Emory University BIRCWH Program

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SUMMARY The Emory BIRCWH Program is a multidisciplinary education program designed to provide career development training and support for outstanding junior faculty interested in innovative and high impact women’s health research. In the initial project period, our program plan was focused on building a sustainable BIRCWH-specific career development infrastructure with the following components: a) A diverse and cohesive leadership structure; b) An effective approach for identifying and recruiting a diverse cohort of promising junior faculty with interest in developing a career in women’s health research; c) A women’s health tailored didactic research training program that leverages existing infrastructure to maximize economy of scale; and d) A mentoring career development program that is adapted to the needs of the individual Scholar. Applying these metrics, the Emory BIRCWH has made significant contributions to the Office of Research in Women’s Health’s mission to promote women's health research and the science of sex differences. Our training plan is firmly tethered to relevant institutional programs including Emory University Laney Graduate School’s Master of Science in Clinical Research program. We attracted some of the best and brightest cadre of junior faculty who have leveraged the BIRCWH support to advance their careers, receiving NIH funding in excess of $16 M as PIs, and publishing 86 peer-reviewed papers during their training in the BIRCWH. Through this administrative supplement, we plan to enhance the diversity of our program by recruiting a highly qualified candidate who represents an Under-represented minority population (URM), or someone with disabilities as defined by the NIH. This scholar will undergo the enhanced mentored research trained offered by the Emory BIRCWH program as outlined in the following specific aims: a) Expand our program administrative structure to meet the growing needs of the Emory BIRCWH, and leverage this expansion as a tool for practical leadership skill development for the next generation of BIRCWH and women’s health leaders; b) Continue to leverage and partner with available institutional infrastructure for individualized didactic research training in research fundamentals and methodology to advance women’s health research and the science of sex/gender differences; c) Refine our multidisciplinary mentored career development program by adding community mentors to broaden the impact of scholars’ research; and d) Enhance and continue to the implementation of our successful campus-wide approach for identifying and recruiting a diverse cohort of promising candidates. While we have identified a suitable candidate along with her two mentors as required by the administrative supplement announcement, the candidate will undergo our internal candidate selection process of submitting a career development award application followed by NIH style review as outlined in our parent application.