Kansas BIRCWH Career Develo[pment Program in Women's Health

简介（由申请人提供）：堪萨斯大学的教职员工中有一群非常有才华的科学家，他们在联合健康、医学、护理、药学和工程学院从事妇女健康研究。这个有才华的妇女健康研究基地的存在点燃了我们领导层的兴趣，并导致堪萨斯大学医学中心（KUMC） BIRCWH教师发展计划（2005-2010）的成功申请，正式建立和加强堪萨斯大学的妇女健康研究企业。所有四所学校和主校区的其他学校都是拟议更新的合作伙伴。学校之间的跨学科研究被强烈强调。KUMC联合健康和护理学院是医学和药学的强大合作伙伴，分别在NIH资助的全国排名第12位和第31位。在与妇女健康有关的五个专题领域提供导师：(i)妇女生殖健康；㈡产妇保健；（三）妇女流行疾病的发病机制；（iv）药物设计、给药和药物基因组学；（五）预防、干预和保健差距。在获得资助后，KUMC BIRCWH K12项目为10名从事妇女健康跨学科研究的初级教员提供了高级培训和职业指导。在资助项目的四年中，7名IWHR学者获得了校外资助，至少11名初级（助理教授）教员被聘为堪萨斯大学从事妇女健康研究的终身职位。我们的长期目标是促进堪萨斯大学从事与妇女健康相关的基础、转化、行为、临床和健康服务研究的初级教师的职业发展。此外，在IWHR学者培训期间，来自多个学科的导师进行了互动，促进了现有教员之间与妇女健康有关的新研究合作，并提高了我们机构对妇女健康研究需求的认识。KUMC BIRCWH K12方案的成功续期将继续对堪萨斯州妇女健康研究的追求产生积极影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Among the faculty at the University of Kansas are a group of very talented scientists pursuing women's health research in the Schools of Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Engineering. The existence of this talented research base in women's health ignited the interest of our leadership and resulted in a successful application for a University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) BIRCWH Faculty Development Program (2005-2010) to formally establish and strengthen the women's health research enterprise at the University of Kansas. All four Schools and others on the main campus are partners in this proposed renewal. Interdisciplinary research among Schools is strongly emphasized. The KUMC Schools of Allied Health and Nursing are strong partners with Medicine and Pharmacy, ranking 12 and 31 in the nation for NIH funding, respectively. Mentors are In five thematic areas related to women's health: (i) Women's Reproductive Health; (ii) Maternal Health; (iii) Pathogenesis of Diseases Prevalent in Women; (iv) Drug Design, Drug Delivery, and Pharmacogenomics; and (v) Prevention, Intervention, and Health Disparities. After the grant was funded, the KUMC BIRCWH K12 program provided advanced training and career guidance for 10 junior faculty members pursuing interdisciplinary research in women's health. Four years into the funded project, 7 IWHR Scholars have received extramural funding and at least 11 junior level (assistant professor) faculty members have been hired in tenure-track positions pursuing women's health research at the University of Kansas. Our long term objective is to foster career development of junior faculty pursuing basic, translational, behavioral, clinical and health services research relevant to women's health at the University of Kansas. In addition, interactions of mentors from multiple disciplines occurring during training of IWHR Scholars has fostered new research collaborations related to women's health among established faculty and heightened awareness of the need for women's health research at our institution. Successful renewal of the KUMC BIRCWH K12 Program will continue to positively impact the pursuit of women's health research in Kansas. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: To improve the health of all women through research and investigation of the gender and racial differences that affect prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in women.