Developing Biomedical Research Infrastructure at UTB/TSC

描述(由申请人提供)：德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校和德克萨斯最南端学院(UTB/TSC)是一所为拉美裔服务的机构，位于得克萨斯州最南端，人口主要是西班牙裔、贫穷和服务不足。在过去的十年里，这所大学在开发有竞争力的研究项目方面取得了显着的进步。UTB/TSC寻求继续保持该大学在研究基础设施发展方面的势头。UTB/TSC将生物医学研究作为调查影响这一人群的疾病的优先事项，并准备成为解决该地区健康差距和日益增长的健康需求的领先健康相关研究机构。RIMI方案的继续将为UTB/TSC提供机制，通过加强研究设施和学生的研究环境，加快实施大学的研究计划 和教职员工。五年计划强调了四个核心功能，为教师和未来的科学家创造一个积极和支持的研究环境。这些核心包括：1)加强研究基础设施，以支持和加强UTB/TSC的生物医学研究；2)提高研究培训能力，通过职业发展规划进一步发展初级研究科学家；3)制定课程改革和学生培训活动，以改善学生在生物医学科学研究和卫生专业方面的准备；以及4)通过购买先进仪器，加强成像研究设施。RIMI项目将培养一支拥有技能和知识的生物医学和临床研究科学家队伍，从事有助于缩小健康差距的前沿研究。UTB/TSC可持续生物医学研究的发展将创造知识，影响发展中的初级教职员工和学生，为我们少数族裔机构的研究开发创造大量资源，并为消除美国的健康差距做出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by the Applicant): The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (UTB/TSC) is a Hispanic-serving institution that resides in the southernmost tip of Texas with a predominantly Hispanic, poor, and underserved population. The university has made remarkable progress over the last ten years towards developing competitive research programs. UTB/TSC seeks to continue the university's momentum in research infrastructure development. UTB/TSC has prioritized biomedical research for the investigation of diseases that affect this population and is positioned to become the leading health related research institution that addresses health disparities and the growing health needs of the region. The continuation of the RIMI program will provide the mechanism for UTB/TSC to accelerate the implementation of the university's research plans through enhancing research facilities and the research environment for students and faculty. The five-year plan emphasizes four core functions to create an active and supportive research environment for faculty and future scientists. These cores include 1) strengthening the research infrastructure that sustains and enhances biomedical research at UTB/TSC; 2) enhancing the research training capacity to further develop junior research scientists through career development planning; 3) developing curricular changes and student training activities that will improve student preparation in biomedical science research and health professions, and 4) enhancing the imaging research facilities through the acquisition of advanced instrumentation. The RIMI project will develop a cadre of biomedical and clinical research scientists with the skills and knowledge to engage in leading edge research that contributes to the reduction of health disparities. The development of sustainable biomedical research at UTB/TSC will create knowledge, impact developing junior faculty and students, generate significant resources for the development of research at our minority institution, and contribute to eliminating health disparities in the United States.