Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

描述（由申请人提供）：杜克大学是一个研究密集型机构，北卡罗来纳中央大学是一个历史悠久的黑人机构，他们联合起来，通过更新BIRCWH奖，为跨学科妇女健康研究的初级教师提供职业发展。长期目标是发展独立的妇女健康研究人员职业。杜克大学/ ncccu BIRCWH是一个强大的，充满活力的项目，具有领导能力和机构承诺，在初级调查员的发展中取得持续成功。杜克大学与中大的合作加强了我们培养少数民族学者的目标。我们的目标是：1)通过使用跨学科方法，培养高技能、有创新精神的初级研究人员，调查妇女健康和妇女一生中健康和疾病的性/性别因素；2)促进对健康差异和多样性的研究，并通过促进跨学科团队科学和识别和招募少数民族学者，为发现紧迫的少数民族健康问题的新见解创造环境；3)鼓励对妇女健康的所有方面进行新的跨学科研究，强调所有科学类别和方法的优点。本申请描述了我们的学者对妇女健康研究的主要贡献以及对我们与妇女健康研究相关的机构环境的影响。研究的科学领域包括影响母亲、胎儿和新生儿的与妊娠有关的疾病，以及肥胖、心血管疾病、乳腺癌和妇科癌症。研究不足和了解不足的妇科疾病子宫肌瘤，泌尿妇科疾病包括盆底脱垂，以及老年妇女的疾病，如抑郁症。我们计划在任何时候支持四名初级教师（至少一名来自中央理工学院的个人）。学者们从杜克大学和纽约理工大学的知名高级研究人员组成的核心小组中选择一位主要导师。第二名导师从全体资深教员中选出，以最大限度地实现跨学科合作。职业发展计划是个性化的，根据研究领域和学者的教育需求，跨度为两到五年。该计划包括由导师监督的密集实践研究项目，一系列研讨会，负责任的研究行为培训和教学课程工作。一年一度的BIRCWH研讨会将BIRCWH学者的工作介绍给杜克大学和纽约理工大学更广泛的研究社区。在项目结束时，学者们预计将在同行评审的期刊上发表他们的研究结果，并作为首席研究员获得资助。奖学金的进展由领导小组和内部顾问委员会监督。IAB和外部顾问委员会对项目进行评估，并向领导团队提供建议。因此，杜克大学/NCCU BIRCWH项目将确保训练有素的女性健康研究人员的多样性，以解决国家生物医学，行为和临床需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Duke University, a research intensive institution, and North Carolina Central University, a historically black institution, have united to provide career development of junior faculty in interdisciplinary women's health research through the renewal of the BIRCWH Award. The long term goal is to develop independent women's health researcher careers. The Duke/NCCU BIRCWH is a strong, vibrant program that has the leadership and institutional commitment for continued success in the development of junior investigators. The collaboration between Duke and NCCU strengthens our goal of training minority scholars. Our objectives are 1) Develop highly skilled, innovative junior researchers investigating women's health and sex/gender elements of health and disease across a woman's lifespan through the use of interdisciplinary approaches; 2) Foster research on health disparities and diversity and create an environment for the discovery of new insights into pressing minority health problems by promoting interdisciplinary team science and by identifying and recruiting minority Scholars; and 3) Encourage novel interdisciplinary research on all aspects of women's health emphasizing the merits of all scientific categories and methods. This application describes the major contributions of our Scholars to women's health research and the impact on our institutional environment related to women's health research. Scientific areas studied include pregnancy-related conditions that affect the mother, fetus and neonate, as well as obesity, cardio-vascular disease, and breast and gynecological cancers. The under- researched and poorly understood gynecological diseases of uterine fibroids, urogynecological conditions including pelvic floor prolapse, and diseases in elderly women such as depression are also addressed. We plan to support four junior faculty members (at least one individual from NCCU) at any one time. Scholars choose a primary mentor from a core group of nationally known senior investigators from both Duke and NCCU. A second mentor is chosen from among the entire senior faculty to maximize interdisciplinary collaborations. The career development program is individualized and spans two to five years depending on the research area and the Scholar's educational needs. The program consists of an intense hands-on research project supervised by mentors, a seminar series, training in responsible conduct of research and didactic course work. An annual BIRCWH Symposium presents the work of BIRCWH Scholars to the wider research communities at Duke and NCCU. At the completion of the program the Scholars are expected to have published their results in peer-reviewed journals and obtained funding as a Principal Investigator. The Scholars' progress is monitored by the Leadership Team and the Internal Advisory Board. This IAB and an External Advisory Board evaluate the program and advise the Leadership Team. Thus, the Duke/NCCU BIRCWH program will ensure the availability of a diverse pool of highly trained women's health researchers to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical needs.