OB/GYN Faculty Research Career Development Program

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议更新UAB妇女生殖健康研究（WRHR）职业发展计划，该计划致力于为初级妇产科教师提供研究技能，可应用于研究重要的妇女生殖健康问题。该计划的主要目标是：1)为UAB妇产科部门招募有动力发展独立研究事业的初级教师（学者）；2)通过提供学位导向（临床与转化科学公共卫生硕士）或其他生物医学研究原理和技术的高级培训，促进这些学者的职业发展；3)将这些学者的职业发展纳入与妇女生殖健康重要相关的重点科学领域的研究项目。我们期待吸引不同背景的学员，涉及基础生物医学，转化和临床研究，涵盖妇科肿瘤学，泌尿妇科，生殖内分泌和不孕症，遗传学和母胎医学等学科。该计划将利用特别挑选的NIH资助的UAB高级项目导师，UAB妇女生殖健康中心（CWRH）的资源，新成立的UAB临床和转化科学中心（CCTS）以及其他UAB校园资源来指导这些学者的研究生涯发展。在咨询委员会和少数族裔招聘顾问的协助下，首席研究员和项目主任将负责管理项目的各个方面，并正式跟踪项目和学者的表现。UAB妇产科部门和该项目有广泛的资助研究兴趣，学者们可以得到指导。该项目模式在过去十年中成功实施，并在发展妇产科医师科学家方面取得了良好的记录。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to renew the UAB Women's Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Career Development Program, which has been dedicated to providing junior OB/GYN faculty with the research skills that can be applied to the study of important reproductive health problems in women. The primary objectives of the Program will be: 1) To recruit junior faculty (scholars) to the UAB Department of OB/GYN who are motivated to develop an independent research career; 2) To promote the career development of these scholars by providing degree oriented (Master of Science in Public Health in Clinical and Translational Science) or other advanced training in the principles and techniques of biomedical research; and 3) To integrate the career development of these scholars within research projects in scientific areas of emphasis with important relevance to women's reproductive health. We anticipate attracting trainees of diverse backgrounds involved in basic biomedical, translational, and clinical research, covering the disciplines of gynecologic oncology, urogynecology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, genetics, and maternal-fetal medicine. The Program will utilize specifically selected NIH funded senior UAB Program mentors, the resources of the UAB Center for Women's Reproductive Health (CWRH), the newly established UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), and other UAB campus resources to guide the research career development of these scholars. The Principal Investigator and the Program Director, with the assistance of an Advisory Committee and Minority Recruitment consultants, will be responsible for managing all aspects of the Program and for formally tracking the performance of the Program and scholars. The UAB Department of OB/GYN and the Program have a broad range of funded research interests in which the scholars could be mentored. This Program model was successfully implemented during the past decade and has a proven track record of developing OB/GYN physician scientists. RELEVANCE: To assist junior faculty (scholars) in the UAB Department of OB/GYN with the development of independent research careers, providing degree oriented (Master of Science in Public Health in Clinical and Translational Science) and/or other advanced training In the principles and techniques of biomedical research, and further integrating the career development of these scholars within research projects in scientific areas of emphasis with important relevance to women's reproductive health.