Health Disparities Research Scholars Training Program-Renewal

项目总结/摘要 美国的健康差距很大，而且有历史根源，开始于生命的早期，而且往往持续存在 在整个生命过程中。健康差异研究学者计划是一个跨学科的博士后 位于威斯康星州学院人口健康科学系的培训项目 医学和公共卫生。它旨在支持健康差距研究人员的职业发展 它有两个主要目标：1）培养一批研究人员，他们将致力于促进对 原因、后果和有效缓解少数群体早期经历的健康差距 在整个生命过程中;和2）吸引，保持，并支持发展一套多样化的健康 差异调查，因为他们开始致力于改善健康公平的研究事业。实现 为了实现这些目标，我们将积极招募致力于健康差异事业的多元化学者骨干 研究并为他们提供两三年的培训和支持。我们将从博士开始招募 计划学者谁准备建立在他们的研究生学科的方法，跨越边界， 借鉴其他领域的内容、理论和方法。我们聚集了一个特殊的和多样化的核心 教师具有医学，人口健康，社会/行为和基础科学的专业知识。有五 培训方案的培训组成部分：i.多学科导师团队; ii.每周健康差异 研究学者研讨会和机会参加校园内的其他人; iii.课程，研讨会，和 可选的学位课程; iv.五.专业发展活动。通过这个 跨学科培训计划，我们将建立关键能力，并提供专业指导，以促进 我们的学者作为独立的健康差异研究者的成功。学者活动将被跟踪 通过季度进度报告、一年两次的导师团队会议以及每年一次的正式评估， 学者这些评估将使项目主任和导师团队能够提供及时的指导， 确定确保生产力和实现职业目标的战略。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Health disparities in the United States are large and historically rooted, begin early in life, and often persist throughout the life course. The Health Disparities Research Scholars Program is an interdisciplinary postdoctoral training program located in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. It is designed to support the career development of health disparities researchers and has two primary goals: 1) to develop a cadre of researchers who will work to advance knowledge of the causes, consequences, and effective mitigation of disparities in health experienced by minority populations early in and throughout the life course; and 2) to attract, retain, and support the development of a diverse set of health disparities investigators as they embark on research careers dedicated to improving health equity. To achieve these goals, we will actively recruit a diverse cadre of scholars who are committed to careers in health disparities research and provide them with two or three years of training and support. We will recruit from doctorate programs scholars who are ready to build on the methods of their graduate disciplines, cross boundaries, and draw from content, theory, and methods of other fields. We have assembled an exceptional and diverse core faculty with expertise across medical, population health, social/behavioral, and basic sciences. There are five training components to the training program: i. a multidisciplinary mentor team; ii. a weekly Health Disparities Research Scholars seminar and the opportunity to attend others on campus; iii. coursework, workshops, and optional degree programs; iv. mentored research; and v. professional development activities. Through this interdisciplinary training program, we will build key competencies and provide professional mentoring to facilitate the success of our scholars as independent health disparities researchers. Scholar activities will be tracked through quarterly progress reports, biannual mentor team meetings, and an annual formal evaluation of each scholar. These assessments will enable the Program Director and mentor team to provide timely guidance and identify strategies to ensure productivity and achievement of career goals.