MBRS SCORE Program at Charles R Drew University

描述（由申请人提供）：Charles R. Drew医学与科学大学（Drew） MBRS SCORE项目的总体目标是：1)通过显著提高生物医学/生物行为研究和科学出版物的质量和数量，通过有前途的初级研究人员解决少数民族健康差异问题，增加训练有素的少数民族研究人员的数量；2)加强Drew的研究基础设施。该计划包括1)行政核心和2)发展中的教师的研究项目。本补充申请建议扩大MBRS计划初级研究者基础，包括对最初未资助的一个项目的修订。此外，内部咨询委员会选定了三个新的完整项目和一个试点项目，现正提议作为这项申请的一部分。与目前的项目一样，每位初级研究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，以提高初级研究员的研究和科学交流技能和知识。此应用程序的具体目的是：

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. Additionally, three new full projects and one pilot project 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.