MINORITY ORAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER DEVELOPMENT

马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校(UMAB)的一个财团，霍华德 大学(HU)和弗吉尼亚联邦大学(VCU)成立于 为了发展一个组织，从而导致创建一个 少数民族口腔健康研究中心。把这些放在一起 各机构将产生最佳资源，以改善口腔健康 美国种族和少数民族；增强研究能力和 少数族裔成员的参与；发展和加强 少数民族牙科学校(HU)的少数民族口腔健康研究 为大量少数民族人口提供服务的牙科学校(UMAB)。要开发一种 少数民族口腔健康研究中心的结构 提出了以下具体目标：1)启动行政管理 该联盟包括一个少数民族牙科学校，一个牙科学校服务 一个庞大的少数民族人口和一个研究密集的牙科政府， 工业、学者和健康科学，以识别少数族裔口腔 高质量研究所需的卫生研究需求和支持；3) 组织核心单位和设施以支持研发 致力于少数民族健康科学研究的教职员工和科学家； 4)确定并资助满足以下需求的小型项目和试点企业 少数民族口腔保健研究需求将提供科学的 RCMOH的基础。开始实现上述三个具体目标很小 提出了研究项目和三个试点项目。这些活动 将由三个核心单位提供支助：a)行政/诊所，b) 生物统计学，以及c)发展。每项研究工作的共同之处 要研究的人群限于个人或包括个人 非裔美国人后裔(黑人)。三大重点领域 包括：a)口腔癌，b)牙周病，以及c)评估 少数民族儿童和青壮年的口腔健康需求。这是意料之中的 在这个发展时期，一个更加鲜明的中心主题将 从这些最初的项目和试点演变而来。

A consortium of the University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB), Howard University (HU) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was forged in order to develop an organization that would lead to the creation of a Research Center for Minority Oral Health (RCMOH). Together these institutions will generate optimal resources to improve the oral health of U.S. racial and ethnic minorities; enhance the research capabilities and participation of members of racial minorities; and develop and strengthen the minority oral health research at a minority dental school (HU) and at a dental school serving a large minority population (UMAB). To develop a structure for a Research Center for Minority Oral Health (RCMOH) the following specific aims are set forth: 1) Initiate an administrative consortium that includes a Minority Dental School, a Dental School Serving a large minority population, and a research intensive Dental government, industry, academics, and the health sciences to identify minority oral health research needs and support necessary for high quality research; 3) organize Core units and facilities to sustain research and the development of faculty and scientists dedicated to minority health sciences research; 4) Identify and fund small projects and pilot ventures that address minority oral health care research needs that would provide the scientific basis for a RCMOH. To begin to achieve the above specific aims three small research projects and three pilot ventures are proposed. These activities will be supported by three core units; a) Administration/Clinic, b) Biostatistics, and c) Development. Common to each of the research efforts is that the population to be studied is limited to or includes individuals of African-American descent (Blacks). The three major areas of focus include: a) oral cancer, b) periodontal diseases, and c) assessment of oral health needs of minority children and young adults. It is anticipated that during this development period a more distinct Center theme will evolve from these initial projects and pilots.