RCMI@Morgan: Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation

调查员开发核心--项目摘要 RCMI计划的目标是使调查人员能够更成功地获得有竞争力的 来自美国国立卫生研究院的外部支持，特别是对对少数群体和其他人造成不成比例影响的疾病的研究 改善健康差距，并营造有利于职业发展的环境。的目标是 RCMI@Morgan Investigator开发核心(IDC)旨在支持 基础生物医学、行为和/或临床科学方面的不同研究人员，特别强调早期阶段 调查人员。IDC的活动将集中在(1)试点赠款计划的管理，(2)提供额外的 写作和研究支持，以及(3)社区建设。 摩根州立大学(MSU)的研究人员将更好地成为NIH的成功申请者 如果他们有意就研究和资助申请的步骤和组成部分进行指导，则提供资金 审查进程，特别是为修订和重新提交文件提供了支持。此外， 在一个教学密集的环境中，找到时间和学科来写作是具有挑战性的，并出版研究 同行评议期刊上的发现是未来获得研究基金成功的重要因素 建议，因此IDC将召集科学写作责任小组(SWAG)，即同行责任小组 旨在通过每周的结构化会议提高工作效率。 密歇根州立大学的高教学负担可能会对我们的教职员工产生孤立的影响。他们的时间似乎不多了 参加邻近校园的研究研讨会，以及去参加研究会议的稀缺资金。因此， 教师建立合作者网络的机会有限，更不用说获得新的研究技能或成为 熟悉新的方法和设备，这阻碍了教师在其 研究。尤其是职业生涯早期的研究人员，需要建立强大的学术研究支持网络，以拥有 事业成功。针对早期职业教师的精心组织的指导计划和教师暑期的机会 研究伙伴关系和与研究密集型合作机构的教师建立长期的结构化导师关系将 帮助解决这一赤字问题。 密歇根州立大学方法的一个创新方面是从战略上鼓励跨学科对话和 社会/行为科学家与STEM学科基础研究人员之间的合作。提供结构化的但 专注于健康差距研究的教职员工相互联系和与板凳建立联系的非正式场合 科学家将创造机会，交流研究想法和方法，并有可能发起 并加强来自密歇根州立大学和研究伙伴机构的教师之间的研究和写作合作。 IDC的目标是为密歇根州立大学的调查人员提供他们成功所需的东西，资助他们 以及富有成效的生物医学和行为健康研究人员，并推进他们的研究事业。

Investigator Development Core – Project Summary The RCMI program’s objectives are to enable investigators to become more successful in obtaining competitive extramural support from NIH, particularly for research into diseases that disproportionately impact minority and other health disparity populations, and to foster environments conducive to career enhancement. The goal of the RCMI@Morgan Investigator Development Core (IDC) is to support the development and enhance the competitiveness of diverse investigators in basic biomedical, behavioral and/or clinical sciences, with particular emphasis on early-stage investigators. The IDC’s activities will center on (1) the administration of a pilot grant program, (2) provision of additional writing and research support, and (3) community building. Morgan State University’s (MSU) research faculty will be better positioned to be successful applicants for NIH funding if they have been intentionally mentored on the steps and components of the research and grant application process, experienced the review process, and, particularly, provided support for revision and resubmission. Further, finding the time and the discipline to write is challenging in a teaching-intensive environment, and publishing research findings in peer-reviewed journals is an important factor in future success in being awarded funding for research proposals, and thus the IDC will convene Science Writing Accountability Groups (SWAGs), peer accountability groups designed to increase productivity via weekly structured meetings. The high teaching load at MSU can have an isolating effect on our faculty. There seems to be little time for them to attend research seminars on neighboring campuses, and scarce funds to travel to research conferences. Hence, faculty have limited opportunities to build a network of collaborators, let alone acquire new research skills or become familiar with new methodologies and equipment, which hinders faculty from using cutting-edge approaches in their research. Early-career investigators, in particular, need to build robust academic research support networks to have successful careers. A well-structured mentoring program for early career faculty and the opportunity for faculty summer research partnerships and longer-term structured mentorships with faculty at research-intensive partner institutions will help to address this deficit. An innovative aspect of MSU’s approach is to strategically encourage interdisciplinary conversation and collaboration between social/behavioral scientists and basic researchers in STEM disciplines. Providing structured but informal occasions for faculty focusing on health disparities research to network with each other and with bench scientists will create opportunities for cross-fertilization of research ideas and approaches, and the potential to initiate and strengthen research and writing collaborations, among faculty from MSU and from research partner institutions. The IDC’s aims are designed to equip MSU’s investigators with what they need to become successful, funded and productive biomedical and behavioral health investigators and to advance their research careers.