HBCU PRIDE Program

 描述(由申请者提供)：历史上，黑人学院和大学(HBCU)是独一无二的高等教育机构，在教育非洲人方面发挥了重要作用 在美国，大约9%的非裔美国大学生就读于HBCU；然而，这些机构的毕业生分别占授予非裔美国人的卫生专业人员、生物科学和数学学士学位的17%、31%和31%。总体而言，HBCU的教职员工有相当大的潜力使生物医学劳动力多样化，因为他们处于提供关键榜样的独特地位 并教育、影响和鼓励超过33万名学生考虑进入生物医学领域。尽管HBCU有兴趣扩大他们的研究组合，但HBCU可行的研究基础设施所需的资源受到许多因素的威胁，这些因素显著降低了HBCU支持基于校园的指导和培训计划的能力，这些计划鼓励代表性不足的少数族裔教职员工开发和保持积极的研究计划。与研究密集的大多数机构建立合作关系是一种已被证明是让学生参与研究培训的有效模式。然而，通过这些合作为教师提供的培训机会很少。为了更充分地实现和发挥HBCU的全部潜力，迫切需要更多的研究、培训和指导模式。我们建议设计、实施和评估一个基于证据、与文化和环境相关的研究培训和指导计划，该计划专门为HBCU(HBCU Pride)雇用的代表不足的少数族裔(URM)早期职业教师设计。我们提议的计划将提供以社区为基础的干预措施的技能培训，以解决肥胖差距问题，旨在实现四个具体目标。我们将：在成功试点的基础上，在HBCU招聘24名以研究为导向的早期职业教师和过渡到全面、全面的研究培训和指导计划的博士后研究员；通过提供肥胖研究的全面培训和指导计划，向以职业研究为导向的URM教师介绍前沿研究和当前挑战；制定和实施HBCU Pride校友计划，以(A)提供研究支持网络，(B)为继续提供在线研究培训课程提供论坛，以及(C)监测我们毕业生的职业轨迹和进展；以及d)与NHLBI的PROCE协调中心合作，评估HBCU PROCE计划的有效性。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are unique institutions of higher learning that have played a significant role in educating African Americans in the U.S. Approximately 9% of African American college students attend HBCUs; however, graduates of these institutions represent 17%, 31%, and 31% of the bachelor degrees awarded to African Americans in the health professionals, biological sciences, and mathematics, respectively. Collectively, faculty at HBCUs have considerable potential to diversify the biomedical workforce as they are in a unique position to provide critical role models and educate, impact, and encourage more than 330,000 students to consider careers in the biomedical field. Despite an interest in expanding their research portfolios, resources needed for viable research infrastructures at HBCUs are threatened by numerous factors that significantly reduce the ability of HBCUs to support campus-based mentoring and training programs that encourage underrepresented minority faculty to develop and maintain active research programs. Building collaborations with research- intensive majority institutions is one approach that has been shown to be an effective model for engaging students in research training. However there are few training opportunities for faculty through these collaborations. In order to more fully realize and build upon the full potential that resides within HBCUs, additional models of research training and mentoring are critically needed. We propose to design, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based, culturally- and environmentally-relevant research training and mentoring program specifically designed for under-represented minority (URM) early career faculty employed in HBCUs (HBCU PRIDE). Our proposed program will provide skills training in community-based interventions to address obesity disparities, and is designed to achieve four specific aims. We will: Build on a successful pilot and recruit 24 research-oriented early career faculty and transitioning post- doctoral fellows at HBCUs to a comprehensive, full-scale research training and mentoring program; Introduce early career research-oriented URM faculty to cutting-edge research and current challenges through provision of a full-scale training and mentoring program in obesity research; Develop and implement the HBCU PRIDE Alumni Program to (a) provide a research support network,(b) provide a forum for the continued delivery of on-line research training sessions, and (c) monitor the career trajectories and progress of our graduates; and d) evaluate the effectiveness of the HBCU PRIDE Program in collaboration with the NHLBI's PRIDE Coordination Center.