Investigator Development Core

调查员开发核心摘要 在科学界和NIH资助的劳动力中，少数族裔学者的代表性不足一直是一个令人担忧的问题。 博士级别的少数民族科学家仍然不到总劳动力的5%，不到NIH的2% 2010年，主要调查人员是非洲裔美国人，另外3.5%是西班牙裔。我们的总体目标是 探索如何在多学科领域建设一支多元化的健康差距研究队伍。 建议的调查员发展核心的具体目标是：1)提供多学科指导 向不同的早期学者提供关于结构性暴力和健康差距研究的培训；2) 帮助早期学者制定和实施关于结构不平等及其健康影响的试点项目；3) 促进学术活动，如出版物和赠款申请；4)采用持续评价和 反馈流程，以更好地了解创建协作式多学科指导和 资源共享环境。我们的调查员发展核心将使用社会认知职业理论 (SCCT)为我们的调查员培训和职业发展活动提供信息。SCCT侧重于三个方面：1) 掌握经验：成功完成任务，培养个人能力；2)社会建模：同伴- 指导和小组学习，以获得团结和信心；以及3)口头和社会说服： 持续的反馈和积极的指导，以提高自我效能。我们的目标是准备一批不同的 早期学者，包括博士后研究员和初级教员，在健康差距中的领导作用 研究。为了实现这一目标，我们将与其他两个机构合作开展以下活动 该中心的核心：1)征集并授予关于结构性暴力与健康的三个试点研究项目 在五年的研究期间，每年不平等；2)将试点项目的获奖者与内容导师相匹配(S) 并每两个月举行一次会议，3)每年举办一次赠款写作研讨会和写作务虚会，为期五年；4)提供 持续的研究支持和资源；以及5)实施混合方法评估和反馈，以 了解促进多样化、多学科学术研究的需求、优势、局限和成就。

INVESTIGATOR DEVELOPMENT CORE ABSTRACT Underrepresentation of minority scholars has been a concern in the science and NIH funded workforce. Doctoral-level minority scientists still make up less than 5% of the total workforce, and less than 2% of NIH principal investigators were African Americans, and additional 3.5% were Hispanic in 2010. Our overall goal is to explore ways to build a cadre of diverse scholars in the multi-disciplinary field of health disparities research. The specific aims of proposed Investigator Development Core are to: 1) provide multidisciplinary mentored training on Structural Violence and health disparities research to a diverse group of early stage scholars; 2) help early stage scholars develop and implement pilot projects on structural inequality and its health effects; 3) facilitate scholarly activities, such as publications and grant applications; 4) employ ongoing evaluation and feedback processes to better understand paths to creating collaborative multidisciplinary mentoring and resource-sharing environment. Our Investigator Development Core will use the social cognitive career theory (SCCT) to inform our investigator training and career development activities. SCCT focuses on three areas: 1) mastery experience: successful completion of tasks to build personal capacity; 2) social modeling: peer- mentoring and group learning to gain solidarity and confidence; and 3) verbal and social persuasion: continuous feedback and positive mentoring to enhance self-efficacy. Our goal is to prepare a diverse group of early stage scholars, including post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty, for leadership roles in health disparities research. To achieve this goal, we will implement the following activities in collaboration with the other two Cores of the Center: 1) solicit and award three pilot research projects concerning structural violence and health inequality per year, over the five-year study period; 2) match awardees of pilot projects with content mentor(s) and meet bi-monthly, 3) host grant writing workshops and writing retreats once a year for five years; 4) provide ongoing research support and resources; and 5) implement mixed method evaluation and feedback to understand needs, strengths, limitations, and achievements of promoting diverse, multidisciplinary scholarship.