Investigator Development Core

项目摘要/摘要 消除阿肯色州的健康差距是一个难以实现的目标，因为该州的非裔美国人 慢性病给人们带来了不成比例的负担。为了解决这个问题，国家在一定程度上需要一个 多样化和高生产率的研究人员正在完成可以转化为政策的研究， 减少差距和促进健康公平的方案和环境。研究表明，早期 阶段调查员(ESIS)在提供结构化支持(例如，指导， 专业发展机会，收集初步数据以支持校外补助金的机会 应用程序)，并且这些影响在作为健康差距成员的Esis中尤其显著 在科学界代表性不足的群体。因此，拟议的调查员开发核心(IDC) 阿肯色州健康差异中心将在我们的探索中心取得重大成功的基础上再接再厉 卓越，包括为EIS提供支持和专业发展的多层次模式，EIS将负责 有利于阿肯色州弱势非裔美国人的可翻译研究。首要目标是 IDC的目标是扩大Esis从事多学科、多层次少数群体的机会 健康和健康差距研究，考察社会上慢性病的差距 弱势的非洲裔美国人。这一目标将通过实施一项试点来实现 提供结构化导师(通过校内和校外导师协作)的研究计划 支持生成初步数据，并随后传播结果和提交 校外拨款申请。国际数据中心将调整和实施已建立试点项目计划；提供 为严格的研究设计和适当的统计分析提供咨询和技术支助资源；以及 为试点项目研究人员实施多源团队导师计划。这些努力是可以预期的。 结果：EIS的招聘、留用和晋升增加进行了健康差距研究 在该中心的主题重点内；以及扩大健康差距研究，为卫生政策和 旨在缩小差距的方案设计。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The elimination of health disparities in Arkansas is an elusive goal because the state's African American population is disproportionately burdened by chronic disease. To address this issue, the state needs, in part, a diverse and highly productive research workforce completing research that can be translated into policies, programs, and environments that reduce disparities and promote health equity. Studies suggest that early stage investigators (ESIs) are most productive when provided with structured support (e.g., mentorship, professional development opportunities, opportunities to collect preliminary data to support extramural grant applications) and that these effects are particularly notable among ESIs who are members of health disparity groups that are underrepresented in science. Thus, the proposed Investigator Development Core (IDC) of the Arkansas Center for Health Disparities will build upon the substantial success of our Exploratory Center of Excellence by including a multilevel model of support and professional development for ESIs who will conduct translatable research that benefits socially disadvantaged African American Arkansans. The overarching goal of the IDC is to expand opportunities for ESIs to engage in multidisciplinary and multilevel minority health and health disparities research that examines chronic disease disparities among socially disadvantaged African American populations. This goal will be achieved through implementation of a pilot studies program that provides structured mentorship (via on- and off-campus mentorship collaborations) while supporting the generation of preliminary data and, subsequently, dissemination of results and submission of extramural grant applications. The IDC will adapt and implement an established pilot project program; provide advisory and technical-support resources for rigorous research design and appropriate statistical analyses; and implement a program of multisource team mentorship for pilot project researchers. These efforts are expected to result in: increased recruitment, retention and advancement of ESIs conducted health disparities research within the Center's thematic focus; and increased health disparities research that informs health policy and program design to reduce disparities.