Center of Excellence on Health Disparities in the Ethnic and Rural Underserved

描述（由申请人提供）：本核心的目标是支持COE教师，学生和社区合作伙伴的行政需求，并扩大UC默塞德在进行健康科学研究，解决该地区的健康差距的能力和能力。COE及其组织结构的作用的概念化是与教师，COE领导和校园领导共同开发的。 行政核心的结构：它是由两个共同PI，玛丽亚Pallavicini和扬Wallander，由内部（主席- Pallavicini）和外部（主席-pallavicini）咨询委员会指导，与教师领导的研究培训和教育核心（主席-wallander）的三个组成部分。 研究培训和教育的核心组成部分包括：本科生健康差异研究培训（领导：鲁迪·奥尔蒂斯）研究生健康差异研究培训（导语：Andy LiWang）健康差异本科课程（主持人：Jan Wallander）研究培训/教育核心将包括三个项目：（1）本科生健康差异研究培训，（2）研究生健康差异研究培训，和（3）健康差异本科课程，每一个将在下面详细说明。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goals of this Core are to support the administrative needs of the COE faculty, students and community partners, and to expand the capacity and competence of UC Merced in conducting health sciences research that addresses health disparities In the region. Conceptualization of the role of COE and Its organizational structure was developed jointly with faculty, COE leadership and campus leadership. Structure of the Administrative Core: It Is led by two co-PIs, Maria Pallavicini and Jan Wallander, guided by Internal (Chair- Pallavicini) and external (Chair- Roussos) advisory boards, with faculty leads for three components of the Research Training and Education Core (Chair-Wallander). The Research Training and Education Core components include: Undergraduate Health Disparities Research Training (Lead: Rudy Ortiz) Graduate Health Disparities Research Training (Lead: Andy LiWang) Health Disparities Undergraduate Curriculum (Lead: Jan Wallander) The Research Training/Education Core will feature three programs: (1) Undergraduate Health Disparities Research Training, (2) Graduate Health Disparities Research Training, and (3) Health Disparities Undergraduate Curriculum, each to be elaborated below.