Utah Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Career Development Program

 描述(由申请人提供)：尽管现在很明显，疾病的发病率和症状以及对治疗的反应在男性和女性之间是不同的，但与性别和性别相关的研究仍然是卫生研究中一个长期研究不足但极其重要的组成部分。这些差异延伸到实验室动物，甚至延伸到实验台研究中的细胞系。犹他州建设女性健康职业发展跨学科研究职业发展计划(Utah BIRCWH Program)将为犹他大学的初级教员提供有指导的研究经验，将着眼性和性别视角集中在他们的发现、翻译和临床研究培训上。犹他州BIRCWH计划将提供一座通往研究独立性的桥梁，并将培养一支独立科学家队伍，解决临床上重要的女性健康问题。犹他州BIRCWH计划将重点放在妇产科之外，以吸引来自大学、CTSA附属机构和全国各地的学者。BIRCWH计划的导师将来自大学校园内的研究社区以及我们的CTSA合作机构(山间医疗保健、弗吉尼亚州盐湖城、犹他州卫生部)。我们将利用副校长的临床和转化科学(VP-CAT)，这是一个成熟的、非常成功的学术职业发展计划。副总统-CAT项目(及其管理前身)已经连续有46名毕业生过渡到校外资助，并获得了学术医学教师的职位。犹他州BIRCWH学者将完全访问这些成功的项目。VP-CAT的核心是矩阵辅导模型(MMM)。MMM将自我指导与来自资深教员、科学专家、同行和员工的指导相结合，在学术生涯发展方面取得无与伦比的成功。犹他州BIRCWH项目对大学校园内外的学者候选人的考虑表明了女性健康的多个层面，以及对该项目的广泛兴趣。首席调查员、PD和咨询委员会主席拥有50年的指导经验和NIH的资助，并致力于培养下一代多学科的妇女健康研究人员。将成立一个咨询委员会，并将每季度召开一次会议，审查学者的职业发展计划、进展情况以及他们的导师团队的贡献。犹他州BIRCWH计划将一次资助两名学者，预计任命将持续至少两年。所有奖学金获得者将是初级教员，在受聘后六年内完成临床或研究生培训。犹他州BIRCWH计划打算让所有毕业生在同行评审的校外资金支持下从事全日制学术生涯，并致力于为这一成功提供资源。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Although it is now apparent that the incidence and symptoms of diseases, as well as responses to treatments, are different between males and females, sex- and gender-related research remains a persistently understudied, yet vitally important, component of health research. These differences extend to laboratory animals and even to cell lines in bench research. The Utah Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Career Development Program (Utah BIRCWH Program) will provide University of Utah junior faculty members with mentored research experiences that will focus the sex and gender lens on their discovery, translational, and clinical research training. The Utah BIRCWH Program will provide a bridge to research independence and will create a cadre of independent scientists addressing clinically important women's health issues. The Utah BIRCWH Program will focus outside the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to draw Scholars from across the University, its CTSA affiliated institutions, and across the nation. BIRCWH Program mentors will come from research communities across the campuses of the University and also our CTSA partner institutions (Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake VA, Utah Department of Health). We will leverage the Vice-President's Clinical and Translational science (VP-CAT), an established and highly successful academic career development program. The VP-CAT program (and its administrative predecessor) has had 46 consecutive graduates transition to extramural funding and obtain academic medical faculty positions. Utah BIRCWH Scholars will have full access to these successful programs. At the core of VP-CAT is the Matrix Mentoring Model (MMM). The MMM combines self-mentorship with mentorship from senior faculty, scientific experts, peers, and staff to produce unparalleled success in academic career development. The Utah BIRCWH Program's consideration of Scholar candidates from across the University campus and beyond bespeaks the multiple dimensions of women's health and the widespread interest in this Program. The Principal Investigator, PD, and Advisory Committee Chair have >50 years (between them) of mentoring experience and NIH funding and are committed to developing the next generation of multidisciplinary women's health researchers. An Advisory Committee will be formed and will meet quarterly to review Scholar's career development plans, their progress, and the contributions of their mentorship teams. The Utah BIRCWH Program will fund two Scholars at a time, with appointments anticipated to last at least two years. All Scholars will be junior faculty, having completed their clinical or graduate training within six years of their appointment. The Utah BIRCWH Program intends to have all of its graduates pursue full-time academic careers supported by peer-reviewed extramural funding and is committed to providing the resources for this success.