Great Plains IDeA-CTR

 描述（由申请人提供）：大平原是一个广阔的农村地区与城市发展的口袋。地理和社会隔离-在农村和服务不足的城市地区缺乏获得初级和专业护理-我们的一些最脆弱的人群的特点我们的目标是建立一个强大的，网络化的研究基础设施，培养，发展和指导我们的临床和转化研究（CTR）研究人员，以及建立他们之间的合作，并与整个北方大平原的社区成员。我们计划与其他IDEA-CTR实体建立伙伴关系，以分享发展CTR事业的最佳实践。这些努力将使我们在研究奖项方面更具竞争力，因为我们努力更好地了解疾病的发展及其预防方法，特别是因为它涉及我们的IDEA-CTR网络中的农村和城市服务不足人群。大平原IDEA-CTR将连接内布拉斯加大学医学中心的资源，其合作伙伴从内布拉斯加州延伸到其邻近的IDEA州，南达科他州和北达科他州，并与堪萨斯边境CTSA大学合作，以实现四个总体目标：1）创建和维持扩大资助CTR所需的基础设施，服务，资源和社区关系; 2）培养一批成功的CTR研究人员，他们拥有全面的专业发展计划、试点赠款、关键服务（KCA）和专业知识，准备开发和实施创新工具和方法，并领导CTR团队; 3）在与南达科他州、北达科他州和堪萨斯的大平原地区IDEA-CTR州现有合作伙伴关系的基础上，扩大CTR团队，传播现有资源，以提高其利用率并减少重复，合作建立新的方案和资源，并改善卫生成果; 4）实施全面的内部评估计划，以评估和加强大平原IDEA-CTR领导，衡量大平原IDEA-CTR计划在该地区的影响，跟踪Great Plains IDEA-CTR在目标和绩效里程碑方面的进展，并评估资源的有效性和在整个地区的传播。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Great Plains is a vast, rural region with pockets of urban development. Geographic and social isolation- combined with lack of access to primary and specialized care in both rural and underserved urban areas- characterizes some of our most vulnerable populations Our objective is to develop a robust, networked research infrastructure to nurture, develop, and guide our clinical and translational research (CTR) investigators, as well as build collaborations among them and with community members across the northern Great Plains. We plan to foster partnerships with other IDeA-CTR entities in order to share best practices on developing CTR undertakings. Such efforts will position us to become more competitive for research awards as we strive to better understand the development of disease and the means for its prevention-particularly as it pertains to rural and urban underserved populations in our IDeA-CTR network. The Great Plains IDeA- CTR will link the resources of the University of Nebraska Medical Center to those of its partners that stretch from Nebraska, to its neighboring IDeA states, South Dakota and North Dakota, and in collaboration with the University of Kansas Frontiers CTSA, to achieve four overall goals: 1) Create and sustain the infrastructure, services, resources, and community relationships needed to expand funded CTR; 2) Develop a cadre of successful CTR investigators with a comprehensive professional development program, pilot grants, key services (KCAs), and expertise, who are prepared to develop and implement innovative tools and approaches and lead CTR teams; 3) Build upon existing partnerships with regional Great Plains IDeA-CTR states of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Kansas to expand CTR teams, disseminate existing resources to enhance their utilization and reduce duplication, collaborate to build new programs and resources, and improve health outcomes; 4) Implement a comprehensive internal evaluation program to assess and strengthen Great Plains IDeA-CTR leadership, measure the impact of the Great Plains IDeA-CTR programs in the region, track Great Plains IDeA-CTR progress on goals and performance milestones, and assess effectiveness of resources and dissemination across the region.