UIC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Program

本补编建议增加一名代表不足的西班牙裔内科科学家学者 UIC BIRCWH计划。这位学者是UIC家庭部的终身教职助理教授 他领导了一项专注于宫颈癌健康差异的研究计划。这个 SCHART的主要导师是一位资金雄厚的妇产科教授，也是前BIRCWH Pi，有很强的跟踪能力 关于妇女健康的研究记录，包括与学者正在进行的关于#年健康差距的项目 在宫颈癌筛查中，它们充当多项PI。新学者将加入目前BIRCWH的队列 三名学者，包括两名医学博士和一名西班牙裔博士。UIC BIRCWH的总体目标 计划是与2019-23年跨NIH妇女健康研究战略计划相结合，以促进 培训和职业发展一支训练有素、多样化和强大的劳动力队伍，以促进健康科学的发展 妇女权利“(NIH ORWH，2019年)。我们的长远目标是促进 新一代研究人员具备推动科学发展所需的知识和职业技能 为了妇女在未来十年及以后的健康。我们总部设在UIC医学院，但是 利用UIC的七所卫生学院的跨学科优势。我们过去的成功执导了一部BIRCWH 从2007年至2017年，促进了18名学者的学术生涯(33%的代表不足的少数族裔；URM)。我们 在UIC资助的妇女健康研究(WHR)协会中也有成功指导的记录 支持8名学者的计划(38%的URM)和支持3名学者的UIC资助的桥梁计划 学者。这三个项目都得到了UIC领导层的强有力的机构支持。2019-2024年 BIRCWH的目标是在妇女或性/基于性别的健康研究方面培训6名初级教职研究人员：3名医学博士 3年和2年的3个博士学位。我们利用四个计划优势：(1)我们成功地推出了 29名初级教员在妇女健康研究方面的职业生涯；(2)与跨NIH战略计划保持一致 妇女健康；(3)该方案的高度跨学科性质以及跨UIC和区域的一体化 BIRCWH计划；以及(4)使用循证指导实践来准备学者进行 团队科学和解决新的女性和URM调查人员面临的障碍。我们的短期目标是建立 通过正在进行的计划活动和几个新的计划来利用这些优势。正在进行的活动包括： A)用新的培训和工具补充团队指导方案，b)优化现有和新的UIC 伙伴关系，以及c)加强我们在妇女健康研究方面的强大教学课程。BIRCWH活动 在UIC与性和性别对健康和疾病的影响有关的问题上，将推动ORWH目标加速 将知识转化为改善妇女保健的工作。

This Supplement proposes to add an underrepresented Scholar, a physician-scientist of Hispanic origin, to the UIC BIRCWH program. The Scholar is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the UIC Department of Family and Community Medicine and leads a program of research focusing on health disparities in cervical cancer. The Scholar's Primary Mentor is a well-funded Professor of OB/GYN and former BIRCWH PI with a strong track record of research on women's health, including an ongoing project with the Scholar on health disparities in cervical cancer screening where they serve as Multi-PIs. The new Scholar will join the current BIRCWH cohort of three Scholars, including two MDs and a PhD of Hispanic origin. The overall goal of the UIC BIRCWH Program is to align with the 2019-23 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research to “promote training and careers to develop a well-trained, diverse, and robust workforce to advance science for the health of women” (NIH ORWH, 2019). Our long-term objective is to promote training and career development of a new generation of researchers equipped with the knowledge and career skills necessary to advance science for the health of women in the next decade and beyond. We are based in the UIC College of Medicine, but draw on the interdisciplinary strengths of UIC's seven health colleges. Our past success directing a BIRCWH from 2007-2017 fostered the academic careers of 18 Scholars (33% under-represented minorities; URM). We also have a record of success mentoring in the UIC-funded Women's Health Research (WHR) Associates Program which supported 8 Scholars (38% URM) and the UIC-funded Bridge Program which supported 3 Scholars. All three programs have received strong institutional support from UIC leadership. The 2019-2024 BIRCWH aims to train 6 junior faculty researchers in women's or sex/gender-based health research: 3 MDs for 3 years and 3 PhDs for 2 years. We capitalize on four program strengths: (1) our success in launching the careers of 29 junior faculty in women's health research; (2) alignment with the Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women's Health; (3) the highly interdisciplinary nature of the program and integration across UIC and regional BIRCWH Programs; and (4) the use of evidence-based mentoring practices to prepare scholars to conduct team science and address barriers facing new female and URM investigators. Our short-term objectives build upon these strengths through ongoing program activities and several new initiatives. Ongoing activities include: a) supplementing team mentoring programs with new training and tools, b) optimizing existing and new UIC partnerships, and c) augmenting our strong didactic curriculum in women's health research. BIRCWH activities at UIC related to sex and gender influences in health and disease will advance the ORWH goal to accelerate the translation of knowledge into improved health care for women.