OB/GYN FACULTY RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议维持一个OB/GYN教师研究职业发展“计划”，致力于提供相对初级的OB/GYN教师的研究技能，可以应用于妇女的重要健康问题的研究。学者们还将学习如何创建一个独立的研究系统，以加强整个OB/GYN部门的研究。该计划将继续是我们目前的大学范围内的跨学科中心的妇女健康研究（CRWH）的指定部门，该CRWH是正式指定和资助的亚拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB）研究中心之一，多年来一直是UAB综合妇女健康研究的重点。参与CRWH的教师（来自OB/GYN，儿科，医学，微生物学，牙周医学，细胞生物学和流行病学等部门）通过研究合作和教学进行了广泛的互动。这些培训教师中的每一个都有充足的资金，并在UAB的医学，公共卫生和牙科学院内建立了具有国家证书的高级研究人员。该方案的中心主题将继续是培训妇产科医生，使他们成为与妇女保健有关的研究领域的独立研究人员。项目主任，副主任和咨询委员会将确定，审查，评估，并推荐合适的学者的主要研究者。少数族裔招聘人员将是该计划的行政人员和咨询委员会的成员。我们预计将吸引一系列不同背景的学员参与基础生物医学，转化和临床研究，涵盖妇科肿瘤学，妇科尿动力学，生殖内分泌学和不孕症，包括避孕，遗传学和母胎医学等学科。他们的职业发展和研究项目是在合作中进行的，并由该计划的高级导师提供指导。该计划模式在我们的初始资助期间成功实施，并具有良好的生产力记录。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to sustain an OB/GYN Faculty Research Career Development "Program" dedicated to providing relatively junior OB/GYN faculty with the research skills that can be applied to the study of important health problems in women. Scholars will also learn how to create an independent research system that enhances research across the entire OB/GYN Department. The Program will continue to be a designated Division within our current University-wide interdisciplinary Center for Research in Women's Health (CRWH), The CRWH is one of fourteen formally designated and funded University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Research Centers and has been the focus for integrated women's health research at UAB for many years. The faculty participating in the CRWH (from the Departments of OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Medicine, Microbiology, Periodontal Medicine, Cell Biology, and Epidemiology, among others) have had extensive interaction through research collaboration, and teaching. Each of these training faculty are well funded and established senior investigators with national credentials within the Schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Dentistry at UAB. The central theme of the Program will continue to be to train OB/GYN physicians to become independent researchers across the spectrum of research related to women's health care. The Program Director, Associate Directors, and the Advisory Committee will identify, review, evaluate, and recommend appropriate scholars to the Principal Investigator. Minority recruiters will be members of the Program administrative staff and the Advisory Committee. We anticipate attracting a range of trainees of diverse backgrounds involved in basic biomedical, translational, and clinical research, covering the disciplines of gynecologic oncology, gynecologic urodynamics, reproductive endocrinology and infertility including contraception, genetics, and maternal-fetal medicine. Their career development and research projects are performed in collaboration and with mentorship provided by senior mentors in the Program. This Program model was successfully implemented during our initial funding period and has a proven track record of productivity.