Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research (IHER) Center

跨学科健康公平研究（IHER）中心 总结 COVID-19 大流行让我们国家的巨大差异成为人们关注的焦点 健康以及与种族、族裔和种族相关的不成比例的疾病负担 社会经济地位。特拉华州是关注健康差异的理想州 研究中心，因为它以紧凑的形式代表了整个美国。的 特拉华州人口（约 978,000）反映了美国城乡人口、老年人口与年轻人口的比例， 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，特拉华州的整体健康状况在 50 个州中排名第 35 位， 排名较低反映了低收入和少数民族人口健康状况的巨大差异。 解决特拉华州健康差距的紧迫性是显而易见的，并通过以下方式促进健康公平： 健康问题社会决定因素办法是国家的优先事项。特拉华州立大学处于有利位置 领导这项努力。 DSU 跨学科健康公平研究中心的总体目标是发展 DSU 作为与健康状况相关的生物医学、行为和社会研究领域的领导者， 对服务不足的个人和社区产生不同的影响。该中心将建立一个支持性的 科学界，汇集了研究社会和行为决定因素的教师 与教师一起使用生物医学方法来调查具有不同特征的健康状况 对服务不足的人群的影响。 IHER 中心将在 DSU 建设研究支持基础设施 通过：a) 提供生物统计、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者提供管理 IRB 的支持 用于安全收集、分析和存储人类受试者数据的流程和基础设施；和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立我们的 IHER 中心： 招募两名在健康公平相关行为和社会研究方面具有专业知识的新教员， 并支持他们与跨学科研究团队中的其他 DSU 科学家合作。通过 指导、职业提升活动以及针对早期研究人员的试点资助计划，我们的 IHER 中心将把 DSU 的教师培养成能够成功领导的独立研究人员 跨学科研究团队并争夺外部资金 DSU 目前正在采取强有力的举措来促进健康公平，包括 DSU 的中心 社区振兴和研究、健康差异中心；以及 NIH RADx-UP 资助。 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 组织以及全国 RCMI 转化研究网络，以促进健康公平， 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.