Developing a Culture of Biomedical Research at the University of the Virgin Islands

在维尔京群岛大学发展生物医学研究文化

• 批准号: 10204481
• 负责人: Camille McKayle
• 金额: $ 27.32万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-28 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10204481
• 关键词: Address; Administrator; Area; Award; Biomedical Research; CCL7 gene; Caribbean region; Collaborations; Communities; Coronavirus; Dedications; Dengue; Development; Development Plans; Disease; Doctor of Philosophy; Education and Outreach; Ensure; Environment; Faculty; Focus Groups; Fostering; Funding; Funding Opportunities; Future; Geography; Grant; Health; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Infrastructure; Institution; Laboratory Research; Leadership; Learning; Life Cycle Stages; Logic; Medically Underserved Area; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority Groups; Minority-Serving Institution; Modeling; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Outcome; Play; Positioning Attribute; Poverty; Procedures; Process; Public Health; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Support; Research Training; Resources; Role; Science; Services; Staff Development; Strategic Planning; Students; System; Talents; Teacher Professional Development; Training; Training Programs; Training and Infrastructure; United States Virgin Islands; Universities; Vision; Work; Writing; ZIKA; career; catalyst; chikungunya; development policy; experience; faculty research; faculty support; health disparity; improved; innovation; interest; medically underserved; minority undergraduate; outreach; population health; programs; research and development; service programs; standard of care; student mentoring; student training; success; summer research; training opportunity; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal will enhance and innovate the biomedical research infrastructure and training at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), the only higher educational institution in the US Virgin Islands (USVI). The overall objective of this proposal is to provide the highest level of sponsored program services for biomedical research by developing a culture of research through training, mentoring, collaboration and a strong infrastructure. UVI’s vision is to develop research resulting in an increase in the number of faculty conducting excellent externally funded biomedical research who will be able to mentor undergraduate students with potential for careers in science. There are several motivating factors for this project: (1) Diversity in the scientific workforce is key to the future biomedical discoveries that will improve the health of the Nation, and HBCUs such as UVI have an important role to play in training students who are underrepresented in science. (2) The USVI is a medically underserved area that experiences dramatic health disparities and emerging diseases including dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and the more recent coronavirus, which are important not only in the Caribbean but are also increasing on the US mainland. Little research on population health has been performed in the USVI and UVI continues to look at research in these areas. (3) Extensive undergraduate research experience is essential to prepare students for highly competitive doctoral programs. Although UVI has very successful programs that mentor undergraduates in research, there are many more UVI students interested in research experience than can be accommodated in externally funded research laboratories. (4) UVI has established a culture of innovation in its 2018-2023 Strategic Plan and through this research infrastructure and innovation is a primary focus area and is supported by the President and senior leadership. The UVI Institutional Development Plan (IDP) addresses barriers to research and informs the Specific Aims of this proposal: (1) Develop UVI’s research administration leadership and organization such that it is well-trained, resourced, and motivated to support a culture of research. (2) Develop research review and training programs for research faculty to increase the number and improve the competitiveness of proposal submissions (3) Increase mentorship and training opportunities for undergraduates in biomedical research by supporting faculty to receive external funding. This program is innovative because it will fully integrