Investigator Development Core

摘要：研究者开发核心 杜克医疗保健公平研究中心（REACH Equity）的总体目标和主题 是通过影响临床遭遇的干预措施来减少健康方面的种族差异。实现这一 研究者发展核心将为早期研究者提供试点赠款，包括初级研究者。 教师、博士后研究员和其他早期研究人员。使用同行评审程序，在每一笔赠款中 今年，我们将资助三名学者一年，机构基金提供第二年的资助。我们 将优先选择解决中心主题的项目：开发和测试干预措施， 通过最终提高以病人为中心的护理质量，减少健康方面的种族和民族差异， 通过更好的提供者沟通，高质量的人际护理过程， 共同决策。与我们中心增加差异研究多样性的目标一致 至少50%的资助项目将由代表性不足的少数民族调查人员领导。获奖者 将参与中心的职业发展机会（见行政核心，研究教育 培训次级核心），包括核心课程、正在进行的工作研讨会系列和年度差异 研究座谈会。早期阶段的调查人员将被邀请在该中心的合作“保护伞”下， 奖学金。通过这种方式，我们将开发未来的差异调查。的具体目标 研究者发展核心是（1）每年资助3名早期研究者作为“差异研究” 学者”进行健康差距的试点研究，目标是至少50%的获奖者来自 （2）在机构的支持下，补充试验计划的拨款，为获奖者提供 职业发展奖。

Abstract: Investigator Development Core The overall goal and theme of the Duke Center for REsearch to AdvanCe Healthcare Equity (REACH Equity) is to reduce racial disparities in health through interventions that affect the clinical encounter. To achieve this goal, the Investigator Development Core will provide pilot grants for early-stage investigators, including junior faculty, post-doctoral fellows and other early stage investigators. Using a peer review process, in each grant year, we will fund three scholars for one year, with institutional funds providing a second year of funding. We will prioritize selection of projects that address the Center's theme: to develop and test interventions that reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health by ultimately improving the quality of patient-centered care in the clinical encounter through better provider communication, high quality interpersonal processes of care, and shared decision making. Consistent with our Center's goal of increasing diversity in the disparities research work-force, at least 50% of funded projects will be led by under-represented minority investigators. Awardees will engage in the Center's career development opportunities (see Administrative Core, Research Education and Training subcore), including a core curriculum, works-in-progress seminar series, and annual disparities research colloquium. Early-stage investigators will be invited under the Center's “umbrella” of collaboration and fellowship. In this way, we will develop the disparities investigators of the future. The specific aims of the Investigator Development Core are to (1) Fund 3/year early-stage investigators as “Disparities Research Scholars” to conduct pilot research on health disparities, with a goal of at least 50% of awardees from under- represented groups; and (2) With institutional support, supplement the pilot funding to provide awardees with a mentored career development award.