Accelerating URiA Independent Research Potential in Nutrition Sciences

加速 URiA 在营养科学方面的独立研究潜力

• 批准号: 10746637
• 负责人: JOSE R FERNANDEZ
• 金额: $ 16.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-11 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10746637
• 关键词: Academia; Acceleration; Address; Alabama; Area; Career Mobility; Chronic Disease; Clinical Sciences; Country; Deep South; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Environment; Face; Faculty; Funding; Grant; Health; Health Disparities Research; Health Occupations; Home; Individual; Infrastructure; Institution; Journals; Leadership; Letters; Low income; Measures; Mentors; Names; Nutritional Science; Obesity; Participant; Physical activity; Polishes; Politics; Population; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Precision Health; Principal Investigator; Race; Recommendation; Recording of previous events; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Resources; Schools; Scientist; Senior Scientist; Series; Training; Training Programs; Translational Research; Underrepresented Populations; United States National Institutes of Health; career; career development; clinical center; cohort; experience; graduate student; health disparity; improved; innovation; minority health disparity; nutrition; peer; physically handicapped; pre-doctoral; precision nutrition; professor; programs; recruit; rural residence; skill acquisition; skills; success; undergraduate student; webinar

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT Junior scientists from underrepresented groups (URGs) face major barriers to academic career success that junior scientists who are not from URGs do not face. There is an opportunity and a responsibility for academic units with strength in nutrition, obesity, and diabetes to develop programs that help overcome these barriers and enhance the careers of researchers who are part of URGs. Additionally, we need trained researchers from URGs in order to fully understand and address obesity-related chronic diseases in these groups in the population. This is particularly a problem in Alabama and surrounding Deep South states. We propose to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative program to help junior scientists from URGs identify and overcome barriers to academic success and enhance their academic, mentoring, and political skills. We have a strong pipeline of T32 training grants at pre- and postdoctoral levels to bring scientists from URGs to UAB and strong commitments from units within UAB to create faculty positions (and/or retention packages) for those who complete the program. The specific aims are: 1) To engage the participation of at least three cohorts of 3-4 junior scientists (postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors), preferably from URGs to spend 3 years each in a program aimed to enhance and develop skills for success as a independent researcher/principal investigator in academia, 2) To provide a 3-year educational and mentoring program that will focus on the development of intrapersonal, interpersonal and team-development skills, 3) To establish mentoring teams for each program participant that include a scientist mentors, academic/institutional navigators, and a wellness coach, and 4) To develop a comprehensive plan for evaluating and potentially expanding the program. UAB provides the perfect environment for supporting the career development of scientists from URGs. UAB was named (by Forbes magazine) the 4th best employer in the country for diversity. UAB has a strong Department of Nutrition Sciences (DNS) that houses three NIH-funded centers – the Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), the Nutrition for Precision Health Clinical Center (NPHCC) and the Diabetes Research Center (DRC). The School of Health Professions houses a CDC-funded National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD). This application is supported by the institution and promises the consideration to hire scholars participating in the program. Our innovative training program was delivered to address specific barriers to career success that were identified in a UAB NORC–led national workshop series on facilitating the careers of those underrepresented in academic (URiA). Innovative aspects of this proposal include a mentoring team to facilitate research but also to help participants develop other skills for advancement and success within academic institutions.

项目摘要/摘要 来自代表不足群体(URGs)的初级科学家面临着学术生涯成功的主要障碍 不是来自URG的初级科学家不会面对。学术上有机会，也有责任 在营养、肥胖和糖尿病方面有优势的单位制定计划，帮助克服这些障碍和 促进作为URGs一部分的研究人员的职业生涯。此外，我们需要来自URGs的训练有素的研究人员 以便充分了解和解决这些人群中与肥胖相关的慢性病。这 在阿拉巴马州和南部腹地各州是一个特别严重的问题。我们建议开发、实施、 并评估一项创新计划，以帮助来自URGs的初级科学家识别和克服障碍 在学业上取得成功，并提高他们的学术、指导和政治技能。我们有强大的T32流水线 博士后和博士后级别的培训补助金，将来自URGs的科学家带到UAB并做出强有力的承诺 从UAB内部的单位中为完成该计划的人员创建教员职位(和/或保留方案)。 具体目标是：1)争取至少3-4名初级科学家的参与 (博士后研究员、助理教授)，最好来自URGs，每人在一个项目中花费3年时间 旨在提高和发展技能，以成功地成为一名独立研究员/首席研究员 学术界，2)提供为期3年的教育和指导计划，重点是发展 个人内部、人际关系和团队发展技能，3)为每个人建立指导团队 计划参与者，包括科学家导师、学术/机构导航员和健康 教练，以及4)制定一个全面的计划，以评估和潜在地扩展该计划。 UAB为支持URGs科学家的职业发展提供了完美的环境。UAB是 被《福布斯》杂志评为美国第四大多元化雇主。UAB有一个强大的部门 NIH资助的三个中心--营养肥胖研究中心 (NORC)、精准健康营养临床中心(NPHCC)和糖尿病研究中心(DRC)。 健康专业学院拥有一个由疾病预防控制中心资助的国家健康、体力活动和健康中心 残疾(NCHPAD)。这份申请得到了该机构的支持，并承诺将考虑聘用 参加该计划的学者。我们的创新培训计划是为了解决特定的障碍 在UAB NORC领导的促进职业生涯的国家研讨会系列中确定的职业成功 那些在学术界代表性不足的人(乌里亚)。该提案的创新方面包括一个指导团队，以 促进研究，并帮助参与者发展其他技能，以便在学术领域取得进步和成功 机构。