Hispanics in Research Capability: SoHP & SOM Partnership (HIREC)

描述（由申请人提供）： 研究中的西班牙人能力：SoHP和SoM伙伴关系（HIREC）。缺乏积极的，训练有素的少数民族临床和翻译研究人员，以及培训他们的正式计划是一个关键的国家问题。为了满足这一需求，波多黎各大学医学科学校区的卫生保健（SoHP）和医学（SoM）学院在NIH的支持下（RR 017589）于2002年设立了临床研究（MSc）硕士课程。在这项申请中，我们建议制定NCMHD捐赠计划“HISPANICS-IN-RESEARCH CAPABILITY：SoHP & SoM Partnership（HIREC）”，以扩大和维持学校的能力建设和研究基础设施战略，促进少数民族健康和健康差异研究。我们的近期目标仍然是增加优秀的西班牙裔临床和翻译研究人员的数量。该申请的具体目标是：（1）建立一个具有平衡投资政策的安全和可持续资金来源的捐赠基金;（2）进一步加强和扩大硕士课程的研究能力;（3）创建访问科学家教授计划。为了进一步实现这些目标，HIREC捐赠计划专门解决了增加教师和学生参与少数民族健康和健康差异研究相关活动的需要，以及与经验丰富的客座教授互动的机会，同时改善基础设施以支持转化研究。通过促进与社区、工业界和有兴趣解决少数群体健康问题中的重大问题的国家研究密集型机构的伙伴关系，HIREC捐赠方案得到进一步加强。我们的最终目标是准备一批西班牙裔临床研究人员，他们将能够理想地启动原始和重要的临床研究，以解决少数民族和非少数民族人口之间的多因素健康差异。这种研究必须增加对差距原因的认识和了解，并帮助制定查明和防止差距的方法。健康差异赋予主席的建立将有助于整合波多黎各多个部门，学校和研究机构的临床研究以及与美国研究人员的合作，并将对社区的健康产生重大影响，特别是代表性不足的少数民族。 公共卫生相关性：缺乏积极主动、训练有素的少数民族是一个严重的国家问题。人们认识到，少数群体调查人员带来独特的观点和经验，提高了了解健康和健康状况差异背后因素的潜力。这种研究将增加对不平等原因的认识和了解，有助于制定查明和预防不平等的方法，并将对社区的健康，特别是代表性不足的少数群体的健康产生重大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): HISPANICS-IN-RESEARCH CAPABILITY: SoHP & SoM PARTNERSHIP (HIREC). The shortage of motivated, well trained minority clinical and translational researchers, and the formal programs to train them is a critical national problem. To address this need, the schools of Health Professions (SoHP) and Medicine (SoM) of the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, with NIH support (RR017589), established in 2002 a Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSc) program. In this application, we propose to develop the NCMHD Endowment Program "HISPANICS-IN-RESEARCH CAPABILITY: SoHP & SoM Partnership (HIREC) to expand and sustain the schools' strategies for building capacity and research infrastructure that will facilitate minority health and health disparities research. Our immediate goal continues to be increasing the number of outstanding Hispanic clinical and translational investigators. Specific aims of this application are to: (1) Establish an endowment that is a secure and sustainable source of funding with a balanced investment policy; (2) Further strengthen and expand the research capacity of the MSc program; and (3) Create a Visiting Scientist Professorship Program. To further these aims, the HIREC Endowment Program specifically addresses the need to increase the participation of faculty and students in activities related to minority health and health disparities research, as well as the opportunity to interact with experienced visiting professors, while improving the infrastructure to support translational research. The HIREC Endowment Program is further strengthened by fostering partnerships with the community, industry and national research-intensive institutions interested in addressing significant questions in minority health issues. Our ultimate goal is to prepare a cadre of Hispanic clinical researchers that will be ideally positioned to initiate original and important clinical investigations addressing the multifactorial health disparities between minority and non-minority populations. Such research must increase the knowledge and understanding of the causes of disparities and help develop methods to identify and prevent them. The establishment of a Health Disparities Endowed Chair will help integrate clinical investigations across multiple departments, schools and research institutes in Puerto Rico and collaborations with US researchers, and will have a significant impact on the health of the community, particularly underrepresented minorities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The shortage of motivated, well trained minorities is a critical national problem. It has been recognized that minority investigators bring unique perspectives and experiences that enhance the potential for understanding factors that underlie variation in health and health status. Such research will increase the knowledge and understanding of the causes of disparities, help develop methods to identify and prevent them, and will have a significant impact on the health of the community, particularly underrepresented minorities.