Enhancing Youth Violence Prevention in Urban Communities

描述(由申请者提供)：职业生涯中期研究人员奖旨在支持约翰·霍普金斯大学儿科学和公共卫生副教授Tina L.Cheng，医学博士，公共卫生硕士的持续研究发展和指导活动。在过去的15年里，程博士一直致力于以患者为导向的研究，并指导新的研究人员。她是一名儿科医生，自1995年以来一直由联邦政府资助担任首席调查员，是预防青少年伤害和暴力方面的资深研究员。她在普通儿科领域担任多个国家领导职位，在高水平期刊上广泛发表文章，并被公认为研究和培训方面的领导者。她的主要研究任务是：1)通过对有效战略的研究发现，促进青年的健康发展，防止城市贫困社区的暴力行为；2)领导努力，让社区成员参与将研究证明有效的综合战略转化为社区、实践和政策。她是一位成就卓著的导师，在招募和指导少数族裔调查人员方面尤为成功。约翰霍普金斯大学致力于卓越的研究，并为富有成效的以患者为导向的研究和培训提供跨学科的环境。这项建议的目标包括：1)继续和扩大研究活动，包括改进与青少年、家长和学校的干预措施，以增加学校参与度和预防暴力；2)通过在彭博公共卫生学院的课程学习，增强她的研究能力；以及3)培训和指导普通儿科和青少年医学住院医师、研究员和初级教员进行面向患者的研究，特别是预防暴力研究。这项K24奖项的资金将使郑博士从临床和行政职责中解脱出来，专注于这些目标。该研究计划建立在当前和以前的工作基础上，制定以社区为基础的干预措施，重点是父母的影响。指导计划包括：1)重点招聘面向患者的研究的优秀候选人，重点是继续招聘和指导代表性不足的少数群体；2)参加面向普通儿科和青少年医学研究员的面向患者的研究课程；3)指导下一代研究人员，使他们能够独立进行面向患者的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Mid-Career Investigator Award is designed to support the continued research development and mentoring activities of Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Cheng has demonstrated a commitment to patient- oriented research and mentoring new investigators. She is a pediatrician and established researcher in youth injury and violence prevention with continuous federal funding as Principal Investigator since 1995. She holds multiple national leadership positions in general pediatrics, has published widely in high level journals, and is recognized as a leader in research and training. Her overarching research missions are: 1) to facilitate the healthy development of youth and prevent violence in poor urban communities through research discoveries on effective strategies; and 2) to lead efforts to involve community members in translation of research-proven comprehensive strategies to the community, practice and policy. She is an accomplished mentor who has been particularly successful in recruiting and mentoring minority investigators. Johns Hopkins University provides both the commitment to research excellence and the interdisciplinary environment for productive patient-oriented research and training. Goals for this proposal include: 1) Continuation and expansion of research activities including refinement of interventions with youth, parents and schools to increase school engagement and prevent violence; 2) Enhancement of her research capabilities through coursework at the Bloomberg School of Public Health; and 3) Training and mentorship of general pediatrics and adolescent medicine residents, fellows, and junior faculty in patient-oriented research generally and violence prevention research specifically. Funding of this K24 award will allow Dr. Cheng to be relieved of clinical and administrative duties to focus on these goals. The research plan builds on current and previous work developing community-based interventions with an emphasis on the influence of parents. The mentoring plan involves: 1) Focused recruitment of excellent candidates for patient-oriented research with emphasis on the continued recruitment and mentoring of under-represented minorities; 2) Participation in a patient-oriented research curriculum for fellows in general pediatrics and adolescent medicine; and 3) Mentoring of the next generation of investigators toward independence in patient-oriented research.