CREATE (Center for Research, Education and Training Enhancement)

 描述(由申请者提供)：这个项目汇集了少数族裔服务机构的长期需求，以更好地履行其在创建一支强大和包容的生物医学劳动力方面的领导作用。佛罗里达农工大学目前培养分子细胞生物学和社区心理学的硕士学位，以及药理学、公共卫生、药物流行病学/健康结果、环境毒理学、生物医学工程和药物输送的博士学位。尽管我们在生命科学领域的黑人博士学位获得者中名列前茅，但我们在来自生物医学和教育水平较低的人群的独立研究人员的贡献方面一直很低。提高研究教育的质量和我们研究社区的受训者的发展是PI和我们机构的首要任务。这个应用程序规划了我们迎接这一挑战的前进道路(在此应用程序中，“生物医学”指的是生物、行为、社会、 临床和环境健康科学)。我们已经明确需要在佛罗里达农工大学建立一个新的创新的卓越研究教育和培训中心(CREATE)，并正在寻求资金来建立这一重要的资源。CREATE将为在研究生涯中面临潜在障碍的校内外学生和教职员工提供服务，特别是解决他们自我准备方面的差距，并提供战略环境支持，以在CREATE参与者中培养更有成效的研究生涯。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project brings together a long-standing need for Minority Serving Institutions to better fulfill their leading role in creating a strong and inclusie biomedical workforce. Florida A&M University currently trains Master's degrees in Molecular Cellular Biology, and Community Psychology as well as Doctorate degrees in Pharmacology, Public Health, Pharmacoepidemiology / Health Outcomes, Environmental Toxicology, Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery. Despite ranking among the top producers of black doctoral degree recipients in life sciences, our success in the contribution of independent investigators from biomedical and educationally underserved populations has been low. Increasing the quality of research education and the development of trainees in our research community is a top priority of the PI and our institution. This application maps our path forward to meet this challenge (in this application, "biomedical" refers to biological, behavioral, social, clinical, and environmental health sciences). We have identified a clear need for a new and innovative Center for Research Education and Training Excellence (CREATE) at Florida A&M University, and are seeking funding to establish this important resource. CREATE will serve intramural and extramural students and faculty who face potential barriers in their research careers, specifically addressing gaps in their self-preparedness and providing strategic lines of environmental support to foster a more productive research career among CREATE participants.