Program to Increase Diversity in Cardiovascular Health Related Research

 描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在继续支持纽约布鲁克林纽约州立大学（SUNY）Downstate医学中心的增加心血管健康相关研究多样性计划（PRIDE-CVD）。PRIDE-CVD的目标是指导科学家/临床医生采用多学科方法，使用布鲁克林作为生活实验室来研究心血管健康差异。PRIDE-CVD已经存在了8年，培训了52名学者。超过一半的学者在经过两年的暑期培训后获得了NIH的资助，30%的学者从助理教授晋升为副教授。为了继续建立在这一成功和多年的经验，更新后的计划有以下具体目标：1：选择合格的代表性不足的科学家和临床医生谁有潜力作出贡献的心血管疾病研究的现有知识的状态; 2：培养一个多学科的研究方法，以解决心血管健康的差距科学家多元化组; 3：指导计划参与者，帮助他们提交研究资助申请; 4：为代表性不足的科学家提供密集的个性化培训和指导，以提高他们在研究生涯中取得成功的能力; 5：评估PRIDE-CVD的长期有效性。Downstate的PRIDE-CVD的特点是：1）与少数民族领导的社区组织建立伙伴关系，这些组织具有健康差异方面的专业知识; 2）纽约布鲁克林的生活实验室， 在城市环境中进行健康差异和心血管疾病研究; 3）一个著名的教师名册与少数民族成员人数众多; 4）提供八年的培训和支持少数民族学者的经验的历史背景。预计PRIDE-CVD将继续为改善心血管健康研究中高能力少数民族专业人员的人才库做出重大贡献。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal aims to continue support for the Program to Increase Diversity in Cardiovascular Health-Related Research (PRIDE-CVD) at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. The goal of the PRIDE-CVD is to instruct scientists/clinicians in multidisciplinary approaches to research in cardiovascular health disparities using Brooklyn as a living laboratory. The PRIDE-CVD has been in existence for 8 years and has trained 52 scholars. More than a half of the scholars have secured funding from NIH after 2 years of their summer training and 30% were promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor. To continue to build on this success and years of experience, the renewed Program has the following Specific aims: 1: To select qualified underrepresented scientists and clinicians who have potential to contribute to the state of current knowledge in cardiovascular disease research; 2: To train a diverse group of scientists in multidisciplinary research methods to address cardiovascular health disparities; 3: To mentor program participants with the goal of helping them submit a research grant application; 4: To provide underrepresented scientists with intensive individualized training and guidance in grant writing and peer review in order to enhance their capacity for success in their research careers; 5: To evaluate long-term effectiveness of PRIDE-CVD. The PRIDE-CVD at Downstate is characterized by: 1) its partnership with minority-led community-based organizations with expertise on health disparities; 2) the living laboratory of Brooklyn, New York, an urban setting in which to conduct health disparities and CVD research; 3) a well renown faculty roster with a high number of minority members; 4) a historical context providing eight years of experience in training and supporting minority scholars. It is expected that the PRIDE-CVD will continue to contribute significantly to improving the pool of highly-capable minority professionals in cardiovascular health research.