Biomedical Research at the University of Guam

说明（由申请人提供）：目前的SCORE申请代表了为在关岛大学（UOG）开展高质量生物医学研究而建立坚实核心研究师资队伍的持续努力。在重新建立SCORE计划后，pi和拟议的外部科学顾问（ESA）将指导其他教师建立自己的研究计划。因此，一个主要目标是在未来四年内增加申请SCORE或其他同行评审资助支持的教师数量。在UOG，随着生物医学基础设施的改善和通过SCORE计划的研究机会的增加，参与生物医学研究的未被充分代表的少数民族的数量（一个既定的SCORE目标）预计会增加。参与当前SCORE申请的教师是全职研究任命。他们在指定研究单位UOG海洋实验室建立自己的研究项目方面取得了实质性进展；这将确保拟议研究的成功和生产力。根据NIH MBRS计划扩大参与机会和“增加从事生物医学或行为研究的少数族裔教师、调查人员和学生的数量”的总体目标，我们为UOG SCORE计划设定了以下主要目标：(1)通过指导和拨款写作研讨会增加参与SCORE计划的研究人员数量；(2)通过与非现场研究密集型机构的合作，提高SCORE参与者的研究质量和生产力；(3)通过RISE和SCORE的联合会议，以及我们鼓励学生积极参与的跨学科生物医学和海洋科学系列研讨会，加强UOG研究与学习之间的联系；4)利用关岛独特的自然资源和文化多样性进行生物医学研究。这个SCORE项目包括一个跨学科的生物医学和海洋科学研讨会和研究(1)珊瑚肿瘤的特征和流行病学和(2)海绵-微生物共生的新方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current SCORE application represents a continuing effort to build a solid core of research faculty that will conduct quality biomedical research at the University of Guam (UOG). Upon reestablishment of the SCORE program, the PIs and proposed External Scientific Advisor (ESA) will mentor other faculty in establishing their own research programs. Thus, a major objective is to increase the number of faculty applying for SCORE or other peer-reviewed grant support over the next four years. The number of underrepresented minorities involved in biomedical research (a stated SCORE goal) is predicted to increase at the UOG with the improvement in biomedical infrastructure and research opportunities through the SCORE program. The faculty involved in the current SCORE application are full-time research appointments. They have made substantial progress in establishing their own research programs at the UOG Marine Laboratory, a designated research unit; this will ensure the success and productivity of the proposed studies. In accordance with the overall goals of the NIH MBRS program to broaden opportunities for participation and to "increase the number of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators, and students engaged in biomedical or behavioral research," we have set the following primary goals for the UOG SCORE program: (1) to increase the number of researchers involved in the SCORE program through mentoring and grant-writing workshops; (2) to increase research quality and productivity of SCORE participants through collaborations with off-site research-intensive institutions; (3) to strengthen the link between research and learning at the UOG through joint meetings between RISE and SCORE, and via an Interdisciplinary Biomedical and Marine Science Seminar (IBMS) series in which we encourage active student participation; and 4) to capitalize on Guam's unique natural resources and cultural diversity for biomedical research. This SCORE project includes an Interdisciplinary Biomedical and Marine Science Seminar and studies on (1) Characterization and Epidemiology of Coral Tumors and (2) New Approaches to Sponge-Microbial Symbioses.