Clinical and Translational Science NRMN Furthering a Diverse Biomedical Workforce

描述（由申请人提供）：一个从事多样化的生物医学劳动力对国家的健康至关重要。国家面临着前所未有的挑战和机遇，以发展新的知识，可以减少医疗差距，改善个人的健康。美国目前并没有从所有公民的才能中受益。妇女、代表性不足的少数民族（URM）人口、残疾人、同性恋或变性人（LGBT）以及来自社会经济地位、文化或语言障碍或农村地理等不利背景的人在生物医学劳动力中的代表性都不足。这些人的才能和技能可以促进科学学科的发展，使国家能够实现我们与更好的健康有关的目标。培养那些目前在生物医学劳动力中代表性不足的人才符合国家的迫切利益。指导已被确定为招聘和保留在生物医学劳动力中代表性不足的人群的关键。建立有效的国家研究指导网络（NRMN）是提高生物医学研究包容性和多样性的创新方法。该提案反映了NIH临床和转化科学奖（CTSA）联盟中60个学术健康中心中的40个的合作，还包括多个合作伙伴组织，这些组织代表了通常不完全包括在生物医学劳动力中的选区。为了实现全国性的影响，我们将通过与国家利益相关者的合作，包括CTSA儿童健康监督委员会（CC-CHOC），临床和转化科学协会（CLN），科学职业女性研究伙伴关系（RPWSC），同性恋医学协会（GLMA）和残疾医疗专业人员协会（SHPD），利用CTSA联盟机构。该提案的具体目标是：1）在CTSA机构和其他利益相关者机构之间建立伙伴关系，以支持NRMN的组织和治理; 2）评估，分类并创建所有合作机构的现有能力和资源清单，以招募和指导从本科生到初级教师的代表性不足的人群; 3）制定战略，以采用和传播现有的，成功的地方和小规模的活动和计划，为国家; 4）进行差距分析，并开发新的辅导活动，课程，基础设施和工具，可以填补发现的差距，并支持新的NRMN; 5）设计和创建评估和跟踪NRMN结果的工具。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): An engaged diverse biomedical workforce is essential for the health of the nation. The nation faces unprecedented challenges and opportunities to develop new knowledge that can decrease healthcare disparities and improve the health of individuals. The US is not currently benefitting from the talents of all citizens. Women, under-represented minority (URM) populations, those with disabilities, those who identify as lesbian, gay, or transgender (LGBT), and those from backgrounds disadvantaged by socio-economic status, cultural or language barriers, or rural geography are all under-represented in the biomedical workforce. The talents and skills of these individuals could advance scientific disciplines allowing the nation to achieve our goals related to better health. It is in the compelling interest of the nation to nurture the talents of those currently under-represented in the biomedical workforce. Mentoring has been identified as critical in the recruitment and retention of under-represented populations in the biomedical workforce. Developing an effective national research mentoring network (NRMN) is an innovative approach to increase inclusion and diversity in biomedical research. This proposal reflects collaboration of 40 of the 60 academic health centers in the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium and also includes multiple partner organizations that represent constituencies often not fully included in the biomedical workforce. In order to achieve a national impact, we will leverage the CTSA consortium institutions through collaboration with national stakeholders including the CTSA Child Health Oversight Committees (CC-CHOC), the Association of Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS), the Research Partnership on Women in Science Careers (RPWSC), the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), and the Society of Healthcare Professionals with Disabilities (SHPD). The Specific Aims of this proposal are: 1) Develop a partnership between the CTSA institutions and other stakeholder institutions that will support the organization and governance of a NRMN; 2) Assess, categorize, and create an inventory of the existing capacity and resources at all partner institutions to recruit and mentor under-represented populations from undergraduates through junior faculty; 3) Develop strategies to adopt and disseminate existing, successful local and small-scale activities and programs for the nation; 4) Conduct a gap analysis and develop new mentorship activities, courses, infrastructure, and tools that can fill the gaps identified and support the new NRMN; and 5) Design and create the tools to evaluate and track the outcomes of the NRMN.