RCMI@Morgan: Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation

项目摘要/摘要： 这项提议的目标是建立一个城市健康差距研究中心和 摩根州立大学(MSU)(RCMI@Morgan)的创新，以对抗城市卫生和 巴尔的摩和类似城市环境中的健康差距问题。RCMI@Morgan将：1) 加强密歇根大学在知识获取和翻译研究方面的研究基础设施 生物医学科学；2)提供大量的专业发展计划，以培养一群人 健康差距研究人员和创新者；3)加强与两者的合作 巴尔的摩的研究密集型机构(约翰·霍普金斯大学-JHU和该大学 马里兰州巴尔的摩-UMB)；以及4)与社区合作 组织和政府机构。建议的健康差距/城市健康领域 研究包括传染病、心血管健康、癌症和糖尿病、毒瘾 研究、健康信息学和食品安全。建议的三个RCMI研究项目是： 1)社会经济地位与贫困及免疫组织中基因表达的关系 细胞；2)：评估虚拟吸烟动机与面对面吸烟动机的有效性 青年和成年人戒烟；3)巴尔的摩与艾滋病毒/丙型肝炎相关的健康差距： 社区到实验室工作台。通过RCMI试点项目，我们将资助和培育一个 密歇根州立大学干部研究人员前述城市健康与健康差距研究 领域，包括潜在的商业化翻译研究项目。独一无二的特点 RCMI@Morgan的目的是将基础科学研究人员与行为/公共健康 研究人员。我们还将招聘一名高级基础生物医学研究人员，他将帮助 在研究人员之间建立合作伙伴关系，并与来自 密歇根州立大学、JHU和UMB。此外，我们将与其他RCMI的研究人员合作 机构通过RCMI翻译研究网络的数据协调中心 (RTRN DCC)，指导密歇根州立大学所有初级教员发展他们的独立性 研究人员。最后，RCMI@Morgan将成为城市健康差距的研究中心 并通过社区参与和社区成为巴尔的摩市不可或缺的一部分- 以参与性研究为基础。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The goal of this proposal is to establish a Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation at Morgan State University (MSU) (RCMI@Morgan) to combat urban health and health disparity issues in Baltimore and similar urban settings. The RCMI@Morgan will: 1) strengthen MSU's research infrastructure for knowledge acquisition and translational research in biomedical sciences; 2) provide a host of professional development programs to nurture a group of health disparities researchers and innovators; 3) strengthen collaborations with the two research-intensive institutions in Baltimore (Johns Hopkins University – JHU and the University of Maryland, Baltimore - UMB); and 4) engage in collaborations with community-based organizations and government agencies. The proposed areas of health disparities/urban health research include infectious diseases, cardiovascular health, cancers and diabetes, drug addiction research, health informatics, and food security. The three proposed RCMI research projects are: 1) The relationship between socioeconomic status and poverty and mRNA expression in immune cells; 2): Assessing the effectiveness of virtual versus in-person motivation for smoking cessation among youths and adults; 3) HIV/HCV-related health disparities in Baltimore: from community to lab bench. Through the RCMI pilot project program, we will fund and nurture a cadre of MSU researchers in the aforementioned urban health and health disparities research areas, including potential translational research projects for commercialization. A unique feature of RCMI@Morgan is to blend the basic science researchers with the behavioral/public health researchers. We will also recruit a senior basic biomedical science researcher who will help to develop partnerships among the researchers, and team up with senior faculty members from MSU, JHU and UMB. Further, we will collaborate with researchers from other RCMI institutions through the RCMI Translational Research Network's Data Coordinating Center (RTRN DCC), to mentor all the junior faculty members at MSU to develop them as independent researchers. Finally, the RCMI@Morgan will become a research hub on urban health disparities and an integral part of the City of Baltimore through community engagement and community- based participatory research.