Research Education Component

研究教育部分摘要 少数民族老龄化资源中心（CHANGE Resource Center for Minority Aging） 研究（RCMAR）是土著老年人研究中心（NERC）的一个新的迭代，该中心一直在不断地 自1998年成立以来一直受到资助。我们将继续这一RCMAR的使命，以增加多样性， 调查人员对美国本土人口进行研究，在这里定义为美国印第安人，阿拉斯加 原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民。我们的项目已经发展到一个密集的18个月 该计划包括一个为期12个月的试点研究，一个为期3天的研讨会，和一个为期6个月的赠款写作计划。的 研究教育部分将由华盛顿州立大学的Clemma Muller博士、硕士领导。她 自2002年以来一直隶属于RCMARs，目前领导2个RCMARs的分析核心。我们提供 Valarie Jernigan，博士（乔托），前NERC教师和科学家， 在俄克拉荷马州州立大学;斯科特冈本，博士，目前RCMAR导师，在夏威夷大学， Mānoa;和Mandy Fretts，博士（Eel Ground First Nation），华盛顿大学。这些教师 代表大学雇用许多土著和其他代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的早期阶段 研究人员，他们作为变革科学家的参与将促进他们的职业生涯，并加速本土化， 专注于老龄化研究变迁组织对RFA的招聘要求反应迅速， 科学家和提供导师从母公司或附属机构，同时容纳 现实世界的局限性所提出的高度分散和相对较小的社区的早期阶段 研究人员和高级教师进行以本地为重点的老龄化健康研究。我们的具体目标是：1） 为9名CHANGE科学家提供密集指导，为职业发展提供定制支持， 能力建设“导师管道”; 2）促进专业发展活动， 领导力、社区整合、基于社区的参与性研究、网络和协作; 促进有利于多样性、公平、包容和无障碍以及包容性卓越的环境; 3)支持改变科学家努力获得K或R系列校外资助，并提供服务和 卓越的研究资源，这将加速终身教职和晋升的进展。多样化的科学 员工队伍提高参与度，与URM团体的研究参与者建立信任，确保 研究是适合当地的，促进创新，有助于避免偏见的结果，并产生更高的- 高质量的科学出版物。个性化的、了解文化的培训和接触URM榜样是关键 成功的URM培训计划。我们的方法反映了URM的障碍和促进因素的新文献 教师保留和体现了我们的前NERC教师和科学家确定的改进。变化 科学家将受益于一个消息灵通、支持性的环境，以及科学家的参与和榜样作用。 高级原住民教师-包括RCMAR校友-谁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.