UM-CHPBS Endowment Fund Program

描述(由申请人提供)：蒙大拿大学健康专业和生物医学学院(前药剂学和联合健康科学学院)具有悠久的历史，致力于招募和培训少数族裔学生(主要是美国印第安人)获得药剂学和理疗学位。在过去的五年里(主要是由于NCMHD-捐赠赠款的支持)，学院招聘了西班牙裔和非裔美国教职员工，允许美国印第安人和拉美裔学生进入博士培训计划，并加强了对健康差距研究的关注。研究基础设施和培训能力已经提高到这样的程度，在全国100多所药学学院/学院中，该学院在NIH每名博士教师的拨款中排名第五。该学院已经建立了两个由NIH-Cobre资助的生物医学研究卓越中心，现在提供三个博士和三个硕士项目。学院通过HHS健康职业机会计划(HCOP)、美国原住民卓越中心(NACOE)计划、NIH-Bridges to Baccalaureate计划(BRIDES)、NSF-EPSCoR计划、两个NIH-Cobre中心计划和NCMHD-Endowment计划，增加了基础设施和能力。加强健康差距研究以及少数群体招募和培训的能力的提高是实现以下目标的理由：优先事项一--建立更实质性的健康差距研究重点；优先事项二--增加美洲印第安人教员；优先事项三--在专业和研究生层面加强少数群体的招募和教育/培训；优先事项四--建立更多的伙伴关系，促进少数群体招募和健康差距研究；以及优先事项五--利用捐赠赠款资源利用额外的支助。本建议书作为1 S21-MD000236的竞争性延续提交。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Montana, College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences (formerly School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences) has a long-standing history and commitment to the recruitment and training of minority students (principally American Indians) for degrees in pharmacy and physical therapy. In the past five years (largely due to NCMHD-Endowment Grant support) the College has recruited both Hispanic and African American faculty, has admitted both American Indian and Hispanic students into Ph.D. training programs, and has increased its focus on health disparities research. Research infrastructure and training capacity has increased to the point where the College is ranked 5th of over 100 colleges/schools of pharmacy in the nation in NIH grant funding per Ph.D. faculty. The College has developed two NIH-COBRE funded Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence and now offers three Ph.D. and three M.S. programs. The College has increased infrastructure and capacity through the HHS Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP), the Native American Center of Excellence (NACOE) Program, the NIH-Bridges to Baccalaureate Program (BRIDGES), the NSF-EPSCoR Program, the two NIH-COBRE Center programs, and the NCMHD-Endowment program. The increased capacity to enhance health disparities research and minority recruitment and training is rationale for the following objectives: Priority One - Creation of a more substantial health disparities research emphasis; Priority Two -Addition of American Indian faculty; Priority Three - Enhancement of the recruitment and education/training of minorities at the professional and graduate levels; Priority Four - Formation of additional partnerships that foster both minority recruitment and health disparities research; and Priority Five - Utilization of Endowment Grant resources to leverage additional support. This proposal is submitted as a competitive continuation of 1 S21-MD000236.