EARDA San Juan Bautista School of Medicine

描述(由申请人提供)：圣胡安·鲍蒂斯塔医学院(SJBSOM)是波多黎各的一所医学院，主要专注于社区服务。我们学校是一所少数民族学生入学率几乎达到100%，教职员工中女性占50%以上的机构。我们最近获得了医学教育联络委员会的认可，我们正在向前发展一支以社区健康问题为基础的具有竞争力的研究团队。作为促进研究部门发展计划的一部分，我们创建了一个研究办公室，由欧文·马尔多纳多博士领导，其主要目标之一是发展生物医学和行为科学的不同领域的研究。在朝着我们的目标前进的过程中，研究室在我们机构的支持下，大大扩展了实验室设施，并聘请了具有开展研究能力的新教员。此外，我们已经与研究领域内公认的机构建立了合作关系。这些稳固的合作伙伴关系为我们的研究人员提供了有关资质问题的咨询和指导。SJBSOM正在申请校外助理研究发展奖(EARDA)(G11)，并已选择欧文·马尔多纳多博士为校外助理。这一资助机会将帮助我们获得帮助我们鼓舞研究领导者的工具。针对这一资助机会，我们的研究计划包括：制定赞助研究计划，对我们的行政官员和教职员工进行最新政策、研究问题和资助金程序的培训，最后完善对从事研究的教职员工的奖励制度。SJBSOM坚持其坚定的承诺，完全促进研究室的持续发展及其计划，以造福我们的社区。 公共卫生相关性：该倡议旨在建立一个行政结构，以支持圣胡安包蒂斯塔的Escuela de Medicina的生物医学临床和行为研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (SJBSOM) is a Medical School in Puerto Rico, mainly focused on community service. Our school is an institution with an ethnic minority student enrollment reaching almost a 100% and more than 50% of women as faculty members. We were recently awarded with the accreditation of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and we are moving forward to develop a competitive research team based on community health issues. As part of our plans of promoting the growth of the research department we have created a Research Office, leaded by Dr. Irvin Maldonado, with one of its main goals being the development of research in different areas of the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Progressing towards our goals the Research Office, with the backup of our institution, has significantly expanded the laboratory facilities and has hired new faculty members with the capacity to develop research. In addition, we have already established collaborations with well recognized institutions in the research field. These solid partnerships have provided to our researchers with counseling and mentoring regarding grantsmanship issues. SJBSOM is applying for the Extramural Associates Research Development Award (EARDA) (G11), and has selected Dr. Irvin Maldonado as the Extramural Associate. This funding opportunity will assist us in the acquisition of tools that will help us to hearten our research leaders. Our research plan for this funding opportunity includes: the development of a Sponsored Research Program, the training of our administrative officials and faculty members in the latest policies, research issues and procedures of grantsmanship, and finally the improvement of the reward system for the faculty members engaged in research. SJBSOM sustains its strong commitment of entirely promoting the continuous growth of the research office and its plans for the benefit of our community. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This Initiative is to establish an administrative structure to support the Biomedical Clinical and Behavioral Research at the Escuela de Medicina San Juan Bautista.