UCSF/Kaiser-DOR Program for Developing Independent Women's Health Researchers

描述（由申请人提供）：此竞争性更新申请提议继续UCSF-Kaiser研究部（DOR）弥合妇女健康跨学科研究职业（BIRCWH） K-12计划。该计划的目标是：1。招募一批优秀的、多样化的早期职业妇女健康研究人员；2. 为他们提供财政和个性化的培训和指导；3. 在现有方案的基础上，将其扩大到专门针对尚未充分研究的重要妇女健康主题；4. 加强和整合多学科研究模式，培养促进跨学科和机构之间联系的研究人员；和5。通过在学术过程和领导方面指导妇女健康中心的学者和校友，提高妇女健康研究的重要性并为其分配资源。该项目是多学科的，包括来自UCSF各学院和Kaiser-DOR的学者和教师导师。它强调对广泛的妇女健康问题采用新颖的跨学科方法。该方案将继续在妇女癌症、骨病和更年期方面开展强有力的倡议。新的重点借鉴UCSF和Kaiser-DOR的独特优势，包括职业和环境健康；成瘾、暴力和创伤性应激；老龄化与痴呆；自身免疫;代谢与肥胖；产妇保健和儿童结局以及肌肉和骨骼健康。一个多学科顾问委员会与领导层合作监督该项目，包括选择新的BIRCWH学者。该计划强调跨学科的指导团队，跨学科和研究方法。学者在兴趣领域、背景、培训、种族和性别方面的多样性是一个优先事项。这次更新特别强调的是学者和附属教师的文化和种族多样性。BIRCWH的学者参加具体项目的研讨会、进度评估和指导活动。此外，该项目还整合了UCSF CTSI的职业发展和培训项目。每个学者的职业发展路径都是针对特定类型的经验和指导量身定制的，这将最有效地支持她或他过渡到独立的临床科学家。这次更新的特点是新的强调领导力发展，将评估BIRCWH校友的学术进步，并促进那些符合条件的领导力培训。整个项目将继续是一个独特的资源，为妇女健康科学的延续和扩大在旧金山湾区。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competing renewal application proposes continuation of the UCSF-Kaiser Department of Research (DOR) Bridging Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) K-12 Program. The program's aims are to: 1. recruit a superb and diverse group of early career Women's Health researchers; 2. provide them fiscal and individually-tailored training and mentoring; 3. build upon our existing program by broadening it to specifically target important Women's Health topics that are understudied; 4. strengthen and integrate models of multidisciplinary research and develop researchers who foster linkages across disciplines and institutions; and 5. to promote the prominence of and resources allocated to Women's Health research by mentoring BIRCWH Scholars and alumni in academic process and leadership. The program is multidisciplinary, including scholars and faculty mentors from each of the UCSF schools and Kaiser-DOR. It emphasizes novel interdisciplinary approaches to a wide range of Women's Health issues. The program will continue its strong initiatives in Women's Cancer, bone disease and menopause. New foci draw upon the unique strengths of UCSF and Kaiser-DOR and include Occupational and Environmental Health; Addiction, Violence and Traumatic Stress; Aging and Dementia; Autoimmunity; Metabolism and Obesity; Maternal Health and Child Outcomes and Muscular and Skeletal Health. A multidisciplinary Advisor Committee oversees the program in partnership with leadership, including selection of new BIRCWH scholars. The program emphasizes multidisciplinary mentoring teams that cross disciplines and research methodologies. The diversity of scholars, in terms of fields of interest, background, training, ethnicity and gender is a priority. A special emphasis for this renewal is placed on the cultural and ethnic diversity of scholars and affiliated faculty. BIRCWH scholars participate in program-specific seminars, assessments of progress and mentoring activities. In addition, the program integrates in UCSF CTSI career development and training programs. The career development path for each scholar is tailored to the specific types of experience and mentoring that will most effectively support her or his transition to an independent clinical scientist. This renewal features a new emphasis on leadership development that will assess the academic progress of BIRCWH alumni and facilitate leadership training for those who qualify. The program overall will continue to be a unique resource for the continuation and expansion of Women's Health Science in the San Francisco Bay Area. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The UCSF-Kaiser Department of Research (DOR) Bridging Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program provides career development mentoring and training of scholars as an independent Women's Health scientists, broadens the range of Women's Health research, and supports the development of academic leaders in Women's Health.