Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions

申请者描述(申请人提供)：本申请是对RFA-MD-06-002《建立NCMHD综合卓越研究中心(P60)》的响应。申请组织是约翰·霍普金斯大学，与邵氏大学(位于北卡罗来纳州罗利的一所历史上的黑人大学)、REACH OUT西南-OROSW行动(一家总部位于巴尔的摩的社区组织)和Nora，LLC(一家总部位于巴尔的摩的少数人拥有的生物技术公司)合作。此外，我们将有来自国家老龄化研究所、老年学研究中心细胞和分子生物学实验室(总部设在巴尔的摩)的内部研究计划的合作者。我们寻求支持，以扩大在我们的出口赠款下开始的工作，这是一个与摩根州立大学合作的项目。密歇根州立大学和日本大学合作伙伴关系的成果在《进度摘要报告》中概述。除了我们的研究使命外，我们还建议继续我们的社区健康活动和研究教育培训。该中心的目标是： 1)开展研究，促进对健康状况种族差异的生物学、行为和社会环境病因的了解； 2)开展研究，促进对卫生保健获取、利用和护理质量方面种族差异的决定因素的了解； 3)与以社区为基础的合作伙伴合作，测试干预措施，以改善我们伙伴社区的健康和与健康相关的成果； 4)加强对健康差异研究感兴趣的学生和教师研究人员以及对健康差异研究感兴趣的教师研究人员的能力；以及 5)充当协调中心和催化剂，促进约翰霍普金斯大学和其他地方与健康差距有关的研究和培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is in response to RFA-MD-06-002, "Establishing Comprehensive NCMHD Research Centers of Excellence (P60)." The applicant organization is the Johns Hopkins University with collaborations with Shaw University (a historically black college located in Raleigh, NC),Operation Reach Out South West -OROSW (a Baltimore-based community organization), and Nora, LLC (a minority owned Biotech Company based in Baltimore). Additionally, we will have collaborators from the intramural research program of the National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Gerontology Research Center (based in Baltimore). We seek support to expand the work began under our EXPORT grant which was a collaborative project with Morgan State University. The outcomes of the MSU-JHU partnership are outlined in the "summary progress report." In addition to our research mission, we propose to continue our community health activities and research education training. The goals of the center are: 1) To conduct research that advances knowledge of the biological, behavioral and socio-environmental etiology of race disparities in health status; 2) To conduct research that advances knowledge of the determinants of race disparities in healthcare access, utilization, and quality of care; 3) To work with community-based partners to test interventions to improve health and health-related outcomes in our partner communities; 4) To enhance the capacity of student and faculty researchers interested in health disparities research; and faculty researchers interested in health disparities research; and 5) To serve as a coordinating center and catalyst for the advancement of research, and training related to health disparities at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere.