UCSF-Kaiser Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Program

 描述（由申请人提供）：此竞争性续期申请建议继续加州大学弗朗西斯科分校（UCSF）和凯撒永久北方加州研究部（凯撒DOR）桥接跨学科研究职业妇女健康（BIRCWH）K-12计划。该计划的目标是：1。招募一批优秀的、多样化的早期职业妇女健康研究人员; 2.为他们提供量身定制的培训和指导; 3.以我们现有的计划为基础，针对妇女健康方面重要但研究不足的主题; 4.加强和整合多学科研究模式，培养促进跨学科和跨机构联系的研究人员; 5.通过指导BIRCWH学者和校友的学术进步和领导能力，促进妇女健康研究的突出地位和资源分配。该计划包括来自11个UCSF部门和中心以及Kaiser DOR的导师和顾问。它强调对广泛的妇女健康问题采取新颖的跨学科办法，并利用这些组织的独特优势。我们将继续该计划在妇女癌症;环境健康;心理健康，成瘾和认知;传染病;新陈代谢和骨骼健康;以及整个生命周期的生殖健康方面的强有力举措。一个多学科的咨询委员会与领导层合作监督该计划，包括选择新的学者。该计划强调指导跨学科和研究方法的团队。不同的学者和附属学院在兴趣，背景，培训，种族，性别方面的领域是一个优先事项。两名博士后BIRCWH学者支持至少两年，并参加特定计划的研讨会，进度评估，指导活动和校友领导力发展活动。该计划整合了UCSF临床和转化科学研究所（CTSI）的职业发展和培训计划。每个学者的职业发展道路都是针对特定类型的经验和指导，这将最有效地支持她或他过渡到一个独立的临床科学家。总体而言，该计划将继续成为延续和扩大旧金山弗朗西斯科湾区妇女健康科学的独特资源。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competing renewal application proposes continuation of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Kaiser Permanente Northern California Department of Research (Kaiser DOR) Bridging Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) K-12 Program. The program's objectives are to: 1. recruit a superb and diverse group of early career women's health researchers; 2. provide them individually-tailored training and mentoring; 3. build upon our existing program by targeting important yet understudied topics in women's health; 4. strengthen and integrate models of multidisciplinary research, developing researchers who foster linkages across disciplines and institutions; and 5. promote the prominence of and resources allocated to women's health research by mentoring BIRCWH scholars and alumni in academic advancement and leadership. The program is includes mentors and advisors from 11 UCSF's departments and centers, as well as the Kaiser DOR. It emphasizes novel transdisciplinary approaches to a wide range of women's health issues and draws on the unique strengths of these organizations. We will continue the program's strong initiatives in women's cancers; environmental health; mental health, addiction, and cognition; infectious disease; metabolism and bone health; and reproductive health across the lifespan. A multidisciplinary Advisory Committee oversees the program in partnership with leadership, including selection of new scholars. The program emphasizes mentoring teams that cross disciplines and research methodologies. Diverse scholars and affiliated faculty-in terms of fields of interest, background, training, ethnicity, an gender-are a priority. Two postdoctoral BIRCWH scholars are supported for at least two years and participate in program-specific seminars, progress assessments, mentoring activities, and alumni leadership development activities. The program integrates UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) career development and training programs. The career development path for each scholar is tailored to the specific types of experience and mentoring that will most effectively support her or his transition to an independent clinical scientist. The program overall will continue to be a unique resource for the continuation and expansion of women's health science in the San Francisco Bay Area.