MEHARRY RCMI PROGRAM IN WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH

美国少数民族妇女的发病率和死亡率不成比例。为了提高对这一挑战的研究能力，梅哈里医学院致力于发展妇女健康研究中心。Meharry RCMI妇女健康研究计划将提供关键的 基础设施，这一举措。 具体目标是： 1)招募一名科学主任和三名额外的教员与资助的研究计划在妇女健康谁将提供一个关键的ecutal质量和发展合作研究团队与现有的研究人员在艾滋病毒/艾滋病，分子和行为神经科学，癌症和生殖健康。2)发展和维持 4个核心设施对妇女健康研究至关重要：基因组学和蛋白质组学，流式细胞术/BI-3，研究 放射学、健身与营养学;以及 3)为妇女健康研究领域的试点项目提供资金，这些项目将为以下方面提供初步数据和指导： 三个有前途的调查员并获得R系列资金 预计该项目将发展基础、临床和转化研究的基础设施，重点关注妇女健康和健康差距问题。预期成果包括出版物的增加和成功的 Meharry学院提交的妇女健康赠款申请; Meharry学院与其他机构调查人员之间的合作项目增加;妇女健康问题研究的能见度提高 在当地和全国，特别是在非裔美国人和其他社区的颜色，梅哈里服务。

Minority women in the United States carry a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality. In order to increase the research capacity focused on this challenge, Meharry Medical College is committed to developing a Center for Women's Health Research. The Meharry RCMI Program in Women's Health Research will provide key infrastructure for this initiative. The Specific Aims are: 1) To recruit a Scientific Director and three additional faculty members with funded research programs in Women's Health who will provide a critical intellecutal mass and develop collaborative research teams with existing researchers in HIV/AIDS, molecular and behavioral neuroscience, cancer, and reproductive health. 2) To develop and maintain 4 core facilities essential for research in Women's Health: Genomics & Proteomics, Flow Cytometry/Bl-3, Research Radiology, and Fitness & Nutrition; and 3) To fund pilot projects in the area of Women's Health research that will provide preliminary data and mentoring for three promising investigators and lead to R-series funding. This project is expected to develop infrastructure in basic, clinical and translational research focused on issues of women's health and health disparities. The anticipated outcomes include an increase in the publications and successful grant applications submitted by Meharry faculty in women's health; an increase in colloborative projects between Meharry faculty and investigators at other institutions; and increased visibility of research on issues of women's health locally and nationally, particularly in the African American and other communities of color that Meharry serves.