Hispanics in Research Capability: SoHP & SOM Partnership (HIREC)

描述(由申请者提供)：西班牙裔美国人的研究能力：SOHP和SOM伙伴关系(HIREC)。缺乏有动力的、训练有素的少数族裔临床和翻译研究人员，以及培训他们的正式计划是一个关键的全国性问题。为了满足这一需求，波多黎各大学医学校区的卫生专业学院(SOHP)和医学院(SOM)在国立卫生研究院(NIH)的支持下(RR017589)，于2002年设立了临床研究理学硕士(MSc)课程。在这项申请中，我们建议开发NCMHD捐赠计划“拉美裔美国人的研究能力：SOHP和SOM合作伙伴(HIREC)”，以扩大和维持学校的能力建设战略和研究基础设施，以促进少数族裔健康和健康差距的研究。我们的当前目标仍然是增加优秀的拉美裔临床和翻译研究人员的数量。这项申请的具体目标是：(1)建立一个安全和可持续的资金来源，并采取平衡的投资政策；(2)进一步加强和扩大理科硕士项目的研究能力；以及(3)创建访问科学家教授计划。为了实现这些目标，HIREC捐赠计划特别强调需要增加教职员工和学生参与与少数群体健康和健康差距研究有关的活动，以及与有经验的客座教授互动的机会，同时改善基础设施以支持翻译研究。通过与社区、行业和国家研究密集型机构建立伙伴关系，进一步加强HIREC捐赠计划，这些机构对解决少数群体健康问题中的重大问题感兴趣。我们的最终目标是培养一支拉美裔临床研究队伍，他们将处于理想的地位，能够启动原创性和重要的临床研究，解决少数族裔和非少数族裔人口之间的多因素健康差距。这种研究必须增加对差距原因的认识和理解，并帮助制定确定和预防差距的方法。设立健康差异捐赠教席将有助于整合波多黎各多个部门、学校和研究机构的临床调查以及与美国研究人员的合作，并将对社区的健康产生重大影响，特别是代表不足的少数族裔。 与公共卫生相关：缺乏积极、训练有素的少数群体是一个严重的国家问题。人们已经认识到，少数群体调查员带来了独特的视角和经验，使人们有可能更好地了解导致健康和健康状况变化的因素。这类研究将增加对差距原因的认识和了解，有助于制定识别和预防差距的方法，并将对社区的健康产生重大影响，特别是对代表性不足的少数群体的健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): HISPANICS-IN-RESEARCH CAPABILITY: SoHP & SoM PARTNERSHIP (HIREC). The shortage of motivated, well trained minority clinical and translational researchers, and the formal programs to train them is a critical national problem. To address this need, the schools of Health Professions (SoHP) and Medicine (SoM) of the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, with NIH support (RR017589), established in 2002 a Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSc) program. In this application, we propose to develop the NCMHD Endowment Program "HISPANICS-IN-RESEARCH CAPABILITY: SoHP & SoM Partnership (HIREC) to expand and sustain the schools' strategies for building capacity and research infrastructure that will facilitate minority health and health disparities research. Our immediate goal continues to be increasing the number of outstanding Hispanic clinical and translational investigators. Specific aims of this application are to: (1) Establish an endowment that is a secure and sustainable source of funding with a balanced investment policy; (2) Further strengthen and expand the research capacity of the MSc program; and (3) Create a Visiting Scientist Professorship Program. To further these aims, the HIREC Endowment Program specifically addresses the need to increase the participation of faculty and students in activities related to minority health and health disparities research, as well as the opportunity to interact with experienced visiting professors, while improving the infrastructure to support translational research. The HIREC Endowment Program is further strengthened by fostering partnerships with the community, industry and national research-intensive institutions interested in addressing significant questions in minority health issues. Our ultimate goal is to prepare a cadre of Hispanic clinical researchers that will be ideally positioned to initiate original and important clinical investigations addressing the multifactorial health disparities between minority and non-minority populations. Such research must increase the knowledge and understanding of the causes of disparities and help develop methods to identify and prevent them. The establishment of a Health Disparities Endowed Chair will help integrate clinical investigations across multiple departments, schools and research institutes in Puerto Rico and collaborations with US researchers, and will have a significant impact on the health of the community, particularly underrepresented minorities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The shortage of motivated, well trained minorities is a critical national problem. It has been recognized that minority investigators bring unique perspectives and experiences that enhance the potential for understanding factors that underlie variation in health and health status. Such research will increase the knowledge and understanding of the causes of disparities, help develop methods to identify and prevent them, and will have a significant impact on the health of the community, particularly underrepresented minorities.