MEHARRY RCMI PROGRAM IN WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH

在美国，少数族裔妇女的发病率和死亡率负担过重。为了 提高研究能力针对这一挑战，梅哈里医学院致力于发展一个中心 妇女健康研究中心。妇女健康研究中的Meharry RCMI计划将提供关键 这一倡议的基础设施。 具体目标是： 1)招聘一名科学主任和另外三名教职员工，资助妇女研究项目 将提供关键的智力群体并与现有研究人员建立协作研究团队的健康人员 在艾滋病毒/艾滋病、分子和行为神经科学、癌症和生殖健康方面。2)发展和维护 妇女健康研究必不可少的4个核心设施：基因组学和蛋白质组学、流式细胞术/Bl-3、研究 放射学、健身与营养；以及 3)资助妇女健康研究领域的试点项目，为以下项目提供初步数据和指导 三名有前途的调查人员，并导致了R系列的资金。 该项目预计将在基础、临床和转化性研究中发展基础设施，重点关注以下问题 妇女的健康和健康差距。预期的结果包括出版物的增加和成功 Meharry教员提交的妇女健康方面的拨款申请；两国之间合作项目的增加 Meharry教员和其他机构的研究人员；提高妇女健康问题研究的知名度 地方和全国，特别是在非裔美国人和Meharry服务的其他有色人种社区。

Minority women in the United States carry a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality. In order to increase the research capacity focused on this challenge, Meharry Medical College is committed to developing a Center for Women's Health Research. The Meharry RCMI Program in Women's Health Research will provide key infrastructure for this initiative. The Specific Aims are: 1) To recruit a Scientific Director and three additional faculty members with funded research programs in Women's Health who will provide a critical intellecutal mass and develop collaborative research teams with existing researchers in HIV/AIDS, molecular and behavioral neuroscience, cancer, and reproductive health. 2) To develop and maintain 4 core facilities essential for research in Women's Health: Genomics & Proteomics, Flow Cytometry/Bl-3, Research Radiology, and Fitness & Nutrition; and 3) To fund pilot projects in the area of Women's Health research that will provide preliminary data and mentoring for three promising investigators and lead to R-series funding. This project is expected to develop infrastructure in basic, clinical and translational research focused on issues of women's health and health disparities. The anticipated outcomes include an increase in the publications and successful grant applications submitted by Meharry faculty in women's health; an increase in colloborative projects between Meharry faculty and investigators at other institutions; and increased visibility of research on issues of women's health locally and nationally, particularly in the African American and other communities of color that Meharry serves.