University of Hawaii Health Disparities Research Endowment

描述（由申请人提供）：夏威夷大学健康差异研究基金的主要目标是在NCMHD以前提供的基金支持的基础上，通过改进我们的重点和加强我们开展旨在减轻夏威夷少数民族和医疗服务不足人口的疾病负担的研究的能力。如果获得资助，我们将通过组建健康差异捐赠委员会（HDEC）、支持初级和少数民族教师以及增加捐赠语料来实现这一目标。HDEC将以五年为周期优先考虑研究重点，指导初级教师，并监督综合健康差异研究计划的发展。心血管疾病（CVD）在种族和少数民族人口中非常普遍，是夏威夷的主要死亡原因，无疑是与缩小本州健康差距有关的一个重要研究重点领域。因此，JABSOM领导人选择CVD作为最初五年周期的主题重点。在接下来的五年周期中，重点领域可能包括肥胖、糖尿病、早期人类发展和神经科学，将根据新兴的研究成果和社区需求进行选择。拟议的捐赠将巩固JABSOM创建一个正式的健康差异研究项目的努力，该项目深深植根于社区参与性研究范式，并为有前途的初级和少数民族研究人员提供发展研究的机会，最终将改善夏威夷人民的健康状况。通过一项健全的五年战略，HDEC和夏威夷大学将增加捐赠语料，从而逐步增加对致力于减少和消除我们社区健康差距的研究人员的支持。理想情况下，该基金将成为支持创新研究的永久基础，这些研究将转化为夏威夷和全国各地不同人群的直接利益。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of the University of Hawaii Health Disparities Research Endowment is to build upon foundations laid through previous Endowment support granted by the NCMHD by refining our focus and strengthening our capacity to conduct research designed to reduce the burden of illness and disease upon Hawaii's minority and medically-underserved populations. If funded, we will accomplish this objective by forming a health disparities Endowment committee (HDEC), supporting junior and minority faculty, and increasing the Endowment corpus. The HDEC will prioritize research emphasis in five-year cycles, mentor junior faculty, and oversee the development of a comprehensive health disparities research program. Cardiovascular disease (CVD), highly prevalent in racial and ethnic minority populations and the leading cause of death in Hawaii, is no doubt a vital area of research emphasis linked to reducing health disparities in our state. For this reason, JABSOM leaders selected CVD as the thematic focus for the initial five-year cycle. Areas of emphasis during subsequent five-year cycles, which may include obesity, diabetes, early human development, and neuroscience, will be selected according to emerging research excellence and community need. The proposed Endowment will solidify JABSOM's efforts to create a formal health disparities research program that is deeply rooted in a community-based participatory research paradigm and affords promising junior and minority investigators the opportunity to develop studies that will ultimately improve health outcomes in Hawaii's people. Through a sound five-year strategy, the HDEC and University of Hawaii will increase the Endowment corpus and thereby gradually increase support for researchers dedicated to reducing and eliminating health disparities in our communities. Ideally, the Endowment will serve as a perpetual basis of support for innovative research that will translate to direct benefit for diverse populations in Hawaii and across the country.