UCONN CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S H

康涅狄格大学妇女健康跨学科研究中心（IRWH）将协调和整合康涅狄格大学健康中心、联合健康学院和斯托尔斯校区妇女研究项目中现有的各种妇女健康研究项目。目标是巩固目前在妇女健康研究方面的努力，培训初级调查人员骨干，并将基础、临床和社会行为研究机构的调查人员聚集在一个结构下。这种结构将大大加强康涅狄格大学的妇女健康研究。拟议的计划借鉴了骨骼和骨骼生物学的研究优势；成瘾和心理健康；生殖健康和性传播疾病；以及性别角色。在基础科学、临床科学和社会行为科学方面已经确定了教师导师，以提供这些集中领域的研究密集型经验。有许多显著的特点：1)强有力的领导，利用性别方面的专业知识，指导培训和建立的研究项目；2)建立妇女研究项目；3)培养教师的良好环境；4)现有优秀的科研培养项目，包括MD/PhD和DMD/PhD项目；生物医学研究生培训计划；由普通临床研究中心（GCRC）主办的临床研究课程；康涅狄格大学老年医学研究中心临床研究培训项目；公共卫生硕士；口腔科学硕士；精神病学系成瘾研究博士后项目；5)计划通过研究战略计划扩大研究基础设施。培训方案将包括妇女健康核心丰富经验和三个培训项目。核心包括一个月刊俱乐部、妇女健康系列研讨会、妇女健康年度会议和GCRC临床研究课程，该课程涉及负责任的研究行为。培训课程包括经验丰富的调查员、研究经验有限的学者；和学位课程。IRWH学者将每季度与IRWH项目主管会面，并由其指定的导师每两年对其进行评估，以监督培训项目的进展情况。

The Uconn Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health (IRWH) will coordinate and integrate the diverse research programs in women's health that now exist at the University of Connecticut Health Center, the School of Allied Health and the Women's Studies Program at the Storrs campus. The goal is to consolidate current efforts in women health research to train a cadre of junior investigators and to bring together investigators from basic, clinical and socio-behavioral research settings under one structure. Such a structure will substantially enhance women's health research at the University of Connecticut. The proposed program draws on research strengths in bone and skeletal biology; the addictions and mental health; reproductive health and sexually transmitted diseases; and gender roles. Faculty mentors have been identified in the basic, clinical and socio- behavioral sciences to provide research-intensive experience in these areas of concentration. There are a number of distinctive features: 1) Strong leadership that draws on expertise in gender, mentored training and established research programs; 2) An established Women's Studies Program; 3) A nurturing environment for developing faculty; 4) Excellent existing research training programs, including the MD/PhD and DMD/PhD programs; graduate training program in the Biomedical Sciences; the Clinical Research Curriculum sponsored by the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC); the Uconn Center on Aging clinical research training program as part of its Geriatrics Fellowship; Master of Public Health Programs; Master of Dental Science; the Department of Psychiatry postdoctoral program in addiction research, 5) Planned expansion of the research infrastructure through the Strategic Plan for Research. The training program will consist of a Core Enrichment Experience in Women's Health and three training tracks. The Core includes a monthly journal club, a seminar series in women's health, annual conferences on women's health and the GCRC Clinical Research Course, which addresses responsible conduct of research. Training Tracks include Experienced Investigator, Scholar with Limited Research Experience; and Degree Track. IRWH Scholars will meet quarterly with IRWH program directors and will be evaluated bi-annually by their assigned mentors to monitors progress in the training program.