Research Training to Promote Scientist Diversity & Health Equity in Cardiovascular & Lung Disease

此T32更新申请与德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（UT）的使命和价值观一致 奥斯汀）史蒂夫希克斯社会工作学院（SSW）和戴尔医学院（DMS）通过提供一种机制， 通过这种方式来加强未来领导者在科学领域历史上代表性不足的途径， 致力于消除心血管和肺部疾病的社会和健康不平等的职业。具体 该计划的目标是：1）招募和提供严格的科学培训，以发展科学家的骨干 从代表性不足的群体中，以增加训练有素的科学家的多样性， 在心血管和肺部研究的职业生涯，重点是健康公平，和; 2）在UT培养环境 奥斯汀心血管和肺部研究的跨专业发展。这份更新申请 建议继续培训10名博士后研究员从代表性不足的群体为两年的SSW 和DMS。此外，它建议扩大该计划，以培养2名博士前研究员从以下- 代表SSW中的团体。在社会工作学院、医学院、 和护理，人口研究中心和药学院，研究员将接受培训， 以社区为基础的参与性研究方法和人口健康科学。将实施 基于证据的干预措施和/或产生科学证据，最终目标是提高健康水平 心脏和肺部疾病及其行为风险因素的公平性（例如，饮食习惯，体育活动， 依从性、烟草使用/暴露、代谢综合征、肥胖、睡眠）。主要创新包括招聘 和辅导活动牢牢地立足于科学领域的文化和种族/民族多样性这一现实， 劳动力对于创新科学知识的产生至关重要， 有一个近同侪辅导的组成部分，社会工作和医疗实习生的交叉施肥。的 DMS的独特设计是为了促进人口健康，SSW植根于公平透镜， 以社区为重点。此外，学校已经建立了一个非常成功和密切的 伙伴关系研究员将通过正式的指导，正式的课程， 研讨会、会议和其他职业发展活动。每个人都有一个主要的导师 在其他导师的帮助下，以团队为基础的方法，和一个近同行的网络（博士后研究员， 博士前研究员和博士后研究员的助理教授），他们也将为指导做出贡献。 主要研究者/项目主管，Yessenia Castro博士、Catherine Cubbin博士和Elizabeth Matsui博士 将全面管理该计划。一个包括外部成员的咨询委员会将 协助他们管理和评估方案及其成果。

This T32 renewal application aligns with the mission and values of The University of Texas at Austin’s (UT Austin) Steve Hicks School of Social Work (SSW) and Dell Medical School (DMS) by providing a mechanism by which to enhance the pathways of future leaders historically underrepresented in the sciences toward careers dedicated to eliminating social and health inequities in cardiovascular and lung disease. The specific aims of the program are to: 1) recruit and provide rigorous scientific training to a cadre of developing scientists from under-represented groups in order to increase diversity in the pool of highly-trained scientists prepared for a career in cardiovascular and lung research focused on health equity, and; 2) foster an environment at UT Austin for inter-professional development in cardiovascular and lung research. This renewal application proposes to continue to train 10 postdoctoral fellows from under-represented groups for two years in the SSW and DMS. In addition, it proposes to expand the program to train 2 predoctoral fellows from under- represented groups in the SSW. With involvement from 34 mentors in the Schools of Social Work, Medicine, and Nursing, the Population Research Center, and the College of Pharmacy, fellows will be trained in community-based participatory research methods and population health science. They will implement evidence-based interventions and/or produce scientific evidence with the ultimate goal of increasing health equity in heart and lung diseases and their behavioral risk factors (e.g., dietary habits, physical activity, adherence, tobacco use/exposure, metabolic syndrome, obesity, sleep). Key innovations include recruitment and mentoring activities firmly grounded in the reality that cultural and racial/ethnic diversity in the scientific workforce is critical to the production of innovative scientific knowledge, a team-based mentoring approach with a near-peer mentoring component, the cross-fertilization of social work and medical trainees. The DMS is uniquely designed to promote population health and the SSW is rooted in an equity lens and has a strong community-based focus. Furthermore, the Schools have established a very successful and close partnership. Fellows will further their research training through formal mentorship, formal coursework, seminars, conferences, and other career development activities. Each fellow will have a primary mentor assisted by other mentors in a team-based approach, and a network of near-peers (postdoctoral fellows for predoctoral fellows and assistant professors for postdoctoral fellows) who will also contribute to mentoring. The Principal Investigators/Program Directors, Drs. Yessenia Castro, Catherine Cubbin, and Elizabeth Matsui will provide overall management of the program. An Advisory Committee, including external members, will assist them in the administration and evaluation of the program and its outcomes.