Scientific Training in Addiction Research Techniques (START) for gifted future investigators from historically underrepresented and underserved backgrounds.

项目总结 国家和全球的药物滥用挑战需要精英调查人员的可持续管道， 具有广泛的背景、视角和才能。尽管采取了促进多样性的举措，但某些群体 在这一领域的代表性仍然严重不足。许多URM和弱势学者面临多维 历史和社会的障碍，限制了他们获得早期丰富、严格的培训、有效的 成为药物滥用科学家所必需的指导、滋养环境和财政支持。那里 是传统学生与URM之间的出版物和资金奖励差距，还是弱势或第一- 世代调查人员。这些差异在一定程度上是由于本科生出现的培养差距。 升学并在整个职业生涯中产生多米诺骨牌效应，对就业、终身教职产生不利影响 学历，以及学术生活的其他方面。URM学者在药物滥用研究方面的稀缺性是 尤其有问题，因为少数民族和弱势群体在历史上遭受了 不成比例地来自物质滥用危机。至关重要的是，我们必须通过发展 URM学者的最佳培训计划。为此，我们建议进行一项为期一年的全面研究 名为“成瘾研究技术的科学培训(START)”的教育项目 来自历史上代表性和服务不足背景的调查人员。Start专门为 研究人员访问、分析和传播青少年大脑认知发展的数据 (ABCD)通过指导研究经验和教学技能建设课程进行学习。ABC1D 这项研究是美国最大的关于大脑发育和儿童健康的长期研究，使用了 “开放科学”框架，使所有数据公开。学员将完成课程作业以支持 专业发展，并将使用ABCD完成一个独立的、有指导的研究项目 数据。Start学者将展示和/或发表他们的科学发现，以及一个全面的计划 评估将对学员、导师和整个项目进行监控。START的首要目标是 建立一个多元化的物质滥用临床研究渠道，他们接受过分析和 传播ABCD研究的数据。

PROJECT SUMMARY National and global substance misuse challenges require sustainable pipelines of elite investigators with a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and talents. Despite initiatives to promote diversity, certain groups remain grossly underrepresented in the field. Many URM and disadvantaged scholars face multidimensional historical and social obstacles that limit their access to the early enrichment, rigorous training, effective mentoring, nourishing environments and financial support necessary to become drug misuse scientists. There is a publication and funding award disparity between traditional students versus URM, disadvantaged or first- generation investigators. These disparities are due in part to training gaps that occur in undergraduate matriculation and have domino effects throughout one’s career to adversely affect employment, tenure qualifications, and other aspects of academic life. The scarcity of URM scholars in drug abuse research is particularly problematic as minority and disadvantaged communities have historically suffered disproportionately from substance misuse crises. It is essential that we arrest these trends by developing optimal training programs for URM scholars. To that end, we propose a year-long comprehensive research education program titled “Scientific Training in Addiction Research Techniques (START) for gifted future investigators from historically underrepresented and underserved backgrounds.” START specifically prepares investigators to access, analyze, and disseminate data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study through both mentored research experiences and didactic skill-building courses. The ABCD Study is the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States and uses an “open science” framework to make all data publicly available. Trainees will complete coursework to support their professional development, and will complete an independent, mentored research project using ABCD data. Start scholars will present and/or publish their scientific findings, and a comprehensive program evaluation will monitor trainees, mentors, and the program as a whole. The overarching goal of START is to create a diverse pipeline of substance misuse clinical researchers who are trained in the analysis and dissemination of data from the ABCD study.