Capacity Advancement in Research Infrastructure

描述(由申请人提供)：这项拟议的CAIRI：UPRSD*(‘研究基础设施的能力推进：波多黎各大学牙科学院)的目标是促进(通过稳定的捐赠资金)波多黎各大学牙科学院(UPRSD)和公共卫生研究生院(UPRGSOPH)的健康差异研究基础设施和能力，以开展、合作和促进关于健康差异的科学价值研究，同时开发新的少数族裔研究人员的“管道”。这是为了响应NCMHD捐赠计划，以提高第736条卫生专业学校的研究和培训能力：RFA-MD-05-001。 CAIRI：UPRSD建立在NIH-NIDCR资助的RIPCOHD(2002-05)的成功基础设施开发、HRSA UPRSD西班牙裔英才中心的研究开发部分以及UPRGSOPH的研究开发经验的基础上。该捐赠基金的资金将有助于缩小口腔健康差距，最初重点放在龋齿和口腔癌症疾病上，通过侧重于以人口为基础的研究人员和研究，继续以专题延续NIH-NIDCR资助的第一个研究基础设施项目“RIPCOHD”，并推进与普遍定期审议公共卫生研究生院的合作。12岁儿童的龋齿发病率是北美最高的，而波多黎各的口腔癌发病率明显高于美国大陆白人。 具体地说，这笔捐款将设立一名全额资助的口腔流行病学终身教授、口腔流行病学客座教授和一名研究员/研究员。这些职位将进行多学科的健康差异研究，并指导初级研究人员和学生。此外，捐赠基金将设立一个常设的研究和研究基础设施健康差距咨询委员会，以指导寻找和应用外部资源来加强研究基础设施。 这一目标将在加强和稳定研究资源、建立和发展一大批有科学价值的研究人员、加强UPRSD和UPRGSOPH的教职员工和行政部门的研究文化以及扩大补助金和两所学校(牙科和公共卫生)之间的合作方面是可持续的，这将促进旨在减少健康差距的多学科研究。 CAIRI对公共卫生的重要性：UPRSD正在继续发展健康差距研究基础设施，并为波多黎各大学牙科学院和公共卫生研究生院未来的科学研究人员“流水线”，重点是拉美裔人口。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this proposed CAIRI: UPRSD * ('Capacity Advancement in Research Infrastructure: University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry) is to advance (via stable endowment funding) the health disparities research infrastructure and capacity of the University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry (UPRSD) and the Graduate School of Public Health (UPRGSOPH) for the conduct, collaboration, and promotion of scientifically meritorious research on Health Disparities, while developing the "pipeline" of new minority researchers. This is in response to NCMHD Endowment Program for Increasing Research and Training Capacity in Section 736 Health professions schools: RFA MD-05-001. CAIRI: UPRSD builds on the successful infrastructure development of the NIH-NIDCR funded RIPCOHD (2002-05), HRSA UPRSD Hispanic Center of Excellence's research development components, and the UPRGSOPH's research development experiences. The endowment's funding will contribute to reducing oral health disparities with an initial emphasis on the diseases of dental caries and oral cancer, a thematic continuation of the first NIH-NIDCR funded research infrastructure project "RIPCOHD", by focusing on population-based researchers and research, and advancing collaborations with the UPR Graduate School of Public Health. Dental caries rates for 12-year olds are the highest in North America, while oral cancer rates in Puerto Rico are significantly greater than for U.S. mainland Whites. Specifically, this endowment will establish a fully funded tenured Professor of Oral Epidemiology, dual appointed at the UPR School of Dentistry and Graduate School of Public Health, Visiting Professor of Oral Epidemiology and a research Associate/Fellow. These positions will conduct multidisciplinary health disparities research and mentor junior researchers and students. Additionally, the endowment will establish a permanent Health Disparities Advisory Committee on Research and Research Infrastructure to guide the identification and application of external resources to research infrastructure enhancement. The goal will be sustainable in terms of the reinforcement and stability of research resources, the establishment and development of a critical mass of scientifically meritorious researchers, the enhancement of a research culture within both the faculty and administration at UPRSD and UPRGSOPH, and the expansion of grantsmanship and collaborations between two Schools (Dentistry and Public Health) that will advance multidisciplinary research aimed at reducing health disparities. The public health importance of CAIRI: UPRSD is in its continuing the development of the health disparities research infrastructure and the "pipeline" of future scientific researchers at the University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry and Graduate School of Public Health focusing on Hispanic populations.