Professional Development Core

摘要-专业发展核心 罗得岛（RI）拥有大量的健康和医疗资源，但也有大量和严重的医疗保健 问题，包括过量死亡率高，心理健康问题，肥胖和重大医疗保健 差距。整合国际扶轮的大量健康和医疗资源，使其能够有效地解决国际扶轮的 健康和医疗保健问题需要在国家的临床和转化研究的关键差距 (CTR)基础设施关闭。在Advance-CTR的第一阶段，专业发展（PD）核心 重点关注研究人员及其团队面临的三个具体差距：研究资金不足， 有机会学习CTR所需的最新技能，缺乏有效和经验丰富的 指导。为了增加资金，核心资助了10个指导研究奖（MRA），所有10个都可能是 在第一阶段结束前获得校外资助核心还提供了赠款重新提交奖（GRA） 研究人员得分高，但没有资金，NIH的建议，几乎所有的GRA（5/6）获得了随后的 经费为了让研究人员和他们的团队建立技能，核心赞助多日赠款写作 讲习班，包括一个专门侧重于职业发展奖，以及多个其他以CTR为重点的讲习班 培训。为了增加高质量指导的可用性，核心赞助高级教师成为 来自国家研究指导网络和改进中心的互动课程的主持人 指导经验。随后，105名初级和高级教师完成了这一出色的培训。 最后，根据获奖者的反馈，核心小组制定并实施了为期一年的强化培训， 计划初级教师写作K奖，先进的K计划。我们看到了巨大的机会， Advance-CTR进行第二阶段，更加强调来自代表性不足人口的教师 以及社区参与。对于第二阶段，PD核心提出了以下具体目标：（1）提供 资助机制，提高基本的临床和翻译能力，以促进公平， 国际扶轮调查员社区的竞争力，（2）定位初级调查员，以确保赠款资金， 实现独立，以及（3）扩大传播辅导方面的最佳做法。预期成果 发展包括更加重视社区参与的研究;继续准备初级 调查人员通过MRA吸引NIH资金;扩大培训和技能的传播，以进行CTR， 包括创业和社区参与培训;更多的教师获得K和R系列奖项; 以及一个更大、联系更紧密的全州指导网络。国际康复会的预期效益包括： 卫生优先事项和差距，更稳定的CTR劳动力，增强的社区意识， 研究人员，更多的研究资金，并提高吸引和留住CTR研究人员的能力。从长远 从长远来看，我们预计PD核心将有助于改善该州人口的健康和福祉。

ABSTRACT- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORE Rhode Island (RI) has substantial health and healthcare resources, but also substantial and serious healthcare problems, including high rates of overdose death, mental health problems, obesity, and significant health care disparities. Aligning RI’s substantial health and healthcare resources so that they can effectively address RI’s health and health care problems requires that critical gaps in the state’s Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) infrastructure be closed. During Phase I of Advance-CTR, the Professional Development (PD) Core focused on three specific gaps faced by researchers and their teams: insufficient research funding, limited opportunities to learn state-of-the-art skills required for CTR, and lack of access to effective and experienced mentoring. To bolster funding, the Core funded ten Mentored Research Awards (MRAs), and all ten will likely be awarded extramural funding by the end of Phase I. The Core also provided Grant Resubmission Awards (GRAs) to researchers with high-scoring, but unfunded, NIH proposals, and nearly all GRAs (5/6) secured subsequent funding. To allow investigators and their teams to build skills, the Core sponsored multi-day grant writing workshops, including one focusing specifically on Career Development Awards, and multiple other CTR-focused trainings. To increase the availability of high-quality mentoring, the Core sponsored senior faculty to become facilitators of interactive curriculum from the National Research Mentoring Network and the Center of Improved Mentoring Experiences. Subsequently 105 junior and senior faculty have completed this outstanding training. Finally, in response to awardee feedback, the Core developed and implemented a year-long, intensive training program for junior faculty writing K awards, the Advanced-K Program. We see enormous opportunity as Advance-CTR undertakes Phase II, with an enhanced emphasis on faculty from underrepresented populations and on community engagement. For Phase II, the PD Core proposes the following Specific Aims: (1) Provide funding mechanisms and enhance essential clinical and translational competencies to promote equity and competitiveness of the RI investigator community, (2) Position junior investigators to secure grant funding and achieve independence, and (3) Expand the dissemination of best practices in mentoring. Expected results of this evolution include greater emphasis on community engaged research; continued preparation of junior investigators through MRAs to attract NIH funding; expanded dissemination of training and skills to conduct CTR, including training in entrepreneurship and community engagement; more faculty with K- and R-series awards; and a larger, more connected state-wide mentoring network. Expected benefits to RI include enhanced attention to health priorities and disparities, a more stable CTR workforce, an enhanced sense of community for CTR investigators, more research funding, and improved ability to attract and retain CTR researchers. In the longer term, we anticipate the PD Core will contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of the state’s population.