Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center

摘要 布法罗翻译联盟（BTC）翻译劳动力开发组件的总体目标 是培训和发展一个跨专业，跨学科，种族/种族/文化多样性 临床和翻译工作人员的技能，以满足我们的社区，该地区的医疗保健需求， 归国KL 2导师职业发展计划（KL 2计划）将吸引有才华和有动力的 任何健康科学学科的学者（包括医学，护理，牙科，药学，公共卫生）加入 临床和转化科学的劳动力，以开发新的诊断，预防和治疗 对疾病采取干预措施，重点是解决影响我们社区的健康差距。我们将 培训学者使用跨学科的方法，将基础和临床进展转化为改善 健康护理我们将发展一支民族/种族/文化多样化的劳动力队伍，以克服 临床和研究事业，并解决社区，如布法罗的卫生不平等。布法罗是第三个 该国最贫穷的城市，超过50%的人口属于传统的代表性不足[（AA（39%）， HA（11%），NA/PI（0.8%）]（2010年人口普查）和/或服务不足的少数民族。难民占世界人口的5%以上， 布法罗种群。 该KL 2计划的目标是通过支持至少四名初级教师/医生科学家学者， 在培训和导师的帮助下，他们有望再获得三年的时间， 通过K奖的个人资助来完成五年的培训计划。该方案补充说， 通过并与机构资助的院长学者计划相结合，这使我们能够培训6个额外的 学者在相同的条件下。将有5名学者在该计划在第1年和第2年和第10年之后。我们 将重点招聘来自健康科学专业代表性不足背景的个人。的 该计划有四个具体目标：1）吸引，参与和培训国家的最先进的临床和转化科学 和广泛的健康科学学科的人才和积极的早期职业调查人员谁来自 代表性不足的群体或处境不利的背景和/或带来新的观点，健康差距 2）根据个人需求为导师和学员制定全面的辅导计划; 3)通过促进学者的跨专业和跨学科培训，促进独立的途径 掌握团队科学概念;以及4）使我们的学者社区能够合作并发现新的 与其他CTSA中心的合作领域。该计划将培训和发展KL 2学者的专业技能 并促进他们在临床和翻译工作队伍中无缝过渡到下一个职业水平 渠道. KL 2学者作为CTSA学者社区的领导者，将有机会回馈社会。 通过为来自我们社区，该地区的学生和同龄人提供该学科的指导和指导， 在全国范围内通过CTSA财团。

ABSTRACT The overall goal the Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC) Translational Workforce Development component is training and development of an interprofessional, interdisciplinary, and ethnically/racially/culturally diverse clinical and translational workforce with skills to meet the health care needs of our community, the region and the nation. The KL2 Mentored Career Development Program (KL2 Program) will engage talented and motivated scholars in any health science discipline (including medicine, nursing, dental, pharmacy, public health) to join the clinical and translational science workforce to develop new diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic interventions for diseases with emphasis on addressing health disparities affecting our communities. We will train scholars to use an interdisciplinary approach to translate basic and clinical advances into improved healthcare. We will develop an ethnic/racial/culturally diverse workforce to overcome the growing divide between clinical and research careers, and to address health inequities in communities such as Buffalo. Buffalo is the 3rd poorest city in the country, where over 50% of its population belongs to traditional underrepresented [(AA (39%), HA (11%), NA/PI (0.8%)] (2010 Census) and/or underserved minorities. Refugees represent over 5% of the Buffalo population. The goal of this KL2 Program is to train at least four junior faculty/physician scientist scholars by supporting them for two years with the expectation that, with training and mentor assistance, they secure an additional three years of individual funding through K awards to complete the five-year training program. The program is complemented by and integrated with an institutionally funded Dean's Scholars program, which allows us to train 6 additional scholars under the same terms. There will be 5 scholars in the program in Years 1 and 2 and 10 thereafter. We will focus on recruiting individuals from underrepresented backgrounds in health science professions. The program has four specific aims: 1) Attract, engage, and train in state-of-the-art clinical and translational science and a broad range of health science disciplines talented and motivated early career investigators who come from underrepresented groups or disadvantaged backgrounds and/or bring new perspectives to health disparities challenges; 2) Develop comprehensive mentoring programs for mentors and trainees tailored to individual needs; 3) Promote pathways to independence by fostering inter-professional and inter-disciplinary training for scholars to master team science concepts; and 4) Empower our Community of Scholars to collaborate and identify new areas of engagement with other CTSA hubs. The program will train and develop KL2 Scholars' professional skills and facilitate a seamless transition to their next career level within the clinical and translational workforce pipeline. KL2 Scholars, as leaders of the CTSA Community of Scholars, will have the opportunity to give back by providing mentoring and guidance in the discipline to students and peers from our community, the region, and nationwide through the CTSA consortium.