Research Core

研究核心将产生关于少数群体健康和慢性疾病，特别是癌症和心血管疾病的新知识，重点是开发和测试干预措施，以减少这些差异。CORE将监督两个由P60支持的全面研究项目，以及一个创新的试点项目计划，该项目利用NIH的资金与机构和慈善资金相结合。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和健康差距研究中心(MHRC)的基础设施。因此，它将增进我们对健康差距的了解，并加强我们消除这些差距的努力。 具体目标是：目标1：监督两个完整研究项目的实施：1.“促进拉丁裔移民女儿接受HPV疫苗”；以及2.“改善非裔美国人的中风预后。”目标2：促进制定和提交新的关于健康差距的研究项目，以获得外部资助：a)促进符合我们总体重点(慢性病，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异)和重点(了解和干预)的研究；b)审查提案并对提案作出科学贡献；c)统计和研究基础设施对提案的支持(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和健康差距研究中心(MHRC)并与其他UAB中心和学校合作，确定额外的资源，为初级教员提供资金，以开展与健康差距有关的试点项目。我们将利用MHDRC的资金和MHRC的资金，每年稳定开展2-3个试点项目。目标4：将有关少数群体健康和健康差距的多种专门知识来源与MHDRC的研究基础结合起来，以便进行智力交流和利用资源。具体来说：a)举办研讨会；b)每年举办一次健康差距研究研讨会，以促进对健康差距的研究，分享知识，培养科学家之间的互动和网络；以及c)引导科学家获得其他适当的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.