Investigator Development Core

项目总结 芝加哥大学和拉什大学医学中心都有完善的基础设施 健康差距研究，支持具有不同专业领域的一些老牌调查人员。 这两个机构还与许多关键的社区组织在其 分别位于芝加哥西区和南区的地理位置。的调查员开发核心 芝加哥慢性病权益网(C3EN)寻求利用这些优势来扩大和培育 健康差距区域网络的研究人员在大芝加哥地区。核心有三个目标。 目标1是管理研究项目试点资助计划，资助来自不同领域的引人注目的试点研究 一组早期健康差异研究人员。资金将优先用于以下试点研究的提案 为减少慢性病差异提供新的干预措施，其中包括具有以下特点的部门间工作 与非卫生部门的社区合作伙伴的合作，这来自于 代表不足的背景。目标2是授予“迷你赠款”，以支持重要的、有时间限制的活动， 在进行研究之前和之后，加强学术与社区的合作。这些 活动有助于确定协作的优先事项，为研究项目的设计提供信息，并帮助演示 研究人员对伙伴关系的承诺。目标3是为早期受赠者提供独特的资源 和支持他们进行他们的试点项目，发布他们的工作，并准备建立在此基础上的资金提案 他们的初步数据。在试点项目期间和之后，受赠者都将获得正式的指导。 方案；在生物统计、数据科学和卫生部门间行动方面的持续方法支持；以及 定期参加研究进展会议和系列研讨会。我们将跟踪并调整我们的方法 基于有意义的绩效指标，体现了我们的核心激励和支持创新试点的能力 促进大芝加哥下一代健康差距研究人员职业生涯的项目 区域。

PROJECT SUMMARY The University of Chicago and Rush University Medical Center both have well-developed infrastructures for health disparities research that support a number of established investigators with diverse areas of expertise. Both institutions also have longstanding partnerships with a multitude of key community organizations in their respective geographic locations on Chicago’s West and South sides. The Investigator Development Core for the Chicago Chronic Condition Equity Network (C3EN) seeks to leverage these strengths to expand and cultivate the regional network of health disparities researchers in the greater Chicago region. The Core has three aims. Aim 1 is to manage a Research Project Pilot Grant program that funds compelling pilot studies from a diverse group of early stage health disparities researchers. Funding priority will go to proposals for pilot studies that inform novel interventions to reduce chronic disease disparities, that include intersectoral work that features collaborations with community partners in non-health sectors, and that come from investigators with underrepresented backgrounds. Aim 2 is to award “mini-grants” to support important, time-limited activities that strengthen an academic-community collaboration prior to and following the conduct of a research study. These activities help identify priorities for collaboration, inform the design of a research project, and help to demonstrate the researcher’s commitment to the partnership. Aim 3 is to provide early stage grantees with unique resources and support as they conduct their pilot project, publish their work, and prepare funding proposals that build on their preliminary data. Both during and after their pilot project, grantees will have access to a formal mentorship program; ongoing methodological support in biostatistics, data science, and intersectoral action for health; and regular engagement in research progress meetings and seminar series. We will track and adapt our approach based on meaningful performance metrics that capture our Core’s ability to inspire and support innovative pilot projects that catalyze the careers of the next generation of health disparities researchers in the greater Chicago region.