Administrative Core

项目摘要/摘要 年塔斯基吉大学生物医学研究/研究中心的总体目标 少数民族院校(TU CBR/RCMI)计划是在大学研究的基础上建立和发展的 基础设施和研究人员开展与健康差距相关的研究。这一倡议的核心是 围绕：1)提供必要的基础设施、资源、服务和技术支持，以增强 大学研究人员在多学科生物医学研究中保持领先地位的能力 重点关注健康差距和2)支持初级和中级的研究和职业发展 调查人员。这些目标主要通过以下目标来实现：1)提供试点级别 资助理工大学生物医学研究能力的发展和扩大；2)提供 配备基础设施、仪器设备和人员的核心研究设施，以支持 TU研究社区的需求；3)通过RCMI赞助的以下活动吸引社区参与 包括研究人员；以及4)提供导师和职业指导，以促进 独立科学家的初级调查人员。CBR/RCMI项目的总体目标(2017-2022年) 继续发展其基础设施，增加少数民族的数量和技能 从事先进生物医学研究的科学家专注于健康差距，包括艾滋病毒的差距， 肥胖和前列腺癌，所有这些都不成比例地影响非裔美国人和 代表不足的少数族裔。换句话说，目标是继续支持具有竞争力的、多学科的 促进生物医学研究的协作环境。塔斯基吉大学有独特的优势 因为它位于东南部的心脏地带，这个地区有一大片历史上服务不足的非洲人 美国人口，它有大量的少数民族教职员工以及本科生和 毕业实习生。CBR/RCMI的目标将通过建立三个协同来实现 研究核心，提供服务，使对少数群体健康不平等的调查研究成为可能； 尤其是居住在阿拉巴马州“黑带”县的非洲裔美国人。这些核心创造了一种刺激 促进高效和及时的行政支持文化的环境，这将增加 在生物医学和社区参与中提交和/或获得外部资金的资金 研究。行政核心将通过授标前和授标后服务提供多功能支助； 目标、方向和指导方针的实施；监督以确保特定的目标和 目标实现了。此外，调查员开发核心将支持开发 其他研究领域，同时通过高级导师和 生物伦理学培训。此外，通过我们的社区参与核心，我们将建立关系，建立信任， 并让当地社区和社区组织向社区学习和教育 关于影响他们的健康问题的成员。我们还将实施一项评估计划，在一段时间内进行评估 五年来，通过使用形成性和终结性，CBR的进展、生产力和问责制 结果。其结果是，通过一项经批准的、可执行的、专注于初级教员的协议来增加 发展和生产力、授予的R类赠款的数量以及同行出版的出版物数量-- 审阅了期刊。先进研究设备的可获得性，加上新的知识 由德克萨斯大学博士生、科学家和合作者产生的数据将有助于减少健康差距 在阿拉巴马州的黑带县。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The overall objective of the Tuskegee University Center for Biomedical Research/Research Centers in Minority Institutions (TU CBR/RCMI) Program is to build upon and develop the University’s research infrastructure and researchers to conduct research related to health disparities. This initiative is centered around: 1) providing the necessary infrastructure, resources, services, and technical support to enhance the ability of the University’s researchers to stay on the cutting-edge of multidisciplinary biomedical research focused on health disparities and 2) supporting the research and career development of junior- and mid-level investigators. These objectives are to be achieved primarily through the following aims: 1) Provide pilot-level funding to support the development and expansion of the biomedical research capacity of TU; 2) Provide core research facilities equipped with the infrastructure, instrumentation, and personnel to support the needs of the TU research community; 3) Engage the community through RCMI-sponsored activities that include the research faculty; and 4) Provide mentorship and career guidance to enhance the transition of junior-level investigators into independent scientists. The overall goal of the CBR/RCMI project (2017-2022) is to continue the development of its infrastructure and increase the numbers and skill proficiency of minority scientists engaged in advanced biomedical research focused on health disparities, including those for HIV, obesity, and prostate cancer, all of which disproportionately affect African Americans and underrepresented minorities. In other words, the goal is to continue support for a competitive, multidisciplinary collaborative environment that advances biomedical research. Tuskegee University has distinctive strengths because it is located in the heart of the Southeast, a region with a large, historically underserved, African American population, and it has a large number of minority faculty members as well as undergraduate and graduate trainees. The goal of the CBR/RCMI will be accomplished through establishment of three synergistic research cores, with services to enable investigative research on health inequities among minority groups, especially African-Americans residing in the ‘Black Belt’ counties of Alabama. These cores create a stimulating environment that promotes a culture of efficient and timely administrative support that will increase the number of funding submissions and/or acquisitions of extramural funding in biomedical and community engagement research. The Administrative Core will provide multi-functional support through pre- and post-award services; implementation of objectives, directions, and guidance; and oversight to ensure that specific aims and objectives are accomplished. Additionally, the Investigator Development Core will support the development of additional areas of research while enhancing the growth of junior faculty through senior mentorship and bioethics training. Further, through our community engagement core, we will establish relationships, build trust, and engage local communities and community-based organizations to learn from and to educate community members on health issues that affect them. We will also implement an evaluation plan to assess, over a period of five years, the progress, productivity, and accountability of the CBR by using both formative and summative outcomes. The outcome is to increase, by an approved and enforceable protocol that focuses on junior faculty development and productivity, the number of R-type grants awarded and the number of publications in peer- reviewed journals. The availability of advanced research equipment, coupled with the new knowledge generated by TU PhD students, scientists, and collaborators will contribute to the reduction of health disparities in the Black Belt counties of Alabama.