Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE): Professional Development for Underrepresented Trainees and Junior Faculty

摘要 招聘，培训和保留多样化的生物医学和临床劳动力是一个重要组成部分， 任何旨在促进健康和健康公平的综合办法。重要的是，虽然一些 组织，包括专业协会，开发以受训者为重点的计划，相对较少的重点是 少数群体在生命科学领域，特别是生物医学和临床研究领域的独特需求不足 尤其是在关键的职业转型期。为了满足这一需求，内分泌学会开发了 未来领导者推进内分泌学研究（FLARE）计划，一个多方面的培训计划 为少数民族研究生，博士后研究员，临床研究员，和早期教师参与 内分泌相关研究。该计划的目标是积极促进专业发展， 这些早期阶段的研究人员，以提高他们的职业发展的准备，在研究为基础的 机构，科学界在广大和发展他们作为未来的领导人内分泌学会 本身项目内容包括领导力培训研讨会、虚拟社区、指导项目 在FLARE研究员和敬业的导师之间建立关系，基于社会的实习，以及 研究员/校友座谈会入选实习的研究员参加了 社会和发展指导技能，通过与本科生参与社会的 暑期研究奖学金计划，并访问少数民族服务机构，举办研讨会和主办 指导讲习班。FLARE计划还与其他已建立的多样性、包容性和 外展计划，如基石研讨会研究员计划和少数民族研究网络 NIDDK的调查员，提供更多的机会，在网络和职业发展， 除了确定导师和新的FLARE教师之外。因此，FLARE计划提供了早期职业生涯 少数民族调查员拥有独特和有针对性的专业发展和提高机会， 准备他们成功，并成为生物医学和临床研究事业的领导者。

ABSTRACT Recruitment, training, and retention of a diverse biomedical and clinical workforce is an essential component of any comprehensive approach aimed at advancing health and health equity. Importantly, while several organizations, including professional societies, develop trainee-focused programs, relatively few focus on the unique needs of minorities underrepresented in life sciences, specifically in biomedical and clinical research particularly throughout critical career transitions. To meet this need, the Endocrine Society developed the Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Program, a multi-faceted training program for minority graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and early-stage faculty involved in endocrine-related research. The objective of the program is to actively foster the professional development of these early-stage investigators to enhance their preparedness for career advancement within research-based institutions, the scientific community at large and to develop them as future leaders of the Endocrine Society itself. Program components include a leadership training workshop, a virtual community, a mentoring program to build relationships between FLARE fellows and dedicated mentors, a Society-based internship, and a fellow/alumni symposium. Fellows selected for the internship participate in a governance committee of the Society and develop mentoring skills by engaging with undergraduate students participating in the Society’s summer research fellowship program and by visiting minority serving institutions to give seminars and host mentoring workshops. The FLARE Program also collaborates with other established diversity, inclusion, and outreach initiatives such as the Keystone Symposia Fellows Program, and the Network of Minority Research Investigators of the NIDDK, that provide additional opportunities for networking and career advancement in addition to identifying mentors and new FLARE faculty. Thus, the FLARE Program provides early career minority investigators with unique and targeted professional development and enhancement opportunities that prepare them to succeed and emerge as leaders in biomedical and clinical research careers.