MBRS SCORE Program at Charles R. Drew University

描述(由申请人提供)：查尔斯·R·德鲁医学与科学大学(DREW)MBRS评分计划的总体目标是：1)通过承诺解决少数民族健康差距问题的初级研究人员，显著提高生物医学/生物行为研究和科学出版物的质量和数量，从而增加训练有素的少数族裔研究人员的数量；2)加强德鲁大学的研究基础设施。该计划包括1)行政核心和2)发展中教员的研究项目。这一补充申请建议扩大MBRS计划初级调查员的基础，以包括对最初没有资助的项目之一的修订，以及来自以前没有资助的调查员之一的新项目。此外，内部咨询委员会选定了两个新项目，并提议将其作为本次申请的一部分。与目前的项目一样，每名初级调查员将与一名高级导师配对，并将参加一系列有组织的培训研讨会，以加强初级调查员的研究和科学交流技能和知识。本申请的具体目标是： 1)扩大MBRS方案的初级调查员基础，从而为实现方案的目标和目的作出贡献。 2)加强德鲁大学的机构生物医学研究能力。 3)支持全面和试点项目，以激励和更好地培养有前途的少数族裔初级调查员和初级调查员，他们坚定地致力于影响弱势群体从事生物医学/生物行为研究事业的问题。 4)通过支持指导研究全面和试点项目促进教师发展，方法是将敬业的高级研究人员与有前途的初级教师配对，并通过初级教师咨询委员会为正式指导提供基础设施 5)通过实施一系列研究研讨会促进教师发展，以加强和提高有前途的初级教师的研究生产力和科学沟通技能。 德鲁大学MBRS评分计划的预期结果是，接受指导的初级调查人员将成功竞争独立同行评议的资金，并最终获得终身研究轨道学术任命。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objectives of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Drew) MBRS SCORE program, which was funded for the period of 08/01/03-07/31/07, are to 1) increase the number of well trained minority researchers by significantly improving the quality and quantity of biomedical/ biobehavioral research and scientific publications by promising junior investigators addressing issues of health disparities for ethnic minorities and 2) enhance the research infrastructure at Drew. The program consists of 1) an administrative core and 2) research projects from developing faculty. This supplemental application proposes to expand the MBRS program junior investigator base to include a revision of one of the projects that was not initially funded and a new project from one of the investigators that was previously not funded. Additionally, two new projects were selected by the Internal Advisory Committee and are being proposed as part of this application. As with the current projects, each junior investigator will be paired with a senior mentor and will participate in a structured training seminar series to enhance the junior investigator's research and scientific communication skills and knowledge. The specific aims of this application are to: 1) Expand the junior investigator base of the MBRS program, thus contributing to achieving the program's goals and objectives. 2) Enhance institutional biomedical research capabilities at Drew. 3) Provide support for full and pilot projects to stimulate and better prepare promising minority junior investigators and junior investigators with a strong commitment to issues affecting disadvantaged populations for biomedical/ biobehavioral research careers. 4) Promote faculty development through the support of mentored-research full and pilot projects by pairing dedicated senior investigators with promising junior faculty and providing an infrastructure for formal mentoring via an advisory committee for the junior faculty members 5) Promote faculty development through the implementation of a research seminar series to strengthen, and increase the research productivity and scientific communication skills of promising junior faculty. The expected outcome of the MBRS SCORE program at Drew is that mentored junior investigators will successfully compete for independent peer-reviewed funding and the eventual attainment of a "tenured" research track academic appointment.