Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

描述（由申请人提供）：匹兹堡大学致力于在妇女健康方面提供优秀的培训。内科提供妇女健康住院医师跟踪和奖学金。流行病学司领导妇女健康研究已有20年，并提供了一个妇女健康流行病学方案。1992年，马吉妇女研究所成立，专门处理与妇女健康有关的研究问题，促进了妇女健康研究和部门间合作的进一步增加。四年前，匹兹堡大学获得了BIRCWH奖，这一努力达到了高潮。在资助期间，有8名研究人员作为学者参与并将继续参与。该项目试图通过几个策略来改善匹兹堡大学的女性健康研究。首先是向尽可能多的初级研究人员提供关于妇女健康的优秀跨学科研究培训。该计划资助的学者被鼓励获得其他K资助，并在成功后继续参加BIRCWH职业发展计划。该计划已向其他初级调查人员宣传了BIRCWH计划的组成部分的可用性。此外，我们还招募了匹兹堡大学的许多研究带头人，通过咨询委员会的成员身份积极参与该项目。培训计划强调跨学科研究，通过项目和选择一组具有不同研究兴趣和方法的学者并鼓励他们的互动来提供这种策略。咨询委员会也由研究兴趣和策略非常不同的调查人员组成。委员会每6个月与学者和导师会面并评估一次，并为学者提供跨学科的体验。该项目取得了成功，许多学者发表了论文，申请了助学金，并获得了资助。尽管如此，在下一次提交中，我们计划进行修改。我们将使团队指导形式化。我们将与少数民族健康中心和一个新的外部咨询委员会合作，其中包括来自传统少数民族学校的代表，以增加少数民族的招聘。我们还制定了校外资金的基准。通过这些方法。我们打算使我们的计划更加成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Pittsburgh has a commitment to excellent training in women's health. The Department of Internal Medicine provides a Women's Health Residency Track and Fellowship. The Epidemiology Department has led research in women's health for 20 years and provides a program in the Epidemiology of Women's Health. In 1992 the Magee-Women's Research Institute was begun to specifically address research questions relevant to women's health and catalyzed a further increase in women's health research and interdepartmental collaboration. Four years ago this culminated in the awarding of the BIRCWH award to the University of Pittsburgh. Through the grant period eight beginning investigators have participated and continue to participate as scholars. The program has attempted to improve women's health research at the University of Pittsburgh with several strategies. The first has been to provide excellent interdisciplinary research training in women's health to as many beginning investigators as possible. Scholars funded by the program are encouraged by to obtain alternative K funding and when successful to continue to participate in the BIRCWH career development program. The program has publicized the availability of components of the BIRCWH program to other beginning investigators. In addition, we have recruited many of the research leaders of the University of Pittsburgh to become actively involved in the program through membership in the Advisory Committee. The training program emphasizes interdisciplinary research and exposure to this strategy is provided through projects but also by selecting a group of scholars with diverse research interests and approaches and encouraging their interaction. The Advisory Committee is also made up of investigators with very diverse research interests and strategies. The committee meets with and evaluates both scholar and mentor(s) every 6 months and also provides an interdisciplinary experience for the scholar. The program has been successful with a many publications, grant applications and funding for the scholars. Nonetheless, in the next submission we plan modifications. We will formalize team mentoring. We will work with the Center for Minority Health and with a new External Advisory Committee that includes representation from traditionally minority schools to increase minority recruitment. We also establish benchmarks towards extramural funding. With these approaches .we propose to make our program even more successful.