BORDER BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER: ADMINISTRATION

德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校建议继续支持 其边境生物医学研究中心（BBRC），以促进基本的 研究流行的病理生物学问题， 西班牙裔占多数的人口沿着美国边境， 墨西哥 该机构已将研究工作放在优先地位， （1）传染病领域，（2）环境毒理学领域， (3)神经科学和代谢紊乱-其中每一个将 构成一项单独的活动，共涉及17名参与者 来自生物科学和心理学系。 八 参与者是新招募的教师，他们的潜力 在五年内建立独立资助的研究项目。 所有拟议的资金都是为了提高数量和质量 将生物医学研究提高到具有国家竞争力的水平 支持. 分子细胞生物学多用户研究设施， 分析细胞学和咨询生物统计学将继续提供 为BBRC参与者提供共享使用基础设施支持， 三个研究领域。 BBRC的目标是成为一个 病理生物学机制研究卓越中心 边境地区流行的疾病，以整合 人类健康的流行病学观点和 生物统计学与基础生物医学研究，并提供一个强大的 研究基础设施，以支持新就职的博士 在生物科学计划，使得克萨斯大学在 埃尔帕索可以作为西班牙裔和其他移民的主要入境点。 少数民族进入生物医学研究主流 归国

The University of Texas at El Paso proposes continuing support for its Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), to promote basic research on pathobiological problems prevalent in the Hispanic-majority population along the United States border with Mexico. The institution has assigned priority to research in the fields of (1) infectious diseases, (2) environmental toxicology, and (3) neuroscience and metabolic disorders - each of which will constitute a separate activity involving a total of 17 participants from the Departments of Biological Sciences and Psychology. Eight of the participants are new faculty members recruited for their potential to establish independently-funded research programs within five years. All proposed funding is designed to enhance the quantity and quality of biomedical research to a nationally competitive level for grant support. Multi-user Research Facilities in Molecular Cell Biology, analytical Cytology, and Consulting Biostatistics will continue to pr ovide shared use infrastructural support for BBRC participants int eh three research activity areas. The goal of the BBRC is to become a center of excellence for research on pathobiological mechanisms of diseases prevalent in the Border region, to integrate the epidemiological perspective on human health and the applications of biostatistics with basic biomedical research, and to provide a strong research infrastructure in support of the newly inaugurated doctoral program in the Biological Sciences, so that the University of Texas at el Paso can serve as a major point of entry for Hispanics and other underrepresented minorities into the biomedical research mainstream of the nation.