Research Core

研究核心将产生关于少数民族健康和慢性病的新知识，特别是癌症和心血管疾病，重点是开发和测试干预措施，以减少这些差异。核心将结合联合收割机监督两个P60支持的全面研究项目与创新的试点项目计划，利用国家卫生研究院的资金与机构和慈善基金。研究核心将利用我们的P60卓越中心前两个阶段进行的成功研究，并将利用UAB支持的少数民族健康与健康差异研究中心（MHRC）的基础设施。因此，它将促进我们对健康差距的理解，并加强我们消除这些差距的努力。 具体目标是：目标1：监督两个全面研究项目的执行情况：1。“促进拉丁裔移民女儿的HPV疫苗摄取”; 2。“改善非裔美国人的中风预后。“目标二：通过以下方式促进关于健康差距的新研究项目的开发和提交，以获得校外资助：（慢性疾病，特别是癌症预防和心血管疾病风险因素和中风），主题（少数群体健康和健康差距），并强调（理解和干预）; B）对提案的审查和科学贡献; c）对提案的统计和研究基础设施支持（例如，样本量计算、分析计划和数据管理程序）。目标3：通过机构支持的少数民族健康与健康差异研究中心（MHRC），并与其他UAB中心和学校合作，为初级教师提供资金，以开展与健康差异相关的试点项目，确定额外的资源。我们将利用MHDRC的资金与MHRC的资金，每年稳定开展2-3个试点项目。目标4：将少数民族健康和健康差距方面的多种专业知识来源与MHDRC的研究基地相结合，以促进知识交流和资源利用。具体而言：（a）举办研讨会; B）每年举办一次健康差异研究研讨会，以促进对健康差异的研究，分享知识，并培养科学家之间的互动和网络;以及c）指导科学家使用其他适当的UAB研究资源。

The Research Core will generate new knowledge on minority health and chronic disease, specifically cancer and cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on developing and testing interventions to reduce these disparities. The Core will combine oversight of two P60-supported full research projects with an innovative pilot project program that leverages NIH funding with institutional and philanthropic funding. The Research Core will capitalize on the successful research conducted in the previous two phases of our P60 Center of Excellence, and will make use of the infrastructure of the UAB-supported Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC). Thus it will advance our understanding of health disparities and enhance our efforts to eliminate them. Specific aims are: Aim 1: Oversee the implementation of two full research projects: 1."Promoting HPV Vaccine Uptake among Daughters of Latina Immigrants"; and 2. "Improving Stroke Outcomes for African Americans." Aim 2: Facilitate the development and submission of new research projects on health disparities for extramural funding through: a) Promotion of research consistent with our overall focus (chronic disease, specifically cancer prevention and CVD risk factors and stroke), themes (minority health and health disparities), and emphasis (understanding and intervening); b) Review of and scientific contributions to proposals; c) Statistical and research infrastructure support for proposals (e.g., sample-size computations, analytic plans, and data management procedures). Aim 3: Identify additional resources through the institutionally supported Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC) and in collaboration with other UAB centers and schools to provide funds to junior faculty to conduct pilot projects related to health disparities. We will leverage MHDRC funds with those of the MHRC for a steady state of 2-3 pilot projects annually. Aim 4: Integrate multiple sources of expertise on minority health and health disparities with the research base of the MHDRC for intellectual cross-fertilization and leveraging of resources. Specifically: a) conduct seminars; b) an annual Health Disparities Research Symposium to promote research on health disparities, share knowledge, and cultivate interactions and networking among scientists; and c) direct scientists to other appropriate UAB research resources.