UC San Diego RAPID Faculty Development Program in Infectious Diseases

摘要 加强生物医学劳动力的多样性对于改善教育经验，培养 科学发现和创新，提高健康差距研究的效益， 增加公众信任。虽然学术机构在实现这一目标方面发挥着重要作用， Ranks是所有多元化举措中最不成功的。加州大学圣地亚哥分校教师的总体目标 传染病发展方案（FDP-ID），称为提高进步和平等 传染病研究人员快速发展计划（RAPID）旨在提高生物医学研究人员的多样性。 加州大学圣地亚哥分校的快速计划将提供有效的指导，课程，以发展关键的学术技能 和经验，以提高成功的研究计划，重点是传染病和成功， 获得校外资助RAPID将招募代表性不足的早期职业学者，包括初级教师 和博士后研究员，已经从国家人才库中获得了最初的教师职位， 在加州大学圣地亚哥分校的访问学者计划的专业和研究发展活动。快速 该项目由来自加州大学圣地亚哥分校的两名主要研究者（PI）和三名合作研究者（co-Is）指导 在指导和培训博士后研究员、住院医生和初级医生方面拥有丰富经验的医学院 教师和成功创建和实施职业发展和指导计划，专门为 早期职业学者人数不足。PI/ co-Is成功地领导了由校外资助的培训， 计划;五个PI中的四个积极参与NIH赞助的传染病研究; PI来自生物医学劳动力中代表性不足的背景。UCSD的具体目标 RAPID计划旨在通过提供早期职业学者来增强生物医学劳动力的多样性 从代表性不足的种族/民族，妇女和残疾人群体的关键学术技能，以提高他们的 成功地开展了以传染病为重点的研究项目。我们提出三个具体目标。目的 1.通过招聘代表性不足的早期职业学者来增加生物医学劳动力的多样性 （初级教师和过渡博士后研究员）从地方和国家池谁有传染病 与我们的研究导师的科学专业知识相一致。目标二。加强专业技能发展 和有效的指导参与者通过利用循证策略，包括教师的研究和 职业发展计划，指导团队，并通过提高各种专业知识和技能， 对研究成功至关重要的发展领域。目标3.促进研究培训和研究自我- 早期职业学者在传染病研究知识，技能和战略的有效性，通过 沉浸在学员感兴趣的传染病领域的活动中。RAPID包括PI/co-I， 在教师和URM培训生发展方面拥有丰富的经验，是加州大学圣地亚哥分校高级教师的强大队伍 来自代表性不足背景的研究人员和职业导师。

Abstract Enhancing the diversity of the biomedical workforce is important for improving educational experiences, fostering scientific discovery and innovation, enhancing the benefit of research on health disparity populations and increasing public trust. While academic institutions have an important role in this goal, diversifying the faculty ranks has been the least successful of all diversity initiatives. The overall goal of the UC San Diego Faculty Development Program in Infectious Diseases (FDP-ID) termed Raising Advancement and Parity for Infectious Disease Researchers (RAPID) is to enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce. The UC San Diego RAPID program will provide effective mentorship, courses to develop critical academic skills and experiences to enhance success of research programs focused on infectious diseases and success in obtaining extramural funding. RAPID will recruit underrepresented early career academics including junior faculty and postdoctoral fellows that have secured an initial faculty position from a national pool to participate in professional and research development activities in a visiting scholar program at UC San Diego. The RAPID program is directed by two principal investigators (PIs) and three co-investigators (co-Is) from the UC San Diego School of Medicine with extensive experience in mentoring and training postdoctoral fellows, residents and junior faculty and success in creating and implementing career development and mentoring programs specifically for underrepresented early career academics. The PIs / co-Is have successfully led extramurally-funded training programs; four of the five PIs are actively engaged in NIH-sponsored infectious diseases research; four of the PIs are from backgrounds underrepresented in the biomedical workforce. The specific objectives of the UCSD RAPID program are to enhance the diversity of the biomedical workforce by providing early career academics from underrepresented racial / ethnic, women and disabled groups with critical academic skills to enhance their success in developing research programs focused on infectious diseases. We propose three specific aims. Aim 1. To increase the diversity of the biomedical workforce by recruiting underrepresented early career academics (junior faculty and transitioning postdoctoral fellows) from local and national pools who have infectious diseases scientific expertise aligned with those of our research mentors. Aim 2. To enhance professional skill development and effective mentorship of participants by utilizing evidence-based strategies including a faculty research and career advancement plan, mentoring teams and by improving knowledge and skills in various professional development areas important for research success. Aim 3. To promote research training and research self- efficacy of early career academics in infectious diseases research knowledge, skills and strategies through immersion in activities in the mentees area of interest in infectious disease. RAPID includes PIs /co-Is with extensive experience in faculty and URM trainee development, a strong cohort of UC San Diego senior faculty researchers and career mentors from underrepresented backgrounds.