Research Education Component

研究教育部分摘要 原生老年群体的社区健康与老龄化(CHANGE)少数民族老龄资源中心 研究(RCMAR)是土著老年人研究中心(NERC)的新迭代，它一直在不断 自1998年成立以来一直得到资金支持。我们将继续履行RCMAR的使命，增加 研究人员对美国原住民进行研究，这里定义为阿拉斯加的美洲印第安人 原住民，夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民。我们的课程已经发展到为期18个月的密集课程 该计划包括为期12个月的试点研究、为期3天的研讨会和为期6个月的拨款撰写计划。这个 研究教育部分将由华盛顿州立大学博士、硕士克莱玛·穆勒领导。她 自2002年以来一直隶属于RCMAR，目前领导着2个RCMAR的分析核心。我们的特色是 与导师的分包关系：Valarie Jernigan，博士(Choctaw)，前NERC教员和科学家， Scott Okamoto博士，现任RCMAR导师，夏威夷大学 MāNoa；和曼迪·弗雷茨，华盛顿大学鳗鱼地面第一民族博士。这些教职员工 代表雇用许多原住民和其他代表不足的少数族裔(URM)早期阶段的大学 作为变化科学家参与的研究人员将推进他们的职业生涯，并加速原住民- 在他们的机构集中进行老龄化研究。变化高度响应了RFA对招聘的要求 科学家，并提供来自母公司或附属机构的导师，同时容纳 高度分散且相对较小的早期社区带来的现实世界限制 研究人员和高级教员进行以原住民为重点的老龄化健康研究。我们的具体目标是：1) 为9名变革科学家提供密集的指导，并为职业发展提供定制支持和 能力建设“导师管道”；2)促进专业发展活动，以建设能力 领导力、社区融合、基于社区的参与性研究、网络和协作；以及 营造一个有利于多样性、公平、包容性和可获得性以及包容性卓越的环境；以及 3)冠军改变科学家获得K系列或R系列外部资金的努力，并提供服务和 为卓越的研究提供资源，这将加快终身教职和晋升的进程。一种多样化的科学 员工提高参与度，与URM小组的研究参与者建立信任，确保 研究适合当地，促进创新，有助于避免偏颇的结果，并产生更高的- 高质量的科学出版物。个性化、了解文化知识的培训和接触URM榜样是关键 对于成功的URM培训计划。我们的方法反映了关于URM障碍和推动者的新文献 留住教师，体现了我们以前的NERC教员和科学家所确定的改进。变化 科学家将受益于一个消息灵通的、支持性的环境，以及 资深原住民教员--包括RCMAR校友--与原住民社区合作伙伴进行健康研究。

RESEARCH EDUCATION COMPONENT ABSTRACT The Community Health and Aging in Native Groups of Elders (CHANGE) Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) is a new iteration of the Native Elder Research Center (NERC) that has been continually funded since its inception in 1998. We will continue this RCMAR’s mission to increase the diversity of investigators conducting research with US Native populations, defined here as American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people. Our program has evolved to an intensive 18-month program comprising a 12-month pilot study, a 3-day workshop, and a 6-month grant writing program. The Research Education Component will be led by Clemma Muller, PhD, MS, at Washington State University. She has been affiliated with RCMARs since 2002 and currently leads the Analysis Cores for 2 RCMARs. We feature subcontract affiliations with Mentors: Valarie Jernigan, PhD (Choctaw), a former NERC Faculty and Scientist, at Oklahoma State University; Scott Okamoto, PhD, a current RCMAR mentor, at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; and Mandy Fretts, PhD (Eel Ground First Nation), at University of Washington. These faculty represent universities that employ many Native and other underrepresented minority (URM) early-stage investigators whose participation as CHANGE Scientists will advance their careers and accelerate Native- focused aging research at their institutions. CHANGE is highly responsive to the RFA’s requirements of recruiting Scientists and providing Mentors from the parent or affiliated institutions, while concurrently accommodating the real-world limitations presented by the highly-dispersed and relatively-small community of early-stage investigators and senior faculty conducting Native-focused aging health research. Our Specific Aims are to: 1) Provide intensive mentoring for 9 CHANGE Scientists, with customized support for career advancement and a capacity-building “mentor pipeline;” 2) Facilitate professional development activities to build capacity for leadership, Community Integration, community-based participatory research, networking, and collaboration; and to foster an environment conducive to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and inclusive excellence; and 3) Champion CHANGE Scientists’ efforts to obtain K- or R-series extramural funding, and provide services and resources for research excellence that will accelerate progress toward tenure and promotion. A diverse scientific workforce improves engagement, establishes trust with research participants from URM groups, ensures that research is locally appropriate, promotes innovation, helps to avoid biased outcomes, and generates higher- quality scientific publications. Personalized, culturally-informed training and access to URM role models are key for successful URM training programs. Our approach reflects new literature on barriers and promotors of URM faculty retention and embodies improvements identified by our former NERC Faculty and Scientists. CHANGE Scientists will benefit from a well-informed, supportive environment and the participation and role modeling of senior Native faculty – including RCMAR alumni – who conduct health research with Native community partners.