Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的拉美裔药物滥用跨学科研究培训研究所(IRTI)旨在促进专注于临床的博士后、博士后和早期职业生涯的科学家的职业发展，因为它影响到拉美裔人口。这一全面和协调的研究教育计划旨在提供研究经验和提高所需的技能，以开发可验证的假设，准备和提交适当的NIH外部资金(即K01、K08、F31、F32、R03、R21等)的研究申请。在国家拉美裔科学网络夏季研究培训学院的基础上，IRTI有两个短期目标和两个长期目标，如下：(1)加强研究员对药物滥用进行跨学科研究的知识和技能；(2)增加建立充满活力和独立的药物滥用研究方案的早期职业教员的数量，(3)提高关于少数群体健康和健康差距的研究的数量和质量；以及(4)改善少数群体的健康，部分通过减少少数群体的健康差距。IRTI的目标是：1.提供教育培训机会，通过实施14天的强化暑期研究培训计划，在博士后、博士后和职业早期教员(研究员)中提高进行跨学科拉美裔药物研究和开发NIH资金申请的技能；2.执行指导计划，该计划将围绕一个跨学科导师团队进行组织和结构，该团队将可访问和可用，为选定的研究员提供有针对性的指导和持续支持；以及3.提供网络结构和程序，帮助研究员建立和保持与拉美裔药物研究领域的领先专家和同行的关系和沟通。总体而言，辅导活动将侧重于指导和协助研究员实现进展基准，包括：a)学术事业进展；b)科学出版物；c)科学介绍和d)研究资助。这些成果将通过各种类型的支持得到推动，包括：导师承诺、前往导师机构、会议/讲习班、IRTI辅导年会和IRTI科学会议。当代药物滥用研究的复杂性和技术性，以及对若干学科对药物相关知识的日益增长的需求，要求竞争性研究调查人员发展一套基础广泛的科学知识和科学研究技能，以促进为公众健康进行跨学科药物滥用研究。拟议的IRTI及其指导和网络组成部分将开始填补关于如何有效地开发特定孵化器的知识空白，这些孵化器将成功地培养特殊一代的药物滥用研究科学家。公共卫生相关性：拟议的拉美裔药物滥用问题跨学科研究培训研究所(IRTI)旨在促进从事研究的博士后、博士后和职业生涯早期专注于临床的科学家的职业发展，因为这影响到拉美裔人口。当代药物滥用研究的复杂性和技术性，以及对若干学科药物相关知识的日益增长的需求，要求竞争性研究调查员发展一套基础广泛的科学知识和科学研究技能，以促进开展跨学科药物滥用研究。明天需要跨学科研究团队来解决健康差距，这是一个重大的公共卫生问题，必须整合几个科学领域的新知识，以确定和解决现有的脆弱性，并制定有效的预防和治疗干预措施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) on Hispanic Drug Abuse seeks to promote the career development of pre-doctoral, postdoctoral and early career clinically-focused scientists interested in conducting research as it affects the Hispanic population. This comprehensive and coordinated research education program aims at providing research experience and increasing the skills required for development of testable hypothesis, preparation and submission of research applications for appropriate NIH extramural funding (i.e. K01, K08, F31, F32, R03, R21, etc). Building upon the National Hispanic Science Network's Summer Research Training Institute, the IRTI has two short-term goals and two long-term goals as follows: (1) enhancing the fellows' knowledge and skills for conducting interdisciplinary research on drug abuse; (2) increasing the number of early career faculty who establish vibrant and independent programs of drug abuse research, (3) increasing the amount and quality of research on minority health and health disparities; and, (4) improving the health of minorities in part by decreasing minority health disparities. The aims of the IRTI are: 1. Provide an educational training opportunity that will enhance the skills for conducting interdisciplinary Hispanic drug research and developing applications for NIH funding among pre-doctoral, postdoctoral and early career faculty (fellows) through the implementation of a 14 day intensive summer research training program; 2. Execute a mentoring plan that would be organized and structured around a team of interdisciplinary mentors that would be accessible and available to provide selected fellows with focused mentoring and continual support; and 3. Provide a networking structure and process that will assist fellows in building and maintaining relationships and communication with leading experts in the field of Hispanic drug research and fellow peers. Overall, mentoring activities will focus on guiding and assisting the fellows in achieving benchmarks of progress including: a) Academic Career Progress; b) Scientific Publications; c) Scientific Presentations and d) Research Funding. These outcomes will be facilitated through various types of support including: Mentor Commitment, Travel to Mentor Institution, Conferences/Workshops, and IRTI Mentoring Annual Meeting and IRTI Scientific Conference. The complex and technical nature of contemporary drug abuse research and the growing demands for drug-related knowledge across several disciplines requires that competitive research investigators develop a broad-based set of scientific knowledge and scientific research skills that will facilitate the conduct of interdisciplinary drug abuse research in the interest of public health. The proposed IRTI and its mentorship and networking components will begin to fill the gap in knowledge of how to effectively develop specific incubators that will be successful in growing a special generation of drug abuse research scientists. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) on Hispanic Drug Abuse seeks to promote the career development of pre-doctoral, postdoctoral and early career clinically-focused scientists interested in conducting research as it affects the Hispanic population. The complex and technical nature of contemporary drug abuse research and the growing demands for drug-related knowledge across several disciplines requires that competitive research investigators develop a broad-based set of scientific knowledge and scientific research skills that will facilitate the conduct of interdisciplinary drug abuse research. Interdisciplinary research teams of tomorrow are needed in addressing health disparities, a major public health problem for which new knowledge from several areas of science must be integrated to define and address extant vulnerabilities, and to develop effective prevention and treatment interventions.