Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

描述（由申请人提供）：杜克大学，一个研究密集型的机构，和北卡罗来纳州中央大学，一个历史上的黑人机构，已经联合起来，通过更新的BIRCWH奖，提供跨学科妇女健康研究初级教师的职业发展。长期目标是发展独立的妇女健康研究人员职业。该杜克/NCCU BIRCWH是一个强大的，充满活力的计划，有领导和机构的承诺，在初级研究人员的发展持续取得成功。杜克和NCCU之间的合作加强了我们培养少数民族学者的目标。我们的目标是：（1）通过使用跨学科方法，培养高技能、创新的初级研究人员，调查妇女的健康以及妇女一生中健康和疾病的性/性别因素;（二）促进对健康差异和多样性的研究，并通过促进跨学科团队科学以及通过确定和招募3）鼓励对妇女健康的各个方面进行新的跨学科研究，强调所有科学类别和方法的优点。本申请介绍了我们的学者对妇女健康研究的主要贡献，以及对我们与妇女健康研究有关的机构环境的影响。研究的科学领域包括影响母亲、胎儿和新生儿的妊娠相关疾病，以及肥胖、心血管疾病、乳腺癌和妇科癌症。研究不足和了解不多的妇科疾病的子宫肌瘤，泌尿妇科疾病，包括骨盆底脱垂，和疾病，老年妇女，如抑郁症也得到解决。我们计划在任何时候支持四名初级教师（至少一名来自NCCU的个人）。学者们从杜克大学和NCCU的全国知名高级研究人员核心小组中选择一位主要导师。第二位导师是从整个高级教师中选出的，以最大限度地提高跨学科合作。职业发展计划是个性化的，根据研究领域和学者的教育需求，为期两到五年。该计划包括一个由导师监督的紧张的实践研究项目，一系列研讨会，负责进行研究和教学课程工作的培训。一年一度的BIRCWH研讨会向杜克和NCCU的更广泛的研究社区介绍BIRCWH学者的工作。在该计划完成时，学者们预计将在同行评审的期刊上发表他们的结果，并作为主要研究者获得资助。学者的进展由领导团队和内部咨询委员会监督。该IAB和外部咨询委员会评估该计划并向领导团队提供建议。因此，杜克/NCCU BIRCWH计划将确保提供训练有素的妇女健康研究人员的多样化人才库，以满足国家的生物医学，行为和临床需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Duke University, a research intensive institution, and North Carolina Central University, a historically black institution, have united to provide career development of junior faculty in interdisciplinary women's health research through the renewal of the BIRCWH Award. The long term goal is to develop independent women's health researcher careers. The Duke/NCCU BIRCWH is a strong, vibrant program that has the leadership and institutional commitment for continued success in the development of junior investigators. The collaboration between Duke and NCCU strengthens our goal of training minority scholars. Our objectives are 1) Develop highly skilled, innovative junior researchers investigating women's health and sex/gender elements of health and disease across a woman's lifespan through the use of interdisciplinary approaches; 2) Foster research on health disparities and diversity and create an environment for the discovery of new insights into pressing minority health problems by promoting interdisciplinary team science and by identifying and recruiting minority Scholars; and 3) Encourage novel interdisciplinary research on all aspects of women's health emphasizing the merits of all scientific categories and methods. This application describes the major contributions of our Scholars to women's health research and the impact on our institutional environment related to women's health research. Scientific areas studied include pregnancy-related conditions that affect the mother, fetus and neonate, as well as obesity, cardio-vascular disease, and breast and gynecological cancers. The under- researched and poorly understood gynecological diseases of uterine fibroids, urogynecological conditions including pelvic floor prolapse, and diseases in elderly women such as depression are also addressed. We plan to support four junior faculty members (at least one individual from NCCU) at any one time. Scholars choose a primary mentor from a core group of nationally known senior investigators from both Duke and NCCU. A second mentor is chosen from among the entire senior faculty to maximize interdisciplinary collaborations. The career development program is individualized and spans two to five years depending on the research area and the Scholar's educational needs. The program consists of an intense hands-on research project supervised by mentors, a seminar series, training in responsible conduct of research and didactic course work. An annual BIRCWH Symposium presents the work of BIRCWH Scholars to the wider research communities at Duke and NCCU. At the completion of the program the Scholars are expected to have published their results in peer-reviewed journals and obtained funding as a Principal Investigator. The Scholars' progress is monitored by the Leadership Team and the Internal Advisory Board. This IAB and an External Advisory Board evaluate the program and advise the Leadership Team. Thus, the Duke/NCCU BIRCWH program will ensure the availability of a diverse pool of highly trained women's health researchers to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical needs.