Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development (HCTRECD) Program

西班牙裔临床与转化研究教育与职业发展 波多黎各大学医学院校园(HCTRECD)项目(UPR-MSC)有一个 通过支持研究增加临床和转化性研究的多样性的记录 2002年以来拉美裔美国人的职业发展。我们的计划包括正式的研究培训(第一阶段) 通过建立一个由机构支持的临床和医学博士后硕士 翻译研究(MSc)。我们已经招募了来自多个国家的89名卫生专业人员 学科，包括医学、职业治疗、听力学、牙科医学、护理、药剂学 和心理学，以及其他。这些学者已经成为临床和翻译领域的领导者。 研究和健康差距，并已制作了150份同行审阅网络出版物和62份赠款 提交的主题对拉美裔美国人的影响不成比例。最合格的毕业生来自 第一阶段通过以下方式竞争获得先进临床研究经验的额外支持 第二阶段。我们已经成功地支持了10名第二阶段学者，他们已经成为 独立的临床研究人员。此外，我们的计划还提供了关于如何 通过在全国范围内的积极领导，从代表性不足的群体招聘和培训专业人员 计划和卓有成效的出版记录。由HCTRECD资助的研究 为拉美裔健康差距研究的相关领域增加了重要知识 包括癌症、艾滋病毒/艾滋病、糖尿病、婴儿/产妇健康和精神健康。这样做的目的是 续订申请是为了开发和实施创新，以加强我们的计划。这些 增强功能将使更多拉美裔美国人进入临床和翻译研究队伍，并 关于如何缩小健康差距的新知识。我们建议的改进是基于我们 已经从我们14年的轨迹训练中学到了西班牙裔临床研究人员。该计划的总体目标 HCTRECD计划是为了增加进行临床和翻译研究的拉美裔美国人的数量 同时增加关于病因和干预措施的知识，以帮助缩小健康差距。 为了继续实现这一目标，我们现在将实现以下具体目标：1)加强 通过为我们的学者提供关于高级研究轨道的个性化培训，如 精准医学、以患者为中心的方法学、人群健康和临床试验以及2)丰富 指导研究经验，以满足我们的个人临床和翻译研究技能需求 学者。

The Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development (HCTRECD) program at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC) has a documented track record of increasing diversity in clinical and translational research by supporting research career development of Hispanics since 2002. Our program consists of formal research training (Phase I) through an established institutionally supported post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research (MSc). We have already enrolled 89 health professionals from multiple disciplines, including medicine, occupational therapy, audiology, dental medicine, nursing, pharmacy and psychology, among others. These scholars have become leaders in clinical and translational research and health disparities and have produced 150 peer revie wed publications and 62 grant submissions on topics that disproportionately affect Hispanics. The most qualified graduates from Phase I compete to receive additional support for advanced clinical research experiences through Phase II. We have been successful in supporting 10 phase II scholars who have moved on to become independent clinical researchers. In addition, our program has contributed new knowledge on how to recruit and train professionals from underrepresented groups through active leadership in national programs and a productive publication record. The research that has been supported by the HCTRECD has added important knowledge to relevant areas of health disparities research among Hispanics including cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, infant/maternal health, and mental health. The purpose of this renewal application is to develop and implement innovations that will strengthen our program. These enhancements will lead to more Hispanics entering the clinical and translational research workforce and t o new knowledge on how to reduce health disparities. Our proposed improvements are based on what we have learned from our 14-year trajectory training Hispanic clinical researchers. The overall goal of the HCTRECD program is to increase the number of Hispanics performing clinical and translational research while also increasing the knowledge on the causes and interventions that can help reduce health disparities. In order to continue pursuing this goal, we will now achieve the following specific aims: 1) Enhance the didactic program by providing our scholars with individualized training on advanced research tracks such as precision medicine, patient centered methodologies, population health and clinical trials and 2) Enrich the mentored research experiences to address the individual clinical and translational research skills needs of our scholars.