Building Interdisciplinary Women's Health at MUSC

项目总结/摘要 南卡罗来纳州医科大学（MUSC）的这份申请请求支持 在妇女健康（BIRCWH）K12学者建设跨学科研究职业生涯的延续 程序. MUSC的BIRCWH计划的总体目标是吸引翻译科学家， 神经科学竞技场，以扩大与南卡罗来纳州妇女健康有关的跨学科研究， 自2007年成立以来，MUSC BIRCWH已经支持了16位学者，他们 获得了超过3400万美元的校外研究资金，无论是作为首席研究员还是作为共同研究员， 研究人员，并发表了100多个同行评议的手稿，因为他们原来的BIRCWH 预约在上一个项目期间，该计划共招募了9名学者（6名博士，2名 MD/DOs和1 MD/PhD），包括两个代表性不足的少数民族。该计划的目标是初级教师谁 有兴趣发展研究事业，解决妇女的健康和性/性别问题，在 神经科学领域在此更新申请中，每年将任命三名学者参加该计划， 他们将继续在该计划至少两年，最多四年，这取决于他们的水平 入职培训和经验。虽然每个学者都有一个个人的职业发展计划，但所有人都将 参加核心部分，如一系列研讨会，重点关注神经科学中的性和性别问题 研究，MUSC的性和性别研究研究日和负责任的研究行为培训， 提供充分的机会进行互动和发展跨学科合作。的 MUSC在转化神经科学方面的大量专业知识确保了该项目指导个人的能力 并大大有助于了解和治疗妇女的健康问题， 在整个生命周期中的行为。代表10个部门，30名导师教师分布广泛 跨学科的研究重点是神经精神疾病，神经系统疾病和认知 神经科学和神经影像学。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This application from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) requests support for the continuation of the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) K12 Scholars Program. The overall objective of MUSC’s BIRCWH program is to attract translational scientists in the neuroscience arena to broaden interdisciplinary research related to women’s health in South Carolina and throughout the U.S. Since its inception in 2007, the MUSC BIRCWH has supported 16 Scholars who have garnered more than $34 million in extramural research funding, either as Principal Investigators or as Co- Investigators, and have published more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts since their original BIRCWH appointment. During the previous project period, the program recruited a total of 9 Scholars (6 PhDs, 2 MD/DOs, and 1 MD/PhD), including two under-represented minorities. The program targets junior faculty who have an interest in developing research careers addressing women’s health and sex/gender issues in the neuroscience area. In this renewal application, three Scholars will be appointed to the program each year, and they will remain in the program for a minimum of two and maximum of four years, depending on their level of training and experience at entry. While each Scholar will have an individual career development plan, all will participate in core components, such as a seminar series focused on sex and gender issues in neuroscience research, MUSC’s Sex and Gender Studies Research Day and training in Responsible Conduct of Research, providing ample opportunity for interaction and the development of interdisciplinary collaborations. The substantial expertise in translational neuroscience at MUSC assures the program’s ability to mentor individuals and contribute significantly to the understanding and treatment of women’s health issues related to brain and behavior across the lifespan. Representing 10 departments, the thirty mentor faculty have a broad distribution across disciplines with research focusing on neuropsychiatric disorders, neurological disorders and cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging.