Mayo Clinic Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health

摘要 自2010年以来，梅奥诊所BIRCWH计划已获得两个周期的资助。在过去的9年里， BIRCWH计划，我们已经展示了朝着我们增加科学的长期目标取得的进展 将科学发现转化为临床实践以改善女性健康的跨学科团队 健康。这一成功的证据是由接受过BIRCWH计划培训的15名学者提供的 加强梅奥诊所妇女健康的跨学科研究。BIRCWH学者获得61名 作为主要调查人员的补助金，投资回报为每NIH美元2.91美元 作为主要调查人员或联合调查人员，每NIH美元30.2美元。我们在这个周期中的短期目标是 为能够在跨学科研究团队中担任领导角色的研究人员提供培训 妇女健康。为了实现这些目标，我们的项目计划围绕三个目标展开 BIRCWH项目的三大支柱：跨学科研究、指导和职业发展。 首先，我们的目标是招募一批具有出色领导潜力的早期调查人员 妇女健康方面的跨学科研究团队。我们的第二个目标是同时提供结构化的和量身定制的 基于职业发展需求的教育经验，包括授课计划和指导 在跨学科环境中的研究经验。最后，我们的目标是与其他BIRCWH合作 梅奥诊所和全国范围内的职业发展方案，以加强对妇女的培训 健康研究和培养学者社区。一个强大的同行学者社区，并建立了 妇女健康研究的研究人员提供了建立联系的机会并支持合作 对维持和发展新的跨学科研究项目至关重要。其他国家的丰富环境 梅奥诊所的职业发展计划，如梅奥诊所翻译和临床中心 科学(CCATS)和专门研究卓越中心(SCORE)的性别差异 计划，将性别作为生物变量纳入研究的培训，以及我们与 BIRCWH在其他机构的项目为我们的学者提供了出色的人际交往机会。

ABSTRACT The Mayo Clinic BIRCWH program has been funded for two cycles since 2010. Over the 9 years of the BIRCWH program, we have demonstrated progress toward our long term goal of increasing the science workforce of interdisciplinary teams translating scientific discoveries into clinical practice to improve women’s health. Evidence of this success is provided by the fifteen scholars trained in the BIRCWH program who enhanced the interdisciplinary research in women’s health at Mayo Clinic. BIRCWH scholars received 61 grants as Principle Investigators with a return of investment of $2.91 per NIH dollar as Principle Investigators and $30.2 per NIH dollar as Principle Investigators or Co-Investigators. Our short-term goal in this cycle is to provide training to investigators who can assume leadership roles in interdisciplinary research teams in women’s health. In order to achieve these goals, our program plan is structured around three aims that align with the three pillars of the BIRCWH program: interdisciplinary research, mentoring, and career development. First, we aim to recruit a diverse group of early-stage investigators with an outstanding potential to lead interdisciplinary research teams in women’s health. Our second aim is to provide both structured and tailored educational experiences based on career development needs that include didactic programs and a mentored research experience in an interdisciplinary environment. And finally, we aim to partner with other BIRCWH programs, career development programs within Mayo Clinic, and nationally, to enhance training in women’s health research and foster a community of scholars. A strong community of fellow scholars and established investigators in women’s health research provides the networking opportunities and supports collaborations essential for sustaining and developing new interdisciplinary research programs. The rich environment of other career development programs at Mayo Clinic such as the Mayo Clinic Center for Translational and Clinical Science (CCaTS) and the Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex Differences programs, training in incorporating sex as a biological variable in research, and our collaborations with the BIRCWH programs at other institutions provide outstanding networking opportunities for our scholars.