OB/GYN FACULTY RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

描述(由申请者提供)：我们建议维持OB/GYN教员研究职业发展“计划”，致力于为相对初级的OB/GYN教员提供可应用于女性重要健康问题研究的研究技能。学者们还将学习如何创建一个独立的研究系统，以加强整个妇产科的研究。该计划将继续是我们目前的大学跨学科妇女健康研究中心(CRWH)内的一个指定部门，CRWH是阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)正式指定和资助的14个研究中心之一，多年来一直是UAB综合妇女健康研究的重点。参加CRWH的教职员工(来自妇产科、儿科、内科、微生物学、牙周内科、细胞生物学和流行病学等系)通过研究合作和教学进行了广泛的互动。这些培训教师中的每一位都是UAB医学院、公共卫生和牙科学院的资金充足和具有国家资质的资深调查人员。该方案的中心主题将继续是培训妇产科医生，使其成为与妇女保健有关的各种研究领域的独立研究人员。项目主任、副主任和咨询委员会将确定、审查、评估和向首席调查员推荐合适的学者。少数族裔招聘者将是计划管理人员和咨询委员会的成员。我们预计将吸引一系列不同背景的学员参与基础生物医学、翻译和临床研究，涵盖妇科肿瘤学、妇科尿路动力学、生殖内分泌学和不孕症(包括避孕、遗传学和母胎医学)等学科。他们的职业发展和研究项目是在合作和方案中高级导师提供的指导下进行的。这一计划模式在我们最初的资助期内成功实施，并在工作效率方面取得了良好的记录。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to sustain an OB/GYN Faculty Research Career Development "Program" dedicated to providing relatively junior OB/GYN faculty with the research skills that can be applied to the study of important health problems in women. Scholars will also learn how to create an independent research system that enhances research across the entire OB/GYN Department. The Program will continue to be a designated Division within our current University-wide interdisciplinary Center for Research in Women's Health (CRWH), The CRWH is one of fourteen formally designated and funded University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Research Centers and has been the focus for integrated women's health research at UAB for many years. The faculty participating in the CRWH (from the Departments of OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Medicine, Microbiology, Periodontal Medicine, Cell Biology, and Epidemiology, among others) have had extensive interaction through research collaboration, and teaching. Each of these training faculty are well funded and established senior investigators with national credentials within the Schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Dentistry at UAB. The central theme of the Program will continue to be to train OB/GYN physicians to become independent researchers across the spectrum of research related to women's health care. The Program Director, Associate Directors, and the Advisory Committee will identify, review, evaluate, and recommend appropriate scholars to the Principal Investigator. Minority recruiters will be members of the Program administrative staff and the Advisory Committee. We anticipate attracting a range of trainees of diverse backgrounds involved in basic biomedical, translational, and clinical research, covering the disciplines of gynecologic oncology, gynecologic urodynamics, reproductive endocrinology and infertility including contraception, genetics, and maternal-fetal medicine. Their career development and research projects are performed in collaboration and with mentorship provided by senior mentors in the Program. This Program model was successfully implemented during our initial funding period and has a proven track record of productivity.