AppalTRuST Career Enhancement Core

摘要-职业发展核心 需要了解烟草监管科学（TRS）并能够将科学转化为 支持有效的监管政策对于烟草使用率最高的农村社区至关重要 以及相关的发病率AppalTRuST职业提升核心（CEC）的目标是 创造一个变革性的环境，提供指导，多学科和身临其境的职业生涯 增强经验，以扩大和支持TRS学者，重点放在影响 农村社区的监管政策。CEC将针对好奇和敬业的学者， 专业和人口背景和高潜力成为独立的TRS研究人员。 在中心专业知识的基础上，我们将招募两批AppalTRuST学者，每批由两名 学院学者和两名博士后学者。这些AppalTRuST学者将被招募为期两年， 不重叠的经验。每个学者将与一个指导团队合作，并参加多学科 TRS丰富的活动，享受对科学职业独立的进展密切监测。 具体而言，AppalTRuST学者将获得个性化的指导和职业提升体验 通过队列建设，多学科的TRS丰富活动，包括每周会议，研讨会， 期刊俱乐部和NIH资助写作系列研讨会。AppalTRuST学者还将获得 作为三个AppalTRuST之一的研究团队的一员，在TRS研究方面有实践经验 项目，然后开发自己的（学者主导的）TRS试点项目。AppalTRuST学者将受益于 跨TCORS访问学者计划，将他们介绍给科学领域以外的 AppalTRuST和促进其他TCORS研究者之间的合作网络。 CEC将与项目领导、行政核心、社区外展和参与者密切合作 参与核心（科普）和生物统计学和信息学核心（CIC）确保AppalTRuST学者 有充足的资源和机会学习适用于农村的创新方法。最后， CEC将与行政核心合作，赞助AppalTRuST TRS系列研讨会。四次 每年，CEC将主办这些研讨会，以建立学院和合作网络。我们将特别邀请 来自其他TCORS的FDA科学家和TCORS教师和学者出席并告知AppalTRuST 研究人员和更广泛的TRS社区关于协同的机会，方法学的进步， TCORS社区的新研究成果。研讨会将向所有人开放， 在AppalTRuST网站上进行流媒体、录制和存档。冲击AppalTruST职业生涯 增强核心将培养独立的学者，他们可以设计和领导严格的研究， FDA在服务不足和研究不足的农村社区的烟草监管决策，最终 减少与烟草有关的发病率和死亡率。

ABSTRACT – CAREER ENHANCEMENT CORE The need for researchers who understand Tobacco Regulatory Science (TRS) and can translate science to support effective regulatory policies is vital for rural communities which have some of the highest tobacco use and associated morbidity rates in the nation. The goal of the AppalTRuST Career Enhancement Core (CEC) is to create a transformative environment that provides mentored, multidisciplinary and immersive career enhancement experiences to expand and support TRS scholars, with a critical emphasis on the impact of regulatory policies in rural communities. The CEC will target inquisitive and dedicated scholars with diverse professional and demographic backgrounds and high potential to become independent TRS researchers. Building on Center expertise, we will recruit two cohorts of AppalTRuST Scholars, each consisting of two Faculty Scholars and two Postdoctoral Scholars. These AppalTRuST Scholars will be recruited for a two-year, non-overlapping experience. Each scholar will work with a mentoring team and participate in multidisciplinary TRS enrichment activities, enjoying close monitoring of progress toward scientific career independence. Specifically, AppalTRuST Scholars will receive personalized mentoring and career enhancement experiences through cohort-building, multidisciplinary TRS enrichment activities including weekly meetings, seminars, journal clubs and a NIH-modeled grant writing series of workshops. AppalTRuST Scholars will also receive hands-on experience in TRS research working as part of the research team of one of three AppalTRuST projects and then developing their own (Scholar-led) TRS pilot project. AppalTRuST Scholars will benefit from the Cross-TCORS Visiting Scholars Program that will introduce them to scientific domains outside of AppalTRuST and promote collaborative networks among other TCORS investigators. CEC will work closely with Project Leads, the Administrative Core, the Community Outreach and Participant Engagement Core (COPE) and the Biostatistics and Informatics Core (BIC) to ensure AppalTRuST Scholars have ample resources and opportunities to learn innovative methodologies applied to the rural context. Finally, CEC will collaborate with the Administrative Core to sponsor an AppalTRuST TRS Seminar Series. Four times a year, CEC will host these seminars to create collegial and collaborative networks. We will specifically invite FDA scientists and TCORS faculty and scholars from other TCORS to present and inform AppalTRuST researchers and the broader TRS community about synergistic opportunities, methodologic advances, and new research findings across the TCORS community. The seminars will be open to all, as they will be streamed, recorded, and archived on the AppalTRuST website. Impact. The AppalTRuST Career Enhancement Core will develop independent scholars who can design and lead rigorous studies that inform FDA’s tobacco regulatory decision-making in underserved and understudied rural communities, ultimately reducing tobacco-related morbidity and mortality.