Innovative Mentoring and MPH Education in Research and Scientific Excellence In C

描述(由申请者提供)：沉浸于CER(研究中的创新指导和公共卫生硕士教育和比较有效性研究中的科学卓越)计划将提供进行比较有效性研究(CER)所必需的技能方面的培训和指导，促进来自不同学科和多个职业水平的教师的职业发展。计划参与者将获得出色的职业指导，还将获得先进的CER方法和实验方法方面的专业知识，使他们能够更有效地竞争生物医学、临床、行为和社会科学领域的外部资金。哥伦比亚大学医学中心(CUMC)处于非常有利的地位，可以在CER为初级和中级教师推出培训和指导计划，原因有很多。首先，CUMC拥有一支资金雄厚、备受推崇的资深教员队伍，他们从事CER工作，担任高级导师。其次，我们有一个CTSA奖项，它使我们能够通过无数的研究和培训计划将来自不同学科的教师聚集在一起；它还提供了大量的基础设施来支持新的培训计划。第三，我们在运营培训和指导计划方面拥有丰富的经验(例如，我们在1999-2006年间领导了K30奖，在2002-2006年间领导了K12奖，现在领导的CTSA将这两项努力都纳入其中，并增加了新的计划)。第四，梅尔曼公共卫生学院已经在有效性和结果研究(EOR)方面提供了公共卫生硕士课程，这是这一努力的理想选择。最后，我们的许多教员都站在国家CTSA联盟活动的前列，以确定和促进指导方面的最佳实践。这使我们在实现我们的目标方面处于有利地位：(I)为初级教师建立CER培训和指导计划；(Ii)在CER开发一个新的研讨会系列；(Iii)申请哥伦比亚大学和纽约州立大学建立一个新的CER方法证书计划；(Iv)在中层教师中扩展该计划，使他们能够重新掌握技能，成为CER的高级研究人员和经验丰富的导师；(V)磨练营销战略和遴选标准，以吸引有竞争力的申请者；(Vi)制定和实施跟踪和评估方案方法和参与者职业发展的方法；(Vii)实施促进导师指导和培训的新方法；(Viii)与CTSA机构和CER全国方案分享关于最佳做法的信息。通过这些努力，我们准备为NIH建立一支规模更大、准备特别充分的CER员工队伍的目标做出重大贡献。 公共卫生相关性：此应用程序寻求支持为希望发展或扩大其进行CER(比较有效性研究)能力的调查人员，包括初级和中级教员开展培训和指导职业发展。如果成功，我们的计划将大大提高CER研究人员的效率和技能，并将吸引新的研究人员进入该领域，以提高国家的健康质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The IMMERSE in CER (Innovative Mentoring and MPH Education in Research and Scientific Excellence in Comparative Effectiveness Research) Program will provide training and mentoring in skills essential to conducting comparative effectiveness research (CER), enhancing the career development of faculty from diverse disciplines and at multiple career levels. Program participants will receive excellent career mentoring, and will also gain expertise in advanced CER methods and experimental approaches that will allow them to compete more effectively for external funding in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences. Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) is very well-positioned to launch a training and mentoring program in CER for junior and mid-level faculty for a number of reasons. First, CUMC has a strong cohort of well-funded, highly regarded senor faculty engaged in CER to serve as senior mentors. Second, we have a CTSA award which enables us to bring together faculty from diverse disciplines through myriad research and training initiatives; and which also provides substantial infrastructure to support new training programs. Third, we have ample experience in running training and mentoring programs (e.g., we led a K30 award from 1999-2006, a K12 award from 2002-2006, and now lead a CTSA that subsumes both of these efforts and adds new initiatives). Fourth, the Mailman School of Public Health already offers an MPH track in Effectiveness and Outcomes Research (EOR) that is ideal for this effort. Finally, many of our faculty are at the forefront of the national CTSA consortium activities to identify and promote best practices in mentoring. This places us in an excellent position to achieve our aims: (i) To build a CER training and mentoring program for junior faculty; (ii) To develop a new seminar series in CER; (iii) To apply to Columbia University and New York State to establish a new certificate program in CER methods; (iv) To extend the program in mid-level faculty, enabling them to re-tool their skills to become senior researchers and experienced mentors in CER; (v) To hone marketing strategies and selection criteria to attract a competitive applicant pool; (vi) To develop and implement methods for tracking and evaluation of program approaches and career advancement among participants; (vii) To implement novel methods of facilitating mentoring and the training of mentors; and (viii) To share information on best practices with CTSA institutions and CER programs nationally . Through these efforts, we are poised to contribute substantially to NIH's goal of building a larger and exceptionally well- prepared CER workforce. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This application seeks support for developing training and mentored career development for investigators, both junior and mid-level faculty, who wish to develop or expand their ability to conduct CER (comparative effectiveness research). If successful, our program will lead to significantly greater efficiency and skills among CER researchers and will attract new researchers into this field to enhance the quality of the nation's health.