RCMI Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (RCTR) (U54)

Morehouse医学院（MSM）RCMI临床和转化研究卓越中心（R-CENTER）的长期目标是培养下一代少数民族临床和转化科学家，以追求多学科方法来发现科学，转化为健康差异的改善。在过去的十年中，MSM经历了其研究企业的巨大增长和成功，这是基于一项战略计划，该计划将我们的人才和资源集中在离散领域，以满足少数民族社区的需求。这个R-CENTER提案建立在过去十年中通过对RCMI资源的精心管理和投资而开发的基础设施之上。我们的方法是通过建立有效的合作伙伴关系和寻求协同效应，利用我们有才华的教师，学员，学生和合作者的集体优势，进一步提高我们在临床和转化科学的研究能力。R-CENTER的机构范围的组织框架和主要职能旨在促进我们的研究环境的变革，通过追求以下具体目标来提高我们在临床/转化科学方面的研究能力 目标一：改造我们的机构。建立一个组织框架，进行临床/转化研究，促进多学科的方法来解决健康差距。 目标二：改变我们的研究环境。建立强大的研究基础设施和充满活力的培训环境，促进创新，多学科的临床/转化研究。 目标三：改变生物医学科学家的社区-培养下一代。建立一个机构范围的机制，招聘，培训和指导从事多学科临床/转化研究的优秀教师的临界质量。 目标四：改造我们的社区。建立以社区为中心的临床/转化研究模式，推进发现科学，并将新知识转化为少数民族社区健康状况的改善。 总的来说，这些具体目标的实施将使男男性接触者能够实现其长期目标，即将发现科学转化为以社区为基础的解决方案，改善健康差距。 公共卫生解放（由申请人提供）：少数民族服务的学术健康中心，如男男性接触者，在战略上准备作出重要的科学贡献，解决美国种族/民族健康差异的破坏性问题。拟议的R-CENTER计划将使MSM调查人员能够建立必要的研究基础设施和能力，以追求发现科学，这将转化为我们所服务的少数民族社区健康状况的改善。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) RCMI Center of Excellence in Clinical and Translational Research (R-CENTER) is to train the next generation of minority clinical and translational scientists to pursue multidisciplinary approaches to discovery science that translate into the amelioration of health disparities. MSM has experienced tremendous growth and success of its research enterprise over the past decade based on a strategic plan that focuses our talent and resources in discrete areas that will serve the needs of minority communities. This R-CENTER proposal builds upon the foundational infrastructure developed with the careful stewardship and investments of RCMI resources over the past decade. Our approach is to further enhance our research capacity in clinical and translational science by building effective partnerships and seeking synergies that leverage the collective strengths of our talented faculty, trainees, students and collaborators. The R-CENTER's institution-wide organizational framework and key functions are designed to promote transformative changes in our research environment that will enhance our research capacity in clinical/translational science by pursuing the following specific aims Aim I: Transform Our Institution. Establish an organizational framework for conducting clinical/ translational research that promotes multidisciplinary approaches to addressing health disparities. Aim II: Transform Our Research Environment. Establish a robust research infrastructure and vibrant training environment that fosters innovative, multidisciplinary clinical/translational research. Aim III: Transform the Community of Biomedical Scientists - Training the Next Generation. Establish an institution-wide mechanism for recruiting, training and mentoring a critical mass of talented faculty engaged in multidisciplinary clinical/translational research. Aim IV: Transform Our Community. Establish a community-centered model of clinical/translational research that advances discovery science and translates new knowledge into improvements in the health status of minority communities. Overall, the implementation of these specific aims will enable MSM to fulfill its long-term goal of translating discovery science into community-based solutions that ameliorate health disparities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVENCE (provided by the applicant): Minority-serving academic health centers such as MSM are strategically poised to make important scientific contributions that address the devastating problem of racial/ethnic disparities of health in the US. The proposed R-CENTER program will enable MSM investigators to establish the research infrastructure and capacity necessary to pursue discovery science that will translate into improvements in the health status of the minority communities we serve.