Expanding Multilevel Multicomponent Mentorship in Kidney Disease Research

肾脏疾病影响全球近三分之一的成年人，并与显著的发病率和 死亡率。在过去的三十年里，人们对肾脏的认识取得了巨大的进步。 疾病机制，最近导致了新的治疗方法，包括医疗保健提供战略 加强健康信息的传递，促进成功的自我护理，但生活质量以及 存活率仍然很低，尤其是那些患有包括肾衰竭在内的晚期肾脏疾病的人。 重要的是，NIH/NIDDK已经投入资金，确保患者伴侣在治疗过程中不可或缺 在进行研究的同时，确定优先顺序。同样，NIH/NIDDK正在进一步投资，以确保学术 研究队伍也是多样化和具有代表性的。这是整个肾脏的一个重要目标。 疾病研究包括基础科学、临床和转化研究以及政策研究。卡瓦诺博士是一位 在肾脏疾病临床试验、健康素养及其影响、形成性研究方面的知名专家 阐明利益相关者的观点，并将其纳入研究和社区参与。她的目标是 利用K26 NIDDK研究员奖的支持来支持对早期职业研究人员的指导 从不同背景着眼于培养下一代科学家带来变革性 肾脏疾病研究进展。应聘者的近期和长期职业目标是 领先的研究人员的发展直接符合NIH K26奖项的目标，以提供 为获奖者提供受保护的时间，让他们致力于指导培训和对文化敏感的指导 博士后。具体地说，这个奖项将让她专注于多层次的发展 指导计划，以促进初出茅庐的早期调查人员的职业发展。该奖项将提供 候选人有时间专门从事严谨的研究，担任初选， 合作、倡导和网络导师，并在研究中发展指导技能。她的目标是 招募和指导博士后研究员和初级教员以促进肾脏临床研究事业的成功 此外，她还表示，她的工作重点是预防和控制疾病，并支持她目前受训人员的职业发展。她将通过以下方式实现这一目标 利用她的研究项目资源以及强大的机构、地区和国家资源。 这些目标包括：(A)继续进行有影响力的研究，以扩大受辅导者的机会；(B)发展和 部署一种新的文化定制的心理和工具性肾脏疾病宣传研究 导师方案；(C)获得专家咨询委员会通报的辅导技能培训；和(D) 执行招聘计划，以确定并吸引来自不同背景的受训者。完成 这些目标将促进来自不同背景的肾脏疾病科学家的职业发展 使未来致力于了解和消除肾脏疾病的教职员工队伍多样化并有所增长。

Kidney disease affects nearly one in three adults worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Throughout the last three decades there has been tremendous progress in understanding kidney disease mechanisms that have led recently to new therapies including healthcare delivery strategies to enhance delivery of health information and promote successful self-care, however quality of life as well as survival remains poor especially for those living with advanced kidney disease including kidney failure. Importantly the NIH/NIDDK has invested in ensuring that patient partners are integral to the process of prioritizing as well as carrying out research. Similarly, NIH/NIDDK is further investing in ensuring the academic research workforce is also diverse and representative. This is a critical objective across the spectrum of kidney disease research including basic science, clinical and translational, and policy research. Dr. Cavanaugh is a well recognized expert in kidney disease clinical trials, health literacy and its implications, formative research to elucidate and integrate stakeholder perspectives into research and community engagement. Her objective is to use the support of the K26 NIDDK Investigator Award to Support Mentoring of Early Career Researchers from Diverse Backgrounds to focus on training the next generation of scientists to bring transformative advancements in kidney disease research. The candidate’s immediate and long-term career objectives to be a leader in research faculty development are directly in line with the goals of the NIH K26 award, to provide support for protected time for awardees to devote to mentoring training and culturally-sensitive mentoring for post-doctoral students. Specifically, this award will allow her to focus on the development of a multi-level mentoring program to facilitate the career development of emerging early investigators. This award will provide protected time for the candidate to devote specifically to executing rigorous research, serving as a primary, collaborative, advocacy and network mentor, and to developing mentoring skills in research. Her objective is to recruit and mentor post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty for successful clinical research careers in kidney disease and to support the career advancement of her current trainees. She will accomplish this objective by leveraging her research program resources as well as the robust institutional, regional and national resources. The aims include (a) continued impactful research to expand opportunities for mentees; (b) development and deployment of a novel culturally tailored psychological and instrumental advocacy kidney disease research mentor program; (c) acquisition of mentoring skills training informed by an expert advisory committee; and (d) execution of recruitment programs to identify and engage mentees from diverse backgrounds. Completion of these aims will enhance the career advancement of kidney disease scientists from diverse backgrounds to diversify and grow the future workforce of faculty dedicated to understanding and eliminating kidney disease.