Strengthening Research Infrastructure at Lincoln University

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案寻求国家少数民族健康和健康差异中心（NCMHD）的支持，以加强林肯大学的研究能力和基础设施。具体而言，该提案的主要目标是：提高生物医学研究的能力，重点是癌症和其他对少数群体影响不成比例的疾病;建立一个研究中风和相关疾病的神经科学方案;增加少数群体毕业生的人数，他们将在研究生院、联合保健和医学院继续接受生物医学教育。这些目标将通过改善林肯大学的研究环境和管理，为林肯新的科学大楼的研究工作分配足够的空间，培训教师和学生的研究方法，并与林肯的教师和管理工作，建立护理和神经科学计划。林肯与宾夕法尼亚州立大学医学院（PSU COM）建立了牢固而长期的伙伴关系，这将有助于实现提案中概述的目标。该计划的成功实施将导致参与医疗保健相关职业和研究的少数民族毕业生人数增加，从而增加参与消除健康差距的少数民族医疗保健专业人员和研究人员的人数。它还将提高林肯大学教师研究的质量，从而帮助该大学吸引高质量的生物医学研究人员。林肯大学也将受益于吸引更多对卫生专业职业感兴趣的少数民族学生。主要研究者是林肯大学校长Ivory V.纳尔逊博士。作为一名训练有素的化学家，纳尔逊博士充分了解健康差距和少数族裔科学家培训的问题。他致力于实现该提案的目标，并得到了董事会，教师和行政部门的支持，以成功执行该提案。约翰Chikwem，自然科学和数学学院院长，在许多医疗保健问题，特别是艾滋病毒和艾滋病经验丰富。PSU COM的迈克尔·查恩博士将动员他所在机构的教职员工和资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposal seeks support from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) to strengthen the research capability and infrastructure at Lincoln University. Specifically, the main objectives of the proposal are to: improve capability for biomedical research with emphasis on cancer and other diseases that disproportionately affect minorities; establish a neuroscience program for the study of strokes and related diseases; and increase the pool of minority graduates who will continue their education in biomedical sciences at graduate, allied health and medical schools. These objectives will be attained by improving the research environment and administration at Lincoln University, allocation of adequate space for research work in Lincoln's new science building, training of faculty and students in research methodologies, and working with Lincoln's faculty and administration to establish nursing and neuroscience programs. Lincoln's strong and long-standing partnership with Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (PSU COM) will facilitate the implementation of the objectives outlined in the proposal. Successful implementation of the program will result in an increase in the number of minority graduates involved in healthcare-related careers and research, thereby increasing the pool of minority healthcare professionals and researchers involved in the elimination of health disparities. It will also improve the quality of faculty research conducted at Lincoln University, thereby helping the University to attract high quality faculty biomedical researchers. Lincoln University will also benefit by attracting a larger pool of minority students interested in careers in health professions. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Ivory V. Nelson, President of Lincoln University. As a chemist by training, Dr. Nelson fully understands the problems of health disparity and the training of minority scientists. He is committed to implementing the objectives of the proposal and has the support of the Board of Trustees, faculty and administration to successfully execute the proposal. Dr. John Chikwem, Dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, is experienced in many healthcare issues, especially HIV and AIDS. Dr. Michael Chorney of PSU COM will mobilize faculty and resources at his institution.