Transforming Training to Increase Diversity in the Tufts BIRCWH Program

项目总结/摘要 Tufts BIRCWH（K12 HD 092535 -06）的拟议行政补充将在以下方面具有变革性意义： 增加妇女健康和性/性别差异方面杰出研究人员的多样性， 最终目标是更好地了解疾病的基本机制， 不同性别治疗效果的异质性。塔夫茨大学在美国建立跨学科研究职业 妇女健康（BIRCWH）学者计划最近更新，继续一个示范计划，以招募， 选择和培训早期职业教师，以进行性/性别差异以及临床和健康方面的基础研究 妇女健康问题研究服务。塔夫茨BIRCWH计划的长期目标是 培养下一代在性/性别差异和妇女健康研究方面的领导人。的 该计划将在完成培训后的六年内资助教师。对于额外的学者支持 通过这一行政补充，我们建议根据残疾或 来自一个在医学和科学领域代表性不足的群体，他们已经完成了博士学位的培训，但需要 更深入的跨学科研究培训。该方案将通过五项关键活动实现其目标， 量身定制，以满足每个学者的培训需求：1）跨学科的指导团队，2）正式的研究 培训，3）跨学科研究研讨会，4）指导研究项目，以及5）发展技能， 赠款提案准备。作为母计划的一部分，我们的BIRCWH DEI主任的加入将建立 我们现有的能力，以促进招聘和保留不同的科学家在妇女的领域， 健康和性与性别差异，并在方案中促进所有人的包容性卓越。

Project Summary/Abstract This proposed administrative supplement to the Tufts BIRCWH (K12HD092535-06) will be transformative in increasing the diversity of the exceptional researchers in women's health and sex/gender differences with the ultimate goal to better understand basic mechanisms of disease and develop treatment that addresses the heterogeneity of treatment effects by sex. The Tufts University Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Scholars Program was recently renewed to continue a model program to recruit, select, and train early career faculty to conduct basic research in sex/gender differences and clinical and health services research on women's health issues. The long term goals of the Tufts BIRCWH Program are to develop the next generation of leaders in research in sex/gender differences and women’s health. The Program will fund faculty within six years of completing their training. For the additional scholar supported through this administrative supplement, we propose to select from eligible candidates based upon disability or from a group underrepresented in medicine and science who have completed their doctoral training but require more in depth interdisciplinary research training. The Program will achieve its goals through five key activities, tailored to meet each Scholar’s training needs: 1) interdisciplinary mentoring teams, 2) formal research training, 3) interdisciplinary research seminars, 4) a mentored research project, and 5) development of skills in grant proposal preparation. The addition of our BIRCWH DEI Director as part of the parent program will build our existing capacity to advance the recruitment and retention of diverse scientists in the fields of women’s health and sex and gender differences and advance inclusive excellence for all in the program.