Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

描述（由申请人提供）：匹兹堡大学致力于妇女健康方面的优秀培训。内科系提供妇女健康住院医师跟踪和奖学金。20年来，流行病学部一直领导妇女健康研究，并提供妇女健康流行病学方案。1992年，马吉妇女研究所开始专门处理与妇女健康有关的研究问题，并促进了妇女健康研究和部门间合作的进一步增加。四年前，匹兹堡大学获得了BIRCWH奖。在赠款期间，八名开始的研究人员参加了研究，并继续作为学者参加。该方案试图通过几项战略改善匹兹堡大学的妇女健康研究。第一项是向尽可能多的新调查人员提供妇女健康方面的优秀跨学科研究培训。由该计划资助的学者鼓励获得替代K资金，并在成功时继续参加BIRCWH职业发展计划。该计划已向其他初学者宣传了BIRCWH计划的组成部分。此外，我们还招募了匹兹堡大学的许多研究领导者，通过咨询委员会的成员资格积极参与该计划。该培训计划强调跨学科研究，并通过项目提供这一战略，但也通过选择一组具有不同研究兴趣和方法的学者，并鼓励他们的互动。咨询委员会还由研究兴趣和战略各不相同的调查员组成。委员会每6个月与学者和导师会面并进行评估，并为学者提供跨学科的经验。该计划已经成功地与许多出版物，赠款申请和资助的学者。尽管如此，在下一次提交中，我们计划进行修改。我们将正式建立团队指导。我们将与少数民族健康中心和一个新的外部咨询委员会合作，该委员会包括传统少数民族学校的代表，以增加少数民族的招聘。我们还建立了校外资助的基准。通过这些方法，我们建议使我们的计划更加成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Pittsburgh has a commitment to excellent training in women's health. The Department of Internal Medicine provides a Women's Health Residency Track and Fellowship. The Epidemiology Department has led research in women's health for 20 years and provides a program in the Epidemiology of Women's Health. In 1992 the Magee-Women's Research Institute was begun to specifically address research questions relevant to women's health and catalyzed a further increase in women's health research and interdepartmental collaboration. Four years ago this culminated in the awarding of the BIRCWH award to the University of Pittsburgh. Through the grant period eight beginning investigators have participated and continue to participate as scholars. The program has attempted to improve women's health research at the University of Pittsburgh with several strategies. The first has been to provide excellent interdisciplinary research training in women's health to as many beginning investigators as possible. Scholars funded by the program are encouraged by to obtain alternative K funding and when successful to continue to participate in the BIRCWH career development program. The program has publicized the availability of components of the BIRCWH program to other beginning investigators. In addition, we have recruited many of the research leaders of the University of Pittsburgh to become actively involved in the program through membership in the Advisory Committee. The training program emphasizes interdisciplinary research and exposure to this strategy is provided through projects but also by selecting a group of scholars with diverse research interests and approaches and encouraging their interaction. The Advisory Committee is also made up of investigators with very diverse research interests and strategies. The committee meets with and evaluates both scholar and mentor(s) every 6 months and also provides an interdisciplinary experience for the scholar. The program has been successful with a many publications, grant applications and funding for the scholars. Nonetheless, in the next submission we plan modifications. We will formalize team mentoring. We will work with the Center for Minority Health and with a new External Advisory Committee that includes representation from traditionally minority schools to increase minority recruitment. We also establish benchmarks towards extramural funding. With these approaches .we propose to make our program even more successful.