Catalyzing Systemic Change at Drexel University to Support Diverse Faculty in Health Disparities Research

项目总结 学院发展核心(FDC)的首要目标是制定和实施最佳实践 指导和支持不同的早期教师的系、学院和大学致力于 进行健康差距研究，并加强研究开发和调查人员开展健康工作的能力 差异研究和提交有竞争力的NIH R01拨款申请。早期职业教师将代表 不同的种族和民族，致力于并参与健康差距的研究 (检测、了解、减少)和重点关注我们的一个集群领域(老龄化、慢性病和 环境决定因素)。CORE的具体目标是(1)提供专业发展和 实施指导和赞助的最佳实践，以支持First 为成功的晋升和终身教职做好准备；(2)支持研究发展 第一批人，以最大限度地提高该人在第三年获得R01型研究资金的能力 (3)建立一个助理教授社区，特别关注健康差距(从 人口健康到干预)，以增加对健康差距的高影响跨学科研究 在德雷克塞尔大学做研究。我们将通过一套以证据为基础的、结构化的和 非结构化活动包括：(1)对交叉性敏感的一对一指导；(2)同行和近同行 辅导(3)咨询模式的使用，(4)编写责任小组，(5)专业发展 讲习班(5)支持教学和(6)研究开发活动，包括赠款编写训练营 并批准审查活动。此外，我们还将实施联网和科学交流活动，以 促进包容文化，减少孤立，促进跨学科和协作健康 在整个大学范围内进行差异研究。我们的科学前提是成功实施 这些目标将使一线教员能够提高他们的奖学金，并导致提交有竞争力的 NIH R01有可能推进健康差距研究并影响个人和人群 健康结果。我们将利用已经实施的计划和政策以及巨大的健康差距 德雷克塞尔大学的研究环境，以制定创新的全面教师发展计划 这支持了第一批人的成员，并提供了一条通往成功的途径，不仅将使 第一个群体，但可以扩大规模，使德雷塞尔大学作为一个整体受益。我们的创新方面 方法包括高度重视从病因学角度进行健康差异研究的跨学科方法 到干预，公共卫生与护理和卫生专业之间的桥梁(与其他 艺术、科学和医学等领域)，在城市大学扎根坚定地致力于 公民参与，并利用实力作为健康差距研究和 大学背景致力于多样性和包容性，反映在最近的增长和投资中。

PROJECT SUMMARY The overarching goals of the Faculty Development Core (FDC) are to develop and implement best practices at the department, college and university for mentoring and supporting diverse early-stage faculty dedicated to health disparities research and to enhance research development and investigator capacity to conduct health disparities research and submit competitive NIH R01 grant applications. Early career faculty will represent diverse races and ethnicities, be committed to and engaged in the spectrum of health disparities research (detecting, understanding, reducing) and focus in one of our cluster areas (aging, chronic disease and environmental determinants). The specific aims of core are (1) To provide professional development and implement best practices for mentoring and sponsorship to support the career development of the FIRST faculty cohort and prepare them for successful promotion and tenure; (2) To support the research development of the FIRST cohort to maximize the ability of the cohort to obtain R01-type research funding by their third year on faculty; and (3) To build a community of Assistant Professors with a special focus on health disparities (from population health to intervention) to increase high impact interdisciplinary research on health disparities research at Drexel University. We will accomplish these aims through a set of evidence-based structured and unstructured activities including: (1) one-on-one mentoring sensitive to intersectionality; (2) peer and near-peer mentoring (3) use of the consultancy model, (4) writing accountability groups, (5) professional development workshops (5) support for teaching and (6) research development activities including a grant writing bootcamp and grant review activities. In addition, we will implement networking and scientific exchange events to promote a culture of inclusion, reduce isolation and promote interdisciplinary and collaborative health disparities research across the University generally. Our scientific premise is that successful implementation of these aims will enable FIRST faculty to advance their scholarship and result in the submission of competitive NIH R01s which have potential to advance health disparities research and impact individual and population health outcomes. We will leverage programs and policies already in place as well as a rich health disparities research environment at Drexel University to develop an innovative comprehensive faculty development plan that supports the members of the FIRST Cohort and provides a pathway to success that will not only benefit the FIRST cohort but can be scaled up to benefit Drexel University as a whole. Innovative aspects of our approach include the strong focus on interdisciplinary approaches to health disparities research from etiology to intervention, the bridging of public health and nursing and health professions (with connections to other areas such as arts and sciences and medicine), the grounding in an urban university strongly committed to civic engagement, and the leveraging of strength as a center of excellence in health disparities research and a University context committed to diversity and inclusion reflected in recent growth and investments.