Professional Development Core

项目总结--专业发展核心。密西西比州可能是最大的 在该国需要强大的临床和翻译(C/T)研究计划。我们有最高的 肥胖症和相关的慢性疾病以及更好地了解 这些疾病的原因和后果，特别是在我们患有 贫困率高，获得医疗保健的机会不足，以及严重的医疗保健差距。专业人士 密西西比翻译研究中心(MCCTR)的开发核心(PDC)将帮助解决 密西西比州通过增加临床和翻译(C/T)调查人员和 拥有可持续研究计划的医疗保健提供者专注于慢性病和健康结果。一个 由5家密西西比州机构以及位于阿拉巴马州、路易斯安那州、明尼苏达州、 伊利诺伊州的发展为协同、多学科研究提供了新的机会 在庞大、多样化的患者群体中进行协作，以及针对早期阶段的独特培训计划 调查人员(ESIS)。在第二阶段，PDC将加强临床/翻译研究学者(CTR) 项目、临床研究项目理学硕士和流水线C/T研究培训 旨在增加独立、高效的C/T研究人员的数量和多样性的计划 关于密西西比州的重要慢性病。PDC还将加强Esis导师学院和 职业生涯中期的教员将成为更有效的研究人员和职业导师。PDC已经 制定了几个新计划，包括教师交流和培训计划(FETP)，以促进 MCCTR调查员和外部CTR/CTSA之间的跨学科和多机构合作 合作机构。FETP，以及MCCTR-Cobre研讨会系列和频繁的正在进行的工作 MCCTR和合作机构的调查人员会议将提供独特的机会 以团队为基础的C/T研究，并改善其服务对象的健康。一个新的MCCTR教研室 还制定了招聘计划，以更快地增加现有C/T的数量 密西西比州的研究人员展示了出色的指导技能，成功地获得了校外 在新兴技术、流行病学、成果和社区参与方面的研究资金和专业知识 研究和生物信息学，这些领域目前在MCCTR教师专业知识方面存在空白。通过这些新的 由密西西比州MCCTR创建、组织和交付的倡议将在全州范围内首次 旨在其所有主要学术机构之间建立协调和协同计划的倡议， 专注于增加密西西比州的C/T科学劳动力和改善其人民的医疗保健。

PROJECT SUMMARY - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORE. Mississippi has perhaps the greatest need for strong clinical and translational (C/T) research programs in the country. We have the highest rates of obesity and associated chronic diseases in the nation and tremendous opportunities to better understand the causes and consequences of these diseases, especially in our large minority population which suffers from a high rate of poverty, inadequate access to health care, and major health care disparities. The Professional Development Core (PDC) of the Mississippi Center for Translational Research (MCCTR) will help address Mississippi's health challenges by increasing the number of clinical and translational (C/T) investigators and health care providers with sustainable research programs focused on chronic diseases and health outcomes. A consortium of 5 Mississippi institutions along with CTR/CTSA institutions in Alabama, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Illinois has been developed to provide new opportunities for synergistic, multidisciplinary research collaborations in large, diverse patient populations as well as unique training programs for early stage investigators (ESIs). In Phase II, the PDC will enhance the Clinical/Translational Research Scholars (CTRS) Program, the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Program, and Pipeline C/T Research Training Programs to increase the number of and diversity of independent, highly productive C/T researchers focused on important chronic diseases in Mississippi. The PDC will also enhance the Mentor Academy for ESIs and mid-career faculty members to become more effective researchers and career mentors. The PDC has developed several new programs, including a Faculty Exchange and Training Program (FETP), to promote transdisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborations among MCCTR investigators and external CTR/CTSA partner institutions. The FETP, along with a MCCTR-COBRE seminar series and frequent Work-in-Progress meetings of investigators in the MCCTR and collaborating institutions will provide unique opportunities for team-based C/T research and for improving the health of the people they serve. A new MCCTR Faculty Recruitment Program has also been developed to more rapidly increase the number of established C/T researchers in Mississippi who have demonstrated excellent mentoring skills, success of obtaining extramural research funding, and expertise in emerging technologies, epidemiology, outcomes and community-engaged research, and bioinformatics where there are currently gaps in MCCTR faculty expertise. Through these new initiatives created, organized, and delivered by the MCCTR, Mississippi will have its first ever state-wide initiative designed to build coordinated and synergistic programs among all of its major academic institutions, focused exclusively on increasing Mississippi's C/T science workforce and improving health care of its people.