Investigator Development Core

研究者发展核心（IDC）是建立在一个良好的合作伙伴关系， Meharry医学院-美国最大的非裔美国人生物医学科学博士生， 范德比尔特大学医学中心是社区参与研究的领导者， 个性化医疗，和迈阿密大学-一个健康差异研究的国际中心， 培训拉丁美洲卫生专业人员。IDC将支持博士后研究员的职业发展， 早期职业教师和其他行为，临床和转化研究的早期研究人员（ESI） 重点关注慢性疾病的健康差异，这些疾病不成比例地影响非洲裔美国人，拉丁美洲人和 其他人群的健康状况也存在差异。IDC的首要目标是生产下一个 一代成功的 研究行为，临床和转化研究的调查人员专注于 慢性病中的健康差距。为实现这一目标，国际数据中心的一项主要活动将是有效地 管理一个试点奖励计划，旨在使ESI能够以较高的可能性产生初步结果 成功的校外资助计划IDC将确保ESI与 优秀的本地职业发展机会，以提高参与，进步和领导力 能力的IDC将采用创新战略，提供强大的研究职业发展资源， 利用技术和数据科学来解决慢性病的差异，并指导初级教师 和博士后研究员，并为每个IDC参与者创建一个整体的，个性化的和严格的跟踪。到 为了实现这些目标，国际数据中心将致力于三个具体目标：1）管理一个试点奖励计划， 支持重点关注慢性病健康差异的研究项目。项目将由ESI领导， 强调支持那些在生物医学研究队伍中代表性不足的背景; 2)确保指导试点获奖者，特别是那些来自代表性不足的背景的人， 生物医学研究人员，以提高竞争力的校外资金。我们将提供一致的， 在他们申请试点奖励之前和之后，对ESI进行积极主动的熟练指导;以及3）促进学术 技能发展和科学团队建设，强调所有ESI的参与性研究培训。国际数据中心 被设想为一个磁铁和一个引擎--一个吸引ESI进入慢性病健康差距的磁铁 研究和一个引擎，培育他们走向成功的NIH赠款资金。新的校外赠款资金 这是IDC的整体努力和提供的支持的结果，最终将有助于更健康地 全国各地的社区。

The Investigator Development Core (IDC) is built upon a well-established collaborative partnership between Meharry Medical College - the nation’s top producer of African American PhDs in biomedical sciences and a leader in community-engaged research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - a global leader in precision and personalized medicine, and the University of Miami - an international hub for health disparities research and training of Latino health professionals. The IDC will support the career development of post-doctoral fellows, early-career faculty, and other early-stage investigators (ESI) in behavioral, clinical, and translational research focused on health disparities in chronic diseases that disproportionately affect African Americans, Latinos, and other populations experiencing health disparities. The overarching goal of the IDC is to produce the next generation of successful investigators studying behavioral, clinical, and translational research focused on health disparities in chronic diseases. To achieve this goal, a primary activity of the IDC will be to effectively administer a pilot awards program designed to allow ESI to generate preliminary results with a high likelihood of supporting successful extramural grant proposals to NIH. The IDC will assure that ESI are linked to outstanding local career development opportunities to enhance participation, advancement, and leadership capabilities. The IDC will apply innovative strategies to provide robust research career development resources, leveraging technology and data science to address disparities in chronic diseases, and mentoring junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows, and create a holistic, individualized, and rigorous track for each IDC participant. To achieve these goals, the IDC will pursue three specific aims: 1) To administer a pilot awards program that supports research projects focused on health disparities in chronic diseases. Projects will be led by ESI, with an emphasis on supporting those from backgrounds underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce; 2) To ensure mentoring of pilot awardees, particularly those from backgrounds underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce, to enhance competitiveness for extramural funding. We will provide consistent, proactive, skilled mentoring to ESI both before and after they apply for pilot awards; and 3) To foster academic skills development and scientific team building, emphasizing participatory research training for all ESI. The IDC is envisioned as a magnet and an engine - a magnet that attracts ESI into chronic disease health disparities research and an engine that nurtures them toward success in NIH grant funding. New extramural grant funding that results from the overall efforts of, and support provided by, the IDC will ultimately contribute to healthier communities nationwide.