Behavioral Research Mentorship in Diabetes for Early Career Scientists from Diverse and Underrepresented Groups.

项目摘要/摘要 在过渡时期，1型糖尿病(T1D)的管理尤其具有挑战性，例如在新的 在诊断、青春期早期、更换治疗时以及从儿科护理向成人护理过渡期间。 自我管理困难，血糖和生活质量恶化的风险增加 伴随着这些充满挑战的时期。尽管有几十年的行为研究，但经验性的研究很少 支持经证实有效的行为干预，以改善这些结果。有了基础在 行为改变科学、积极心理学、复原力与糖尿病(RAD)行为研究 贝勒医学院(BCM)和德克萨斯儿童医院(TCH)的实验室进行了基于优势的 旨在促进患有T1D和他们的年轻人的积极心理社会和医学结果的研究 家庭成员。首席调查员玛丽萨·希利亚德博士是一位行为科学家和心理学家， 领导多学科RAD实验室研究团队并指导学习者，包括毕业后的研究 教职员工、研究生、博士后研究员和初级教员。希利亚德博士目前的许多学员都认为 因为她来自在科学界代表性不足的种族、民族和社会经济群体，而她 寻求与提供研究指导有关的重点培训，并关注以下方面的经验和需求 不同身份的受训者。她因出色的研究导师而受到认可，并寻求进一步 加强她的技能，建立一条训练有素的、多样化的早期职业研究人员在行为领域的渠道 糖尿病科学。这项K26提案旨在加强希利亚德博士的技能和能力，以提供个性化的、 为对行为糖尿病感兴趣的不同早期职业研究人员提供具有文化意识的研究指导 在BCM和TCH的RAD实验室内以及其他机构进行的研究。在所提供的保护时间内 到K26，希利亚德博士将参与两项与导师相关的主要活动：(1)扩大她的能力 使用她的NIDDK资助的R01中的数据为学员提供基于个人和团队的研究指导 和其他研究拨款集中在与T1D生活的行为方面，以及(2)加强她在 通过来自国家专家的持续的、个人的指导指导进行研究指导 她在学习和应用反种族主义、具有文化意识的研究方面的技能指导，使用了系统的 确定和培养被辅导者优势的方法，并将发展视角应用于支持 为不同学科和技能水平的受训者提供研究成功和专业发展。她会的 至少每年参加研究指导技能发展研讨会。及早招聘额外的员工 来自代表性不足背景的职业辅导者，他们有兴趣进行研究、培训和 在行为糖尿病方面的职业生涯，她将与BCM和TCH博士后和博士后培训项目合作 儿科糖尿病、内分泌学和心理学，BCM研究生课程侧重于支持学习者 来自代表性不足的团体，以及地方和国家研究培训计划和学生组织。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Type 1 diabetes (T1D) management is particularly challenging during periods of transition, such as at new diagnosis, early adolescence, when changing treatments, and during the transition from pediatric to adult care. Difficulties with self-management and increased risk for worsening glycemic and quality of life outcomes often accompany these challenging periods. Despite decades of behavioral research, there are few empirically supported behavioral interventions with proven efficacy to improve these outcomes. With foundations in the science of behavior change and positive psychology, the Resilience and Diabetes (RAD) Behavioral Research Lab at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) conducts strengths-based research that aims to promote positive psychosocial and medical outcomes in young people with T1D and their family members. The Principal Investigator, Marisa Hilliard, PhD, is a behavioral scientist and psychologist who leads the multidisciplinary RAD Lab research team and mentors learners, including post-baccalaureate research staff, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. Many of Dr. Hilliard’s current mentees identify as being from racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups that are underrepresented in science, and she has sought focused training related to providing research mentorship with attention to the experiences and needs of mentees with diverse identities. She has been recognized for excellent research mentorship and seeks to further strengthen her skills to build a pipeline of well-trained, diverse early career researchers in the field of behavioral diabetes science. This K26 proposal aims to strengthen Dr. Hilliard’s skills and capacity to provide personalized, culturally aware research mentorship to diverse early career researchers interested in behavioral diabetes research, both within the RAD Lab at BCM and TCH and at other institutions. With the protected time afforded by the K26, Dr. Hilliard will engage in two primary mentorship-related activities: (1) expanding her capacity to provide individual and group-based research mentorship to mentees using data from her NIDDK-funded R01s and other research grants focused on behavioral aspects of living with T1D, and (2) strengthening her skills in research mentorship through continuous, individual mentorship coaching from national experts who will guide her in learning and applying skills for anti-racist, culturally aware research mentorship, using a systematic approach to identifying and fostering mentee strengths, and applying a developmental lens to supporting research success and professional development for mentees from various disciplines and skill levels. She will participate in workshops for research mentorship skill development at least annually. To recruit additional early career mentees from underrepresented backgrounds who have interests in pursuing research training and careers in behavioral diabetes, she will partner with BCM and TCH pre- and postdoctoral training programs in Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology and Psychology, BCM graduate programs focused on supporting learners from underrepresented groups, and local and national research training programs and student organizations.