Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve Health

医学整合研究所

• 批准号: 8721515
• 负责人: ROBERT A CLARK
• 金额: $ 37.64万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-26 至 2018-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8721515
• 关键词: Address; Area; Cities; Clinical Research; Clinical Sciences; Clinical Trials; Complex; Diabetes Mellitus; Doctor of Philosophy; Effectiveness; Evolution; Health; Health Insurance; Health Services Accessibility; Health Status; Hispanics; Home environment; Injury; Institutes; Institution; Instruction; Joints; Knowledge; Medicine; Methods; Mexico; Military Personnel; Obesity; Ohio; Participant; Population; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders; Process; Public Health Applications Research; Research; Resources; Risk; Science; Scientist; Services; South Texas; Students; Texas; Translational Research; Veterans; Vision; base; biomedical scientist; care delivery; cost; health disparity; improved; innovation; meetings; member; metropolitan; practice-based research network; programs

San Antonio, the gateway to South Texas, is the 7"^ largest city in the US and the largest metropolitan area with a majority Hispanic population (63%). South Texas is about the size of Ohio, and comprises an impoverished and largely Hispanic population with disproportionate rates of diabetes and obesity, exacerbated by a lack of health insurance and poor access to health care. This region also contains numerous US military installations, and active-duty service members and veterans often have special health issues, including increased risk for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic injuries. Unfortunately, neither better access to care nor improved care delivery can eliminate health disparities and meet these complex needs. In addition, research across the full T l to T4 translational spectrum is required to eliminate knowledge gaps and establish real-world effectiveness that improves health cai^e for our populations. In 2006, UTHSCSA established the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS) to improve health and reduce disparities by accelerating scientific discoveries and applications across the full translational research spectrum. For example, IIMS expanded the number of clinical research units that extend to the Texas-Mexico border from 1 to 7, and dramatically increasing participant access to clinical and translational science. We increased, from 2 to 6, the Practice-Based Research Networks that focus on diverse ambulatory populations. Efforts to address translational science workforce needs over the past 5-10 years have graduated 100 Masters Clinical Investigation students, supported 19 successful KL2 Scholars, and established new joint Translational Science PhD and Certificate programs. In this proposal, we provide strategies to spur clinical and translational science evolution, catalyze research teams, and implement programs that produce creative, collaborative, and culturally diverse scientists. Our Specific Aims will: 1. Accelerate clinical and translational research innovation and effective team science along the entire T1 to 14 research spectrum by providing an academic home integrated with our strategic partner institutions. 2. Expand, diversify, and enhance the workforce of interdisciplinary translational biomedical scientists. 3. Implement effective methods to continuously evaluate and optimize services, increase efficiencies, improve processes, and reduce costs across all IIMS programs. RELEVANCE (See instructions); Based on our vision of improving the health status of South Texas by accelerating scientific discoveries and public health applications, we will deploy strategic resources that focus on prevalent challenges in our region, including: 1) the health needs of our underserved Hispanic population, 2) the special health issues facing active-duty military and veteran populations, and 3) limitations in the translational science workforce required to fill in critical knowledge gaps and improve health in South Texas and the US.

圣安东尼奥，德克萨斯州南部的门户，是美国最大的7"^城市，也是最大的都市区 其中西班牙裔人口占多数（63%）。南德克萨斯州的面积与俄亥俄州相当，由 贫困人口和主要是西班牙裔人口，糖尿病和肥胖症的发病率不成比例， 由于缺乏健康保险和难以获得医疗保健，情况更加恶化。该区域还包含 许多美国军事设施以及现役军人和退伍军人通常有特殊的健康状况 问题，包括创伤后应激障碍和创伤性损伤的风险增加。很遗憾， 更好地获得护理或改善护理服务都无法消除健康差距并满足这些目标 复杂的需求。此外，需要对整个 T1 到 T4 翻译谱进行研究，以消除 知识差距并建立现实世界的有效性，以改善我们人民的健康状况。 2006年，UTHSCSA成立了医学与科学整合研究所（IIMS），以提高 通过加速整个领域的科学发现和应用来促进健康并减少差距 转化研究范围。例如，IIMS 扩大了临床研究单位的数量， 从 1 点扩展到 7 点，极大地增加了参与者获得临床和治疗的机会 转化科学。我们将基于实践的研究网络从 2 个增加到 6 个，重点关注 不同的流动人群。过去 5-10 年来满足转化科学劳动力需求的努力 多年来，已有 100 名临床研究硕士毕业生毕业，支持了 19 名成功的 KL2 学者， 并建立了新的联合转化科学博士和证书课程。在本提案中，我们提供 刺激临床和转化科学发展、促进研究团队和实施的战略 培养具有创造力、协作性和文化多样性的科学家的项目。我们的具体目标将： 1. 加速临床和转化研究创新以及有效的团队科学 通过提供与我们的战略相结合的学术家园，涵盖整个 T1 至 14 研究范围 合作机构。 2. 扩大、多样化和增强跨学科转化生物医学的劳动力队伍 科学家。 3、实施有效方法，持续评估和优化服务，提高服务质量 提高所有 IIMS 计划的效率、改进流程并降低成本。 相关性（参见说明）； 基于我们通过加速科学发现和改善南德克萨斯州健康状况的愿景 公共卫生应用程序中，我们将部署战略资源，重点应对我们的普遍挑战 地区，包括：1) 服务不足的西班牙裔人口的健康需求，2) 特殊健康问题 面临现役军人和退伍军人群体，以及 3) 转化科学劳动力的限制 需要填补关键知识空白并改善南德克萨斯州和美国的健康状况。