Mayo Clinic Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

 描述(由申请者提供)：自从我们在2011年招收了我们的第一位学者以来，梅奥诊所大楼妇女健康跨学科研究职业(BIRCWH)项目已经成熟。该计划的短期目标是招募和培训跨学科女性健康研究方面的杰出研究人员，长期目标是建立和维持一支具有协同项目的可行的研究人员队伍，他们将领导将科学发现转化为更好的妇女健康。在这次续签申请中，我们计划的重点得到了加强，计划的优势得到了保留，在当前资金周期中引入的几个新元素得到了扩展。我们学者的培训和指导是由著名的基础、临床和翻译科学家在以患者为中心的大学和创新的学术环境中提供的。我们的学者在合作研究活动中取得了成功，获得了有竞争力的资助，出版了手稿，获得了校外领导职位，并参与了变革性的临床倡议。在当前的资金周期中，我们推出了三项创新：1)我们与梅奥临床与翻译科学中心(CCATS；1UL1RR024150)建立了更紧密的互惠关系，以支持我们计划的教育部分；2)我们将我们的学者纳入梅奥诊所性别差异研究专业中心(SCOR；AG044170)，作为研究活动的重点，并在适当的情况下提供参与团队科学的机会；以及3)我们建立了由梅奥诊所、明尼苏达大学和威斯康星大学BIRCWH计划组成的“区域BIRCWH伙伴关系”，通过合作、合作和指导来拓宽和延长职业发展机会。这三个新颖的元素建立在我们的核心计划之上，旨在促进与梅奥诊所CCATS和我们邻近的BIRCWH计划的协同效应。梅奥诊所的研究领导认识到BIRCWH计划在促进我们对妇女健康的机构承诺方面的重要性，并将在下一个资助周期(2015-2020年)支持另外一名BIRCWH学者。每名奖学金获得者通常最多注册3年，在任何时候，我们都将有资金支持3名奖学金获得者(2名由NIH资助，1名由梅奥资助)。我们的学者通常是具有博士学位(例如，医学博士或博士学位)的初级教员。这些创新和强有力的制度支持使我们的BIRCWH项目有别于该国的其他项目。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Mayo Clinic Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program has matured since we enrolled our first scholar in 2011. The short-term goal of the program is to recruit and train outstanding investigators in interdisciplinary women's health research, and the long-term goal is to build and sustain a viable pool of investigators with synergistic projects who will lead the translation of scientific finding into better health for women. In this renewal application, the focus of our program is sharpened, the strengths of the program are preserved, and several novel elements that were introduced during the current funding cycle are expanded. The training and mentoring of our scholars is provided by renowned basic, clinical, and translational scientists in a collegial and innovative academic environment in a patient-centered institution. Our scholars have achieved success in collaborative research activities, have obtained competitive funding, have publishing manuscripts, have receiving extramural leadership positions, and have engaged in transformational clinical initiatives. During the current funding cycle, we have introduced three innovations: 1) we developed closer and mutually beneficial ties with the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS; 1UL1RR024150) to support the educational component of our program; 2) we integrated our scholars into the Mayo Clinic Specialized Center of Research on Sex Differences (SCOR; AG044170) as a focus for research activities and opportunity for involvement in team science, where appropriate; and 3) we established a "Regional BIRCWH Partnership" consisting of the Mayo Clinic, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin BIRCWH programs to broaden and extend opportunities for career development through colleagiality, collaboration, and mentoring. These three novel elements, built upon our core program, were designed to facilitate synergies with the Mayo Clinic CCaTS and with our neighboring BIRCWH programs. The research leadership at Mayo Clinic recognizes the importance of the BIRCWH program in fostering our institutional commitment to women's health, and will support one additional BIRCWH scholar during the next funding cycle (2015-2020). Each scholar will generally be enrolled for up to 3 years, and at any point in time, we will have funding to support 3 scholars (2 with NIH funding and 1 with Mayo funding). Our scholars will generally be junior faculty members with a doctoral degree (e.g., MD or PhD). These innovations and the strong institutional support distinguish our BIRCWH program from other programs in the country.