尿病及其并发症的研究提供全面的评估支持。其目标包括：1)增加调查人员制定有效干预措施的程度；2)协助调查人员应用严格的评估方法。尽管P&C核心的第三个单位，社会环境研究方法论(SERM)单位是新的，但它促进了我们的 在社区和健康差距糖尿病研究方面的优势。Tfiis拟议单位的目标包括：1)通过提供评估和干预的专家资源，包括社区参与性研究，增加社区和社会资本的发展；2)让社区参与与糖尿病有关的研究，以减少健康差距。Fonner的目标将由新的教员和资源提供；后者将通过社区的新合作来促进生产力 和公共卫生机构的级别。总而言之，爱因斯坦P&C核心建立在其研究优势和与DRTC作为一个整体的协同作用的基础上，同时得到了我们医学院领导层的热情支持。

The Prevention and Control (P&C) Core of the Einstein DRTC builds on its productive 32-year history by creating a new infrastnjcture of three functional units and by attracting faculty with community and psychosocial expertise and innovative methodologies. The interface and synergy among the functional units are crucial to the success of the P&C Core and the DRTC as a whole. The continuum of research designs creates many altematives for studying diabetes-related problems, all of which are focused on ameliorating health disparities. The primary mission of the Clinical Research Methodology Unit (CRMU) is to promote high-quality diabetes translational research, through consultation, training and mentoring in clinical research methods applicable to diabetes. Its objectives include: 1) to increase the quality and scope of diabetes related clinical trials, clinical physiology and translational research; and 2) to foster the career development of new diabetes clinical and translational investigators. The Behavioral Interventbn and Evaluation Methodology Unit (BIEM) facilitates the development and implementation of behavioral interventions and provides comprehensive evaluation support for research to prevent and control diabetes and its complications. Its objective include: 1) to increase the extent to which investigators develop effective interventions; and 2) to assist investigators to apply rigorous evaluation methods. Although the third unit of the P&C Core, the Social-Environmental Research Methodology (SERM) unit is new, it promotes our strengths in community and health disparities diabetes research. The objectives of tfiis proposed unit include: 1) to increase community and social capital development by providing expert resources for assessment and intervention, including community-based participatory research; and 2) to engage the community in diabetes-related research to reduce health disparities. The fonner objective will be provided by new faculty and resources; the latter will foster productivity through new collaborations at the community and public health agency levels. In summary, the Einstein P&C Core builds on its research strengths and its synergy with the DRTC as a whole, while enthusiastically supported by our medical school leadership.