Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research (IHER) Center

跨学科卫生公平研究(IHER)中心 摘要 新冠肺炎疫情让人们关注到我们国家在 健康和不成比例的疾病负担与种族、民族和 社会经济地位。特拉华州是关注健康差距的理想州 研究中心，因为它以紧凑的形式代表了整个美国。这个 特拉华州的人口(约978,000人)反映了美国人口的城市与农村、老年人与年轻人和 民族/种族多样性。因此，涉及特拉华州横截面的研究很容易推广到 全国人口。此外，特拉华州的总体健康状况在50个州中排名第35位。 排名较低，反映了低收入和少数群体在健康状况方面的巨大差距。 解决特拉华州健康差距的紧迫性是显而易见的，并通过 健康的社会决定因素是国家的优先事项。特拉华州立大学处于有利地位 领导这一努力。苏黎世州立大学跨学科卫生公平研究中心总体目标是发展 作为生物医学、行为和社会研究的领导者，这些研究与健康状况有关 对未得到充分服务的个人和社区的不同影响。该中心将建立一个支持性的 科学社区，将研究社会和行为决定因素的教师聚集在一起 健康与教职员工使用生物医学方法调查具有不同 对未得到充分服务的人群的影响。Iher中心将在密歇根州立大学建立一个支持研究的基础设施 通过：a)提供利用生物统计、定性方法、显微镜和 电生理学；b)为与人类受试者合作的研究人员提供管理IRB的支持 程序和安全收集、分析和存储人类主题数据的基础设施；以及c) 让研究人员沉浸在支持性的专业网络中。我们还将通过以下方式建设我们的Iher中心 招聘两名新教员，他们拥有与健康公平相关的行为和社会研究方面的专业知识， 并支持他们与其他DSU科学家在跨学科研究团队中合作。穿过 导师指导，职业提升活动，以及针对早期调查人员的试点资助计划，我们的 艾赫中心将把底特律州立大学的教员培养成能够成功领导 跨学科研究团队和竞争外部资金 目前，得克萨斯州立大学正在积极参与促进健康公平的倡议，包括得克萨斯州立大学的中心 用于社区振兴和研究，健康差距中心；以及NIH RADX-UP赠款。 我们的iher中心将利用特拉华州立大学不断扩大的人力和研究资源 生物医学研究，我们与特拉华州其他机构和社区的全州合作伙伴关系 各组织，以及全国RCMI翻译研究网络，以促进卫生公平， 提高当地社区的社会意识和经济发展。

Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research (IHER) Center Summary The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on our nation’s stark disparities in health and the disproportional burden of disease related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Delaware is an ideal state for a health disparities-focused research center as it represents the whole of the USA in a compact form. The population of Delaware (~978,000) mirrors the US population in ratios of urban-to-rural, old to young, and ethnic/racial diversity. Thus, studies involving a cross-section of Delaware are easily generalizable to the national population. In addition, Delaware is ranked 35th out of the 50 states for overall health outcomes, a low ranking that reflects high disparities in health status for low-income and minority populations. The urgency to address health disparities in Delaware is clear, and promoting health equity through a social determinants of health approach is a state priority. Delaware State University is well-positioned to lead that effort. DSU’s Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research Center has the overall goal to develop DSU as a leader in biomedical, behavioral and social research related to health conditions that have a disparate impact on underserved individuals and communities. The Center will build a supportive scientific community that brings together faculty investigating the social and behavioral determinants of health with faculty using biomedical approaches to investigate health conditions that have a disparate impact on underserved populations. The IHER Center will build a research-enabling infrastructure at DSU by: a) providing access to core facilities in biostatistics, qualitative methods, microscopy and electrophysiology; b) providing investigators working with human subjects support for managing the IRB process, and an infrastructure for secure collection, analysis and storage of human subject data; and c) immersing researchers in a supportive professional network. We will also build our IHER Center by recruiting two new faculty members with expertise in behavioral and social research related to health equity, and supporting them to work with other DSU scientists in interdisciplinary research teams. Through mentorship, career enhancement activities, and a Pilot Grant Program for early-stage investigators, our IHER Center will develop faculty at DSU into independent investigators who can successfully lead interdisciplinary research teams and compete for external funding DSU is currently engaged in robust initiatives to promote health equity, including DSU’s Center for Neighborhood Revitalization and Research, Health Disparities Center; and an NIH RADx-UP grant. Our IHER Center will leverage Delaware State University’s expanding human and research resources in biomedical research, our state-wide partnerships with other Delaware institutions and community based organizations, as well as the nationwide RCMI Translational Research Network to promote health equity, social awareness and economic development among local communities.