Intramural Diversity in Medical Research Initiatives

在2012财年，NIMHD DIR通过参与我们自己的多样性计划，资助整个NIH校园的其他多样性倡议，以及与NIH种族和民族平等以及劳动力多样性相关的委员会服务活动，支持和促进多样性。在2012财年，NIMHD DIR继续其促进多样性的两个旗舰计划，NIMHD William G.Coleman Jr.，PhD，少数民族健康和健康差距研究创新奖和NIMHD DIR附属调查员计划。 NIMHD DIR通过加入支持研究所间内分泌学培训计划(IETP)的合作伙伴关系，扩大了其合作努力，以增加生物医学劳动力的多样性。IETP是一个为期三年的培训计划，旨在培训内科医生成为致力于研究职业的一流内分泌学家。NIMHD DIR协助面试和遴选，并为一名专注于健康差距的研究员提供该计划中一个为期3年的名额的资金。此外，NIMHD DIR继续资助和接待三名专注于健康差距研究的暑期实习生。两个来自我们与NINDS部落社区健康差距暑期实习计划的合作伙伴关系，一个是我们与东弗吉尼亚医学院/诺福克州立大学/NIMHD DIR合作的一名医学生，该机构致力于学生培训，并为未被充分代表的学生提供研究生/专业课程、教师发展和健康差距研究的途径。NIMHD DIR还与NIH校内培训和教育办公室(OITE)NIH学院就健康差距问题建立了合作伙伴关系，为来年提供讲座和规划活动。 多元化学者计划。在22财年，我们将于2022年10月15日开始的新的终身教职跟踪调查员吉纳尼·贾亚塞克拉博士被选为NIH杰出学者计划(DSP)的成员，该计划旨在通过队列模型在NIH培养多样性和包容性的文化。到目前为止，所有6名DIRS TTI都已被选为数字信号处理器(除了一名在该计划存在之前受雇的人，现在是一名高级调查员)，并作为该队列模型计划的活跃成员支持NIH的劳动力多样性。 研究所间内分泌学奖学金计划(IEFP)。IEFP是一个为期3年的医学研究生教育认证委员会(ACGME)认可的培训计划，为医生和内科科学家提供尖端研究和临床内分泌学经验。项目负责人坚定地致力于DEI，并邀请了NIMHD DIR加入。NIMHD正在协助推广这一机会，并从22财年开始为一名对健康差距研究感兴趣的实习生提供了一个为期3年的机会。 与Dei相关的委员会服务。DIR调查人员通过委员会服务为NIH的DEI努力做出了巨大贡献。我们的四名研究人员参加了NIH集中的Stadtman TTI搜索的审查委员会(两名联合主席)。通过这样做，他们正在促进NIH健康差距和少数群体健康研究的价值，并帮助将多样性和包容性置于候选人考虑的前列。Stadtman的申请者现在被要求提交一份声明，作为他们申请的一部分，重点是他们的指导理念和与指导妇女和来自代表性不足的少数群体的人有关的活动。审查委员会还被指示在其摘要说明和对候选人的评级中列入这些细节。这些信息有助于NIH科学主任(SD)聘用致力于DEIA的TTI。 科学主任继续担任NIH联合倡议N委员会的联合主席，重点是创建关于少数群体健康和健康差距的新研究，NIMHD DIR的两名调查人员是NIMHD种族和族裔平等委员会(REEC)的创始成员Kelvin Choi博士(共同主席)和Leonardo Mario-Ramirez博士。执行委员会制定了NINHD种族和平等计划，其中具体规定了NIMHD与种族和族裔平等以及更广泛的DeIA有关的目标和活动。Kelvin Choi博士正在共同主持一个新的内部亚裔美国人太平洋岛民健康科学兴趣小组(AAPI-HSIG)和NIH的健康差异兴趣小组。Npoles博士继续在MRSP执行指导委员会任职。 指导/培训活动。 在22财年期间，NIMHD DIR作为指导和培训总共41名学员的主要地点：7名博士后研究员、2名博士后研究员、21名学士后研究员、10名暑期实习生和1名医学研究学者项目研究员。其中两名博士后和一名学士后研究员由Shannon Zenks博士实验室主持，该实验室的研究项目由NIMHD DIR主持。这些受训人员绝大多数来自代表性不足的群体，例如非裔美国人、拉丁裔、美国印第安人、南亚人，大多数是妇女。DIR内部对培训机会的需求一直超过了能力。DIR调查员人数的持续增加将有助于满足这一需求。

During FY22, NIMHD DIR supported and promoted diversity by engaging in our own diversity programs, funding other diversity initiatives across the NIH campus, and committee service activities related to NIH racial and ethnic equity and workforce diversity. In FY22, NIMHD DIR continued its two flagship programs to promote diversity, the NIMHD William G. Coleman Jr., PhD, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award and the NIMHD DIR Adjunct Investigator program. NIMHD DIR expanded its collaborative efforts to increase the diversity of the biomedical workforce by joining the partnership supporting the Inter-Institute Endocrinology Training Program (IETP) is a three-year training program that seeks to train internal medicine physicians to become first-rate endocrinologists dedicated to investigative careers. NIMHD DIR assisted with interviews and selection and is providing funding of one 3-year spot in the program for a fellow focused on health disparities. In addition, NIMHD DIR continued to fund and host three summer interns focused on health disparities research. Two are from the partnership we have with the NINDS Health Disparities in Tribal Communities Summer Internship Program, and one was a medical student from our partnership with the Eastern Virginia Medical School/Norfolk State University/NIMHD DIR that is working on student training and creating pathways to graduate/professional programs, faculty development and health disparities research for underrepresented students. NIMHD DIR also partnered with the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) NIH Academy on Health Disparities, contributing lectures and