Kansas BIRCWH Career Develo[pment Program in Women's Health

描述(由申请人提供)：在堪萨斯大学的教职员工中，有一群非常有才华的科学家，他们在联合健康、医学、护理、药学和工程学院从事女性健康研究。这个妇女健康研究基地的存在激发了我们领导层的兴趣，并成功申请了堪萨斯大学医学中心(KUMC)BIRCWH教师发展计划(2005-2010)，正式建立和加强堪萨斯大学的妇女健康研究事业。所有四所学校和主校区的其他学校都是这次拟议中的更新的合作伙伴。学校之间的跨学科研究是非常重要的。KUMC联合健康和护理学校是医学和药房的强大合作伙伴，在NIH资助方面分别在全国排名第12位和第31位。导师涉及与妇女健康有关的五个主题领域：(一)妇女的生殖健康；(二)产妇健康；(三)妇女流行疾病的发病机制；(四)药物设计、药物给药和药物基因组学；(五)预防、干预和健康差距。拨款后，KUMC BIRCWH K12计划为10名从事妇女健康跨学科研究的初级教员提供高级培训和职业指导。在资助项目实施四年后，7名IWHR学者获得了外部资助，至少有11名初级(助理教授)教职员工在堪萨斯大学从事妇女健康研究的终身教职。我们的长期目标是促进在堪萨斯大学从事与女性健康相关的基础、翻译、行为、临床和健康服务研究的初级教师的职业发展。此外，在IWHR学者培训期间，来自多个学科的导师之间的互动促进了与妇女健康有关的新的研究合作，并提高了我们机构对妇女健康研究必要性的认识。KUMC BIRCWH K12项目的成功续签将继续对堪萨斯州妇女健康研究的追求产生积极影响。 公共卫生相关性：通过研究和调查影响妇女疾病预防、诊断和治疗的性别和种族差异，改善所有妇女的健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Among the faculty at the University of Kansas are a group of very talented scientists pursuing women's health research in the Schools of Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Engineering. The existence of this talented research base in women's health ignited the interest of our leadership and resulted in a successful application for a University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) BIRCWH Faculty Development Program (2005-2010) to formally establish and strengthen the women's health research enterprise at the University of Kansas. All four Schools and others on the main campus are partners in this proposed renewal. Interdisciplinary research among Schools is strongly emphasized. The KUMC Schools of Allied Health and Nursing are strong partners with Medicine and Pharmacy, ranking 12 and 31 in the nation for NIH funding, respectively. Mentors are In five thematic areas related to women's health: (i) Women's Reproductive Health; (ii) Maternal Health; (iii) Pathogenesis of Diseases Prevalent in Women; (iv) Drug Design, Drug Delivery, and Pharmacogenomics; and (v) Prevention, Intervention, and Health Disparities. After the grant was funded, the KUMC BIRCWH K12 program provided advanced training and career guidance for 10 junior faculty members pursuing interdisciplinary research in women's health. Four years into the funded project, 7 IWHR Scholars have received extramural funding and at least 11 junior level (assistant professor) faculty members have been hired in tenure-track positions pursuing women's health research at the University of Kansas. Our long term objective is to foster career development of junior faculty pursuing basic, translational, behavioral, clinical and health services research relevant to women's health at the University of Kansas. In addition, interactions of mentors from multiple disciplines occurring during training of IWHR Scholars has fostered new research collaborations related to women's health among established faculty and heightened awareness of the need for women's health research at our institution. Successful renewal of the KUMC BIRCWH K12 Program will continue to positively impact the pursuit of women's health research in Kansas. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: To improve the health of all women through research and investigation of the gender and racial differences that affect prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in women.