Developing Health Services Research at TSU and MMC

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请旨在将两所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）的少数民族研究基础设施支持计划（M-RISP）延长五年，即田纳西州立大学（大津）和梅哈里医学院（MMC）。 此次更新申请的目的是进一步加强大津和MMC的研究基础设施，并加强新的个体研究者在医疗质量和差异领域进行高质量卫生服务研究的能力。 拟议的计划建立在过去三年取得的进展，并扩大了M-RISP活动，以更有效地培训和指导初级研究人员发表研究成果，并在医疗质量和服务领域竞争独立研究赠款。 在延长期间（第2周期）拟议的活动将进一步发展大学通过传统的供资机制争取赞助者发起的校外研究支助的能力。 拟议的M-RISP在周期2期间的具体目标（自最初的周期1申请以来已进行了修改）是：1）制定一个管理结构，以支持大津和MMC的合作医疗质量研究; 2）为初级教师和与中心有关的学生制定一个结构化的研究支持和卫生服务研究培训计划（包括实质性的健康服务主题，如研究设计、数据收集、数据分析、撰写手稿和撰写资助申请）; 3）提供和扩展大津健康研究中心现有的数据库，供初级研究人员使用，以开展研究项目和开发新的可资助的研究应用; 4）在田纳西州中部为医疗保健研究人员和服务提供者举行为期一天的会议，以促进和传播AHRQ M-RISP项目和其他机构资助的旨在消除健康方面种族和民族差异的项目的研究结果;并确保研究发展与消除健康方面种族和民族差异的目标的相关性。

DESCRIPTION (PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT): This application seeks to renew for five years the Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP) at two historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), namely Tennessee State University (TSU) and Meharry Medical College (MMC). The goal of this renewal application is to enhance further the research infrastructure at TSU and MMC and to strengthen the capacity of new individual investigators to conduct high-quality, health services research in the area of healthcare quality and disparities. The proposed program builds on the progress made during the past three years and expands the M-RISP activities to more effectively train and mentor junior investigators to publish research and to compete for independent research grants in the area of healthcare quality and services. The proposed activities during the renewal period (Cycle 2) will further develop the University's ability to compete for investigator-initiated extramural research support through traditional funding mechanisms. The specific aims of the proposed M-RISP during Cycle 2 (which have been modified since the original Cycle 1 application) are to: 1) Develop an administrative structure to support collaborative healthcare quality research at TSU and MMC; 2) Institute a structured program of research support and training in health services research for junior faculty and for students associated with the Center (including substantive health services topics, such as research design, data collection, data analysis, writing manuscripts, and writing grant applications); 3) Provide and expand existing databases at TSU's Center for Health Research for use by junior investigators to conduct research projects and to develop new fundable research applications; 4) Hold a one-day conference for healthcare researchers and service providers in Middle Tennessee to promote and disseminate findings from the AHRQ M-RISP project and from other agency-funded projects aimed at eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health; and to ensure the relevance of research development to the goal of eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health.