Investigator Development Core

项目总结/摘要 消除阿肯色州的健康差距是一个难以实现的目标，因为该州的非洲裔美国人 人口中慢性病的负担不成比例。为了解决这个问题，国家需要，在某种程度上， 多样化和高生产力的研究队伍完成可以转化为政策的研究， 减少差距和促进健康公平的计划和环境。研究表明，早期 阶段调查员（ESI）在提供结构化支持（例如，导师制， 专业发展机会，收集初步数据以支持校外补助金的机会 这些影响在作为健康差距成员的ESIs中尤其显著， 在科学领域代表性不足的群体。因此，拟议的研究者发展核心（IDC） 阿肯色州健康差异中心将建立在我们的探索中心的巨大成功， 卓越，包括支持和专业发展的ESI谁将进行多层次的模型 可翻译的研究，有利于社会弱势的非裔美国阿肯色州人。总体目标 IDC的目的是扩大ESIs参与多学科和多层次少数民族的机会， 健康和健康差距研究，审查慢性疾病之间的差距，社会 弱势的非裔美国人。这一目标将通过实施一个试点项目来实现。 研究计划，提供结构化的导师（通过校内和校外导师合作），同时 支持初步数据的生成以及随后的结果传播和 校外资助申请国际数据中心将调整和实施一个既定的试点项目方案;提供 为严谨的研究设计和适当的统计分析提供咨询和技术支持资源; 为试点项目研究人员实施多学科小组指导方案。这些努力是预期的 导致：增加招聘，保留和晋升的ESI进行健康差异研究 在该中心的专题重点;和增加健康差异的研究，告知卫生政策和 方案设计，以减少差距。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The elimination of health disparities in Arkansas is an elusive goal because the state's African American population is disproportionately burdened by chronic disease. To address this issue, the state needs, in part, a diverse and highly productive research workforce completing research that can be translated into policies, programs, and environments that reduce disparities and promote health equity. Studies suggest that early stage investigators (ESIs) are most productive when provided with structured support (e.g., mentorship, professional development opportunities, opportunities to collect preliminary data to support extramural grant applications) and that these effects are particularly notable among ESIs who are members of health disparity groups that are underrepresented in science. Thus, the proposed Investigator Development Core (IDC) of the Arkansas Center for Health Disparities will build upon the substantial success of our Exploratory Center of Excellence by including a multilevel model of support and professional development for ESIs who will conduct translatable research that benefits socially disadvantaged African American Arkansans. The overarching goal of the IDC is to expand opportunities for ESIs to engage in multidisciplinary and multilevel minority health and health disparities research that examines chronic disease disparities among socially disadvantaged African American populations. This goal will be achieved through implementation of a pilot studies program that provides structured mentorship (via on- and off-campus mentorship collaborations) while supporting the generation of preliminary data and, subsequently, dissemination of results and submission of extramural grant applications. The IDC will adapt and implement an established pilot project program; provide advisory and technical-support resources for rigorous research design and appropriate statistical analyses; and implement a program of multisource team mentorship for pilot project researchers. These efforts are expected to result in: increased recruitment, retention and advancement of ESIs conducted health disparities research within the Center's thematic focus; and increased health disparities research that informs health policy and program design to reduce disparities.