AppalTRuST Career Enhancement Core

抽象-职业提升核心 需要了解烟草监管科学(TRS)并能将科学转化为 支持有效的监管政策对烟草使用量最高的农村社区至关重要 以及相关的全国发病率。AppalTRuST职业提升核心(CEC)的目标是 创造一种变革性的环境，提供有指导、多学科和身临其境的职业生涯 加强经验，以扩大和支持TRS学者，并特别强调 农村社区的监管政策。CEC将以好奇和敬业的学者为目标，拥有不同的 具有专业和人口学背景，具备成为独立TRS研究人员的潜力。 在中心专业知识的基础上，我们将招募两批AppalTRuST学者，每批由两名 教师学者和两名博士后学者。这些AppalTRuST奖学金获得者将被招募为期两年， 不重叠的体验。每位学者将与指导团队一起工作，并参与多学科的研究 TRS丰富活动，密切监测在实现科学事业独立方面的进展。 具体来说，AppalTRuST奖学金获得者将获得个性化的指导和职业提升体验 通过队列建设、多学科的TRS充实活动，包括每周会议、研讨会、 杂志俱乐部和一系列以NIH为模式的拨款撰写研讨会。AppalTRuST奖学金获得者还将获得 作为三家AppalTRuST之一的研究团队的一员，具有TRS研究方面的实践经验 项目，然后制定自己的(学者领导的)TRS试点项目。AppalTRuST学者将受益于 跨TCORS访问学者计划将向他们介绍国外的科学领域 AppalTRuST并促进其他TCORS调查人员之间的合作网络。 CEC将与项目负责人、行政核心、社区外展和参与者密切合作 合作核心(COPE)和生物统计和信息学核心(BIC)以确保AppalTRuST学者 有充足的资源和机会学习适用于农村的创新方法。最后， CEC将与管理核心合作，赞助AppalTRuST TRS系列研讨会。四次 CEC将在一年内主办这些研讨会，以创建合作和协作网络。我们将特别邀请 FDA科学家和TCORS教职员工和来自其他TCORS的学者介绍并告知AppalTRuST 研究人员和更广泛的TRS社区关于协同机会、方法进步和 TCORS社区的新研究发现。研讨会将一如既往地向所有人开放 在AppalTRuST网站上进行流媒体、录制和存档。冲击力。AppalTRuST职业生涯 增强核心将培养独立的学者，他们可以设计和领导严格的研究，以提供 FDA在服务不足和研究不足的农村社区的烟草监管决策，最终 减少与烟草有关的发病率和死亡率。

ABSTRACT – CAREER ENHANCEMENT CORE The need for researchers who understand Tobacco Regulatory Science (TRS) and can translate science to support effective regulatory policies is vital for rural communities which have some of the highest tobacco use and associated morbidity rates in the nation. The goal of the AppalTRuST Career Enhancement Core (CEC) is to create a transformative environment that provides mentored, multidisciplinary and immersive career enhancement experiences to expand and support TRS scholars, with a critical emphasis on the impact of regulatory policies in rural communities. The CEC will target inquisitive and dedicated scholars with diverse professional and demographic backgrounds and high potential to become independent TRS researchers. Building on Center expertise, we will recruit two cohorts of AppalTRuST Scholars, each consisting of two Faculty Scholars and two Postdoctoral Scholars. These AppalTRuST Scholars will be recruited for a two-year, non-overlapping experience. Each scholar will work with a mentoring team and participate in multidisciplinary TRS enrichment activities, enjoying close monitoring of progress toward scientific career independence. Specifically, AppalTRuST Scholars will receive personalized mentoring and career enhancement experiences through cohort-building, multidisciplinary TRS enrichment activities including weekly meetings, seminars, journal clubs and a NIH-modeled grant writing series of workshops. AppalTRuST Scholars will also receive hands-on experience in TRS research working as part of the research team of one of three AppalTRuST projects and then developing their own (Scholar-led) TRS pilot project. AppalTRuST Scholars will benefit from the Cross-TCORS Visiting Scholars Program that will introduce them to scientific domains outside of AppalTRuST and promote collaborative networks among other TCORS investigators. CEC will work closely with Project Leads, the Administrative Core, the Community Outreach and Participant Engagement Core (COPE) and the Biostatistics and Informatics Core (BIC) to ensure AppalTRuST Scholars have ample resources and opportunities to learn innovative methodologies applied to the rural context. Finally, CEC will collaborate with the Administrative Core to sponsor an AppalTRuST TRS Seminar Series. Four times a year, CEC will host these seminars to create collegial and collaborative networks. We will specifically invite FDA scientists and TCORS faculty and scholars from other TCORS to present and inform AppalTRuST researchers and the broader TRS community about synergistic opportunities, methodologic advances, and new research findings across the TCORS community. The seminars will be open to all, as they will be streamed, recorded, and archived on the AppalTRuST website. Impact. The AppalTRuST Career Enhancement Core will develop independent scholars who can design and lead rigorous studies that inform FDA’s tobacco regulatory decision-making in underserved and understudied rural communities, ultimately reducing tobacco-related morbidity and mortality.