Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse

 描述(由申请人提供)：本申请请求西班牙裔药物滥用问题跨学科研究培训研究所(IRTI)的持续支持，该研究所制定并实施了一项研究教育计划，旨在促进博士前和职业生涯早期专注于临床的科学家的职业发展，他们对进行影响拉美裔人口的研究感兴趣。这一全面和协调的努力侧重于提供研究经验和提高准备和提交国家卫生研究院外部资金竞争性研究申请所需的技能。这一续签申请扩大了IRTI计划的范围，将来自墨西哥的专注于临床的国际研究员包括在内。在现有IRTI的成功和成就的基础上，IRTI的具体目标是：(1)继续提供改进的教育培训机会，通过实施为期11天的夏季强化研究培训计划，提高进行跨学科拉美裔药物研究的技能，并在博士后、博士后和职业生涯早期的教员(研究员)中开发NIH资金申请；(2)扩大IRTI计划的范围，将来自墨西哥的国际、专注于临床的研究员包括在内，这将有助于加强他们进行独立药物研究的能力，并为美国和墨西哥研究员提供机会，分享可能发展为旨在加强两国公共卫生努力以解决药物滥用和成瘾问题的研究活动的知识；(3)继续执行以跨学科高级教师导师团队为核心的改进的指导计划，这些导师将可接近和可用，为选定的研究员提供重点指导和持续支持；(4)继续提供改进的网络结构和程序，协助研究员建立和保持与拉美裔药物研究领域的主要专家和同行的关系和交流。辅导活动将侧重于指导和协助研究员实现进展基准，包括：a)学术事业进展；b)科学出版物；c)科学陈述；d)研究经费。这些成果将通过IRTI提供的各种支持来促进，包括：导师承诺、前往导师机构、电子导师技术、会议/研讨会和IRTI导师年会。当代药物滥用研究的复杂性和技术性，以及对若干学科对药物相关知识的日益增长的需求，要求竞争性研究调查人员发展一套基础广泛的科学知识和科学研究技能，以促进为公众健康进行跨学科药物滥用研究。在现有指导和联网成功的基础上，拟议的IRTI更新将继续填补关于如何开发有效的研究孵化器的知识空白，从而增加少数族裔药物滥用研究人员的数量。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests continued support of the Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) on Hispanic Drug Abuse (5 R25DA026401) that has developed and implemented a research education program aimed at promoting the career development of pre-doctoral and early career clinically focused scientists interested in conducting research that affects the Hispanic population. This comprehensive and coordinated effort focuses on providing research experience and increasing the skills required for the preparation and submission of competitive research applications for NIH extramural funding. This renewal application expands the scope of the IRTI program to include international clinically focused fellows from Mexico. Building upon the success and accomplishments of the existing IRTI, the specific aims of the IRTI are to (1) Continue to provide an improved educational training opportunity to enhance the skills for conducting interdisciplinary Hispanic drug research and developing applications for NIH funding among pre-doctoral, postdoctoral and early career faculty members (fellows) through the implementation of an 11-day intensive summer research training program; (2) Expand the scope of the IRTI program to include international, clinically focused fellows from Mexico that will serve to strengthen their capacity o conduct independent drug research and provide opportunities for U.S. and Mexico fellows to share knowledge that may develop into research activities aimed at enhancing bi-national public health efforts to address drug abuse and addiction; (3) Continue to execute an improved mentoring plan structured around a team of interdisciplinary senior faculty mentors who would be accessible and available to provide selected fellows with focused mentoring and continued support; (4) Continue to provide an improved networking structure and process that will assist fellows in building and maintaining relationships and communication with leading experts in the field of Hispanic drug research and fellow peers. Mentoring activities will focus on guiding and assisting the fellows in achieving benchmarks of progress including: a) Academic Career Progress; b) Scientific Publications; c) Scientific Presentations; and d) Research Funding. These outcomes will be facilitated through various types of support provided by the IRTI including: Mentor Commitment, Travel to Mentor Institution, E-Mentoring Technologies, Conferences/Workshops, and IRTI Mentoring Annual Meeting. The complex and technical nature of contemporary drug abuse research and the growing demands for drug-related knowledge across several disciplines requires that competitive research investigators develop a broad-based set of scientific knowledge and scientific research skills that will facilitate the conduct of interdisciplinary drug abuse research in the interest of public health. Building upon the existing mentoring and networking success, the proposed IRTI renewal will continue to fill the gap in knowledge on how to develop effective research incubators that will increase the number of minority drug abuse researchers.