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，辛辛那提大学医学中心的终身副教授。他是内科结果研究部主任，卫生政策和卫生服务研究所临床有效性中心研究主任，以及俄亥俄州VA医疗保健系统卫生服务研发（HSR&D）主任。作为医疗决策学会主席，他是国际公认的决策分析、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）方面的专家。Tsevat博士目前是NCCAM资助的“艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的精神和生活意愿”和VA HSR&D资助的“艾滋病毒/艾滋病退伍军人的健康价值观和精神”的首席研究员。这两项研究都是第一年进行的，对325-350名来自辛辛那提和华盛顿的艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者（NCCAM研究）和100名来自辛辛那提和匹兹堡的艾滋病毒/艾滋病退伍军人（VA研究）的灵性程度进行了描述和评估，并探索了灵性和健康状况与生存意愿的关系，以及患者是否觉得自己的生活得到了改善。患者登记工作比计划提前了很多，而且这个项目已经吸引了许多茨瓦特博士的同事和学员，他们之前没有被纳入资助范围，因此产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事业，特别是结果研究，并指导有兴趣从事以患者为导向研究的学生、住院医生、研究员和初级教师。他拥有强大的机构支持，在继续指导学员和初级教师的同时，继续他目前在健康价值观和灵性方面的研究。他预计，他的不少学员将从事他目前资助的NCCAM和VA研究，为自己开辟利基市场，开展辅助研究，撰写论文和获得资助。K24将是无价之宝，使Tsevat博士能够利用他目前用于培训和指导研究员和初级教员的大部分时间；监督灵性研究的衍生项目；学习和教授导师技巧。

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.