Research Career Development in Obstetrics and Gynecology

描述（由申请人提供）：西北大学WRHRCDC的长期目标是继续培养和发展妇产科医生的优秀指导研究培训计划，并准备我们的WRHR学员（学者）成为妇女健康研究的独立研究者。自2005年首次获得资助以来，我们的WRHRCDC在实现这一目标方面取得了重大进展。我们成功培养了4位学者，发表了27篇论文，获得18项资助，其中6项来自NIH，达到了WRHRCDC的所有标准。妇产科将继续协调和管理WRHRCDC项目，并充分利用西北大学的科学财富和生殖研究基础设施。西北大学的主要领导对WRHRCDC项目做出了强有力的制度承诺。妇产科主任Sherman Elias医学博士和生殖生物学研究部主任Serdar Bulun医学博士将继续分别担任PI和WRHR研究主任。西北大学的妇产科传统上一直在招募高质量的住院医生、专科研究员和初级教员；目前，这一群体中有16%是代表性不足的少数民族（URM）。我们目前的WRHR学者之一是URM。因此，我们有一个庞大而活跃的候选人池来选择WRHR学者。这些学者将有机会选择在生殖内分泌与不孕症、母胎医学、妇科肿瘤学和生殖遗传学等领域进行研究的具有高度竞争力的临床研究团队或实验室，涵盖下丘脑-垂体轴、卵巢、子宫、胎盘和胎儿的生殖部分。WRHR学者将与现有的两项P01、两项U54和一项SCOR中心资助以及一项T32培训资助进行互动，特别是在产科和妇科领域。作为西北WRHRCDC项目，我们完全有能力继续招募高质量的妇产科医生，并培训他们进行研究，争取联邦资助，并在他们成为独立调查员时留住他们。我们在过去资助期间的良好记录有力地支持了我们的申请。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of the WRHRCDC at Northwestern University is to continue to foster and develop an outstanding mentored research training program for obstetrician-gynecologists, and to prepare our WRHR trainees (Scholars) to become independent investigators in women's health research. Since it has been first funded in 2005, our WRHRCDC has made major progress in reaching this goal. We have successfully trained 4 Scholars, who published 27 papers and received 18 grant awards including 6 from NIH, and met all our WRHRCDC benchmarks. The Dept of Ob/Gyn will continue to coordinate and administer the WRHRCDC Program and make full use of the scientific wealth and reproductive research infrastructure at Northwestern in its entirety. The key leadership at Northwestern made strong institutional commitments to the WRHRCDC Program. Sherman Elias, MD, Chair of Ob/Gyn and Serdar Bulun, MD, the Division Director of Reproductive Biology Research will continue to serve as the PI and WRHR Research Director, respectively. The Department of Ob/Gyn at Northwestern has traditionally recruited high quality residents, subspecialty fellows and junior faculty; currently 16% of this group are underrepresented minorities (URM). One of our current WRHR Scholars is an URM. Thus, we have a large and active pool of candidates for WRHR Scholar selection. These Scholars will have an opportunity to choose between highly competitive clinical research teams or laboratories conducting research in the areas of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Genetics and covering the reproductive portion of hypothalamic-pituitary axis, ovary, uterus, placenta and the fetus. The WRHR Scholars will interact with existing two P01, two U54, and one SCOR Center grants and one T32 training grant specifically in the area of obstetrics and gynecology. As the Northwestern WRHRCDC Program, we are fully equipped to continue to recruit top-quality obstetrician-gynecologists and train them to conduct research and compete for federal grants and retain them as they become independent investigators. Our excellent track record during the past funding period strongly supports our application. RELEVANCE: There is a severe shortage of physicians who conduct research in obstetrics and gynecology. During the first funding period since 2005, we have successfully developed an outstanding mentored career development program conducive to transition obstetrician/gynecologists to become independent investigators. Our trainees became extremely successful. Here, we propose to continue to improve this Program.