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。为了提高专注于这一挑战的研究能力，梅哈里医学院致力于发展一个妇女健康研究中心。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拥有妇女健康研究项目资助的教员，他们将提供关键的智力质量，并与艾滋病毒/艾滋病、分子和行为神经科学、癌症和生殖健康方面的现有研究人员建立合作研究团队。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、临床和转化性研究方面建立基础设施，重点是妇女健康和健康差距问题。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资助申请；Meharry教员与其他机构研究人员之间的合作项目增加；妇女健康问题研究的知名度提高 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.