planning activities for the coming year. Diversity Scholar Program. During FY22, our new Tenure-Track Investigators (TTIs) who will start October 15, 2022, Dr. Jinani Jayasekera, was selected for the NIH Distinguished Scholars Program (DSP), which aims to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion at NIH using a cohort model. So far, all 6 of DIRs TTIs have been selected for the DSP (except for one who was hired before the program existed and is now a Senior Investigator) and are supporting workforce diversity at NIH as active members of this cohort model program. Inter-Institute Endocrinology Fellowship Program (IEFP). The IEFP is a 3-year Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited training program that provides physicians and physician scientists with cutting-edge research and clinical endocrinology experiences. The program leaders are strongly committed to DEI and have invited NIMHD DIR to join. NIMHD is assisting with promotion of this opportunity and funded one 3-year slot for a trainee interested in health disparities research starting FY22. DEI-related Committee Service. DIR investigators are making tremendous contributions to DEI efforts at NIH through committee service. Four of our investigators participate on review committees (2 as Co-Chairs) for the NIH centralized Stadtman TTI search. In doing so, they are promoting the value of health disparities and minority health research at NIH and helping to bring diversity and inclusion to the forefront in consideration of candidates. Stadtman applicants are now required to submit a statement as part of their application that focuses on their mentoring philosophy and activities related to mentoring women and persons from underrepresented minority groups. Review committees are instructed also to include such details in their summary statements and ratings of candidates. This information is helpful to the NIH Scientific Directors (SDs) in hiring TTIs who are committed to DEIA. The Scientific Director continued to Co-Chair the N Committee of the NIH UNITE initiative focused on creating new research on minority health and health disparities and two NIMHD DIR investigators were founding members of the NIMHD Racial and Ethnic Equity Committee (REEC), Dr. Kelvin Choi (Co-Chair) and Dr. Leonardo Mario-Ramirez. The REEC has developed the NINHD Racial and Equity Plan, which specifies the objectives and activities of NIMHD related to racial and ethnic equity and DEIA more broadly. Dr. Kelvin Choi is Co-Chairing a new intramural Asian American Pacific Islander Health Scientific Interest Group (AAPI-HSIG) and the Health Disparities Interest Group at NIH. Dr. Npoles continued to serve on the MRSP Executive Steering Committee. Mentoring/training Activities. During FY22, NIMHD DIR served as the primary site for mentoring and training of a total of 41 trainees: 7 post-doctoral fellows, 2 pre-doctoral fellows, 21 post-baccalaureate fellows, 10 summer interns, and 1 medical research scholar program fellow. Two of the post-doctoral and one of the post-baccalaureate fellows were hosted by Dr. Shannon Zenks lab whose research program is hosted by NIMHD DIR. The overwhelming majority of these trainees were from underrepresented groups, e.g., African American, Latino, American Indian, South Asian, and most were women. Demand for traineeship opportunities within DIR has always exceeded capacity. Continued growth in the number of DIR investigators will help meet this demand.