Mentorship and Research in Spirituality and Health

描述（由申请人提供）：Joel Tsevat，医学博士，公共卫生硕士，是辛辛那提大学医学中心的终身副教授。他是内科学系的结果研究主任，卫生政策和卫生服务研究所临床有效性中心的研究主任，以及俄亥俄州VA医疗保健系统的卫生服务研究和开发（HSR&D）主任。作为医学决策学会主席，他是决策分析、成本效益分析和与健康有关的生活质量评估，特别是效用（健康价值）评估方面的国际公认专家。Tsevat博士目前是NCCAM赠款的主要研究员，题为“艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的精神和生活意愿”，以及VA HSR&D赠款，题为“艾滋病毒/艾滋病退伍军人的健康价值观和精神”。“这些研究，无论是在他们的第一年，是表征和评估的精神程度，在325-350艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者从辛辛那提和华盛顿（NCCAM研究）和100名退伍军人与艾滋病毒/艾滋病从辛辛那提和匹兹堡（VA研究），并探讨精神和健康状况的关系，以生活的意愿，以及病人是否觉得他们的生活得到了改善。病人的登记大大提前，该项目引起了Tsevat博士的许多同事和未被列入赠款的学员的兴趣，催生了几个新的衍生项目，并为更多人创造了机会。Tsevat博士完全致力于以患者为导向的研究，特别是成果研究的职业生涯，并指导学生，居民，研究员和有兴趣追求以患者为导向的研究事业的初级教师。他有强大的机构支持，以追求他目前的健康价值观和精神研究线，同时继续指导学员和初级教师。他预计，相当多的他的学员将在他目前资助的NCCAM和VA研究工作，雕刻出自己的利基，开发辅助研究，并撰写论文和赠款。K24将是无价的，使Tsevat博士能够将他目前捐赠的大部分时间用于培训和指导研究员和初级教师;监督灵性研究的衍生项目;学习和教授导师技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He is Director of Outcomes Research in the Department of Internal Medicine, Research Director in the Center for Clinical Effectiveness in the Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, and Director of Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) for the VA Healthcare System of Ohio. As President of the Society for Medical Decision Making, he is an internationally recognized expert in decision analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and health-related quality of life assessment, in particular utility (health values) assessment. Dr. Tsevat is currently principal investigator on an NCCAM grant entitled "Spirituality and Will to Live in Patients with HIV/AIDS" and a VA HSR&D grant entitled "Health Values and Spirituality in Veterans with HIV/AIDS." These studies, both in their first year, are characterizing and assessing the extent of spirituality in 325-350 patients with HIV/AIDS from Cincinnati and Washington (NCCAM study) and 100 veterans with HIV/AIDS from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh (VA study), and exploring the relationship of spirituality and health status to the will to live and to whether patients feel that their life has improved. Patient enrollment is well ahead of schedule, and the project has drawn interest from many of Dr. Tsevat's colleagues and mentees who had not been written into the grant, spawning several new spin-off projects and creating opportunities for many more. Dr. Tsevat is fully committed to a career in patient-oriented research, in particular outcomes research, and to mentoring students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty interested in pursuing careers in patient-oriented research. He has strong institutional support to pursue his current line of research in health values and spirituality while continuing to mentor trainees and junior faculty. He anticipates that quite a few of his mentees will work on his currently funded NCCAM and VA studies, carving out niches for themselves, developing ancillary studies, and writing papers and grants. A K24 would be invaluable, enabling Dr. Tsevat to cover the lion's share of the time he currently donates to train and mentor fellows and junior faculty; to supervise spin-off projects from the spirituality studies; and to learn and teach mentorship skills.