Clinical Research Scholars Training (CREST) Program

项目摘要 Downstate临床研究学者培训计划（CREST）将提供一个结构化的计划， 准备护士和医生进行严格的研究，解决健康差距和进步 健康公平。COVID-19大流行加上社会不公正的行为，所有这些都加强了这一点 种族主义是种族和族裔健康差距的一个根本驱动因素， 科学界。最近的NIH资助计划也呼吁研究， 结构性种族主义和歧视对健康差距的影响。这些事件为发展 CREST是一个以健康公平为重点的研究培训计划。CREST建立在既定的健康公平基础上 基础设施和长期的社区合作伙伴关系。符合资格的受训人员是护士， 高级博士学位，博士后/临床研究员，以及来自以下背景的初级教师 在生物医学研究中的代表性不足。CREST将包括一个为期2年的教学课程和指导 研究经验部分和一年试点项目部分。课程是一个既定的 我们公共卫生学院的公共卫生硕士。它将通过创新的混合动力和hyflex交付 （晚间、同步在线、异步在线和面对面）模式。这个项目有超过95%的 按时完成率。受训人员在准备提交时将参加赠款撰写讲习班 试点项目部分的申请。CREST的独特之处包括跨专业学习 环境，关于应用反种族主义，结构能力和创伤知情的正式教学会议 设计研究的框架，以及让社区伙伴和代表参与的机会， 纽约市卫生署。CREST将由与NIH合作的MPI团队领导 资助的培训计划，并致力于建立一个多元化的研究队伍。这支球队将 合作实现以下目标：1）提供以公平为重点的教学研究课程， 指导临床研究经验; 2）实施试点研究计划，作为催化剂， 生成可用于未来职业发展（K）或研究的初步数据 项目（R）赠款; 3）建立一个由地方和国家导师组成的CREST导师网络， 有一个支持学术，专业和个人成长的记录，谁将培养学员 独立研究能力。CREST将产生一批临床科学家，他们可以成功地 争取资金，进行差距研究，推进公平研究。

Project Abstract The Downstate Clinical Research Scholars Training Program (CREST) will provide a structured program that prepares nurses and physicians to conduct rigorous research that addresses health disparities and advances health equity. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with acts of social injustice all converge to reinforce that racism is a fundamental driver of racial and ethnic health disparities and requires an urgent response from the scientific community. Recent NIH funding initiatives have also called for research that examines the impact of structural racism and discrimination on health disparities. These events provide the rationale for developing CREST as a health-equity focused research training program. CREST builds upon an established health equity infrastructure at SUNY Downstate and long-standing community partnerships. Eligible trainees are nurses with advanced doctoral degrees, post-residents/clinical fellows, and junior faculty from backgrounds that are underrepresented in biomedical research. CREST will consist of a 2-year didactic curriculum and mentored research experience component and a 1-year pilot projects component. The curriculum is an established Master of Public Health in our School of Public Health. It will be delivered via innovative hybrid and hyflex (evening, synchronous online, asynchronous online, and in-person) modalities. This program has an over 95% on-time completion rate. Trainees will participate in grant writing workshops as they prepare to submit applications for the pilot project component. Unique aspects of CREST include an interprofessional learning environment, formal didactic sessions on applying antiracism, structural competency, and trauma-informed frameworks in designing research, and opportunities to engage community partners and representatives from the New York City Department of Health. CREST will be led by an MPI team who have collaborated on NIH funded training programs and who are dedicated to building a diverse research workforce. This team will collaboratively implement the following aims 1) provide an equity-focused didactic research curriculum and a mentored clinical research experience; 2) implement a pilot studies program that serves as a catalyst for generating preliminary data that can be used in preparation for future career development (K) or research project (R) grants; 3) establish a CREST-Mentorship Network comprised of local and national mentors who have a track record of supporting academic, professional, and personal growth and who will foster trainee capacity for independent research. CREST will yield a critical-mass of clinician scientists who can successfully compete for funding, conduct disparities research, and advance equity research.