MBRS SCORE Program at Charles R. Drew University

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的查尔斯·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。该计划包括1)行政核心和2)发展中教员的研究项目。提出了6个试点项目和6个子项目。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，以加强他们的研究和科学交流技能和知识。本申请的具体目标是： 1)通过增加德鲁大学生物医学研究人员的数量来增强机构生物医学研究能力。 2)支持试点项目和次级项目，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。 3)通过支持导师研究试点项目和子项目来促进教师发展，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。 4)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。 5)持续评估DREW MBRS评分计划的流程和初始目标，并与NIGMS计划官员协商，利用这些评估进行持续的计划改进。 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 proposed Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Drew) MBRS SCORE program are to significantly improve the quality and quantity of biomedical/biobehavioral research and scientific publications by promising junior investigators addressing issues of health disparities for ethnic minorities. The program consists of 1) an administrative core and 2) research projects from developing faculty. Six pilot projects and six subprojects are proposed. Each junior investigator will be paired with a senior mentor and will participate in a structured training seminar series to enhance their research and scientific communication skills and knowledge. The specific aims of this application are to: 1) Enhance institutional biomedical research capabilities by increasing the number of biomedical researchers at Drew. 2) Provide support for pilot projects and subprojects 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. 3) Promote faculty development through the support of mentored-research pilot projects and subprojects 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. 4) 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. 5) Continuously evaluate the processes and the initial objectives of the Drew MBRS SCORE program and utilize these assessments to make ongoing programmatic improvements in consultation with NIGMS program officials. 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.