Transforming Training to Increase Diversity in the Tufts BIRCWH Program

项目摘要/摘要 这项拟议的塔夫茨BIRCWH(K12HD092535-06)行政补充将在 增加妇女健康和性别/性别差异方面的杰出研究人员的多样性 最终目标是更好地了解疾病的基本机制，并开发针对 不同性别治疗效果的异质性。塔夫茨大学建立跨学科研究职业生涯 妇女健康(BIRCWH)学者计划最近得到更新，以继续一个模范计划来招募， 选拔和培训早期职业教师，以开展性别/性别差异以及临床和健康方面的基础研究 关于妇女健康问题的服务研究。塔夫茨BIRCWH计划的长期目标是 培养下一代研究性别/性别差异和妇女健康的领导者。这个 该计划将在完成培训后六年内为教师提供资金。获得额外资助的奖学金获得者 通过这项行政补充，我们建议从符合资格的候选人中根据残疾或 来自一个在医学和科学界代表性不足的群体，他们已经完成了博士培训，但需要 更深入的跨学科研究培训。该计划将通过五项关键活动实现其目标， 量身定做以满足每位学者的培训需求：1)跨学科指导团队，2)正式研究 培训，3)跨学科研究研讨会，4)有指导的研究项目，以及5)在 资助建议书准备工作。作为父计划的一部分，我们的BIRCWH Dei Director的添加将构建 我们现有的能力，以促进招募和留住妇女研究领域的不同科学家 健康、性别和性别差异，并促进该计划中所有人的包容性卓越。

Project Summary/Abstract This proposed administrative supplement to the Tufts BIRCWH (K12HD092535-06) will be transformative in increasing the diversity of the exceptional researchers in women's health and sex/gender differences with the ultimate goal to better understand basic mechanisms of disease and develop treatment that addresses the heterogeneity of treatment effects by sex. The Tufts University Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Scholars Program was recently renewed to continue a model program to recruit, select, and train early career faculty to conduct basic research in sex/gender differences and clinical and health services research on women's health issues. The long term goals of the Tufts BIRCWH Program are to develop the next generation of leaders in research in sex/gender differences and women’s health. The Program will fund faculty within six years of completing their training. For the additional scholar supported through this administrative supplement, we propose to select from eligible candidates based upon disability or from a group underrepresented in medicine and science who have completed their doctoral training but require more in depth interdisciplinary research training. The Program will achieve its goals through five key activities, tailored to meet each Scholar’s training needs: 1) interdisciplinary mentoring teams, 2) formal research training, 3) interdisciplinary research seminars, 4) a mentored research project, and 5) development of skills in grant proposal preparation. The addition of our BIRCWH DEI Director as part of the parent program will build our existing capacity to advance the recruitment and retention of diverse scientists in the fields of women’s health and sex and gender differences and advance inclusive excellence for all in the program.