OB/GYN Faculty Research Career Development Program

描述(由申请者提供)：我们建议更新UAB女性生殖健康研究(WRHR)职业发展计划，该计划一直致力于为初级OB/GYN教师提供可应用于研究女性重要生殖健康问题的研究技能。该方案的主要目标将是：1)招聘初级教员(学者)到牛津大学妇产科的初级教员(学者)，他们有动力发展独立的研究事业；2)通过提供面向学位的(临床和转化科学公共卫生理学硕士)或其他关于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；以及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。我们预计将吸引不同背景的学员参与基础生物医学、翻译和临床研究，涵盖妇科肿瘤学、泌尿科、生殖内分泌学和不孕症、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计划高级导师、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。首席调查员和方案主任将在咨询委员会和少数族裔招聘顾问的协助下，负责管理方案的所有方面，并正式跟踪方案和学者的业绩。牛津大学妇产科分校和该计划拥有广泛的资助研究兴趣，学者们可以在这些领域得到指导。该项目模式在过去十年中成功实施，并在培养妇产科内科科学家方面取得了良好的成绩。 相关性：协助妇产科妇产科初级教员(学者)发展独立的研究事业，提供面向学位的(临床和转化科学公共卫生理学硕士)和/或生物医学研究原理和技术方面的其他高级培训，并进一步将这些学者的职业发展纳入与妇女生殖健康相关的重点科学领域的研究项目。

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.