Interdisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Health Research

 描述（由申请人提供）：研究是我们对抗心血管疾病（CVD）的主要武器，心血管疾病是美国发病率和死亡率的头号原因。护理研究人员在心血管疾病预防和管理干预科学方面的知识发现方面做出了重大贡献，以改善心血管健康。为了确保知识发现的继续，我们需要更多的培训计划，以吸引和准备有前途的护士科学家在心血管健康研究的职业生涯，特别是作为跨学科研究团队的领导者和成员。这种跨学科的方法是为下一代护理科学家准备操纵，分析和解释大数据以推进心血管健康研究和个性化健康计划的职业生涯的基础。还迫切需要增加处于职业生涯年轻阶段的护士科学家的数量。该申请要求支持护士科学家的博士前跨学科研究培训，以建立调查职业，旨在提高我们对与心血管健康，疾病，风险相关的行为，生物和基因组机制的理解，以及旨在预防或控制CVD风险因素和促进心血管健康的干预措施的调查。通过教学课程，定向研究实习，跨学科共同导师，技能建设讲习班，期刊俱乐部，研究研讨会和独立研究项目的结合，研究员将发展进行最先进研究的能力。研究员将有机会从五个研究集群中选择高级研究导师：1）干预科学; 2）研究方法; 3）生物科学; 4）社会科学;和5。大数据科学该培训计划受益于来自护理，医学和公共卫生学院的经验丰富，热情，敬业的教师的参与，他们参与了心血管健康的积极，资助的研究计划;跨学科课程的提供和研究经验的可用性，旨在实现心血管研究领域的能力;以及NIH资助的跨学科研究和培训工作的悠久历史。该培训方案的具体目标是： 1.为研究员提供深入的核心知识和技能，以便在CVD预防和管理领域进行严格的研究，包括有效访问，组织，分析和整合大数据所需的知识和技能; 2.提供深入的研究经验与专家导师进行研究，在预防和管理心血管疾病和相关方法; 3。利用整个大学的资源，以确保跨学科的培训，以培养创造性的，成功的临床研究人员谁可以领导和参与跨学科团队内的研究：和，4。增加参与研究的早期职业护士科学家的数量并加强其准备。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research is a major weapon in our fight against cardiovascular disease (CVD), the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Nurse researchers have made significant contributions to knowledge discovery in the science of CVD prevention and management interventions to improve cardiovascular health. To ensure that knowledge discovery continues, we need more training programs to attract and prepare promising nurse scientists to careers in cardiovascular health research, especially to function as leaders and members of interdisciplinary research teams. This interdisciplinary approach is fundamental to prepare the next generation of nurse scientists for careers in manipulating, analyzing and interpreting Big Data to advance cardiovascular health research and individualized health initiatives. There also is an urgent need to increase the number of nurse scientists at younger stages in their careers. This application requests support for pre-doctoral interdisciplinary research training for nurse scientists to build investigative careers directed at improving our understanding of behavioral, biologic and genomic mechanisms associated with cardiovascular health, illness, risk, and the investigation of interventions designed to prevent or control CVD risk factors and promote cardiovascular health. Through a combination of didactic coursework, directed research residencies, interdisciplinary co-mentorship, skill-building workshops, journal clubs, research seminars, and independent research projects, fellows will develop competencies to conduct state-of-the-art research. Fellows will have the opportunity to select senior research mentors from five research clusters: 1) intervention science; 2) research methodology; 3) biologic science; 4) social science; and 5. Big Data science. This training program benefits from the participation of experienced, enthusiastic, committed faculty from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health, who are involved in active, funded research programs in cardiovascular health; the availability of interdisciplinary course offerings and research experiences targeted to achieve competencies in the areas of cardiovascular research; and a strong history of productive NIH-funded interdisciplinary research and training efforts. The specific aims of this training program are to: 1. Provide fellows with the in-depth core knowledge and skills to conduct rigorous research in the area of CVD prevention and management, including the requisite knowledge and skills to effectively access, organize, analyze and integrate Big Data; 2. Provide intensive research experiences with expert mentors conducting research in the prevention and management of CVD and relevant methods; 3. Utilize resources throughout the University to assure training across disciplines to develop creative, successful clinical investigators who can lead and participate in research within interdisciplinary teams: and, 4. Increase the number of and strengthen the preparation of early career nurse scientists participating in research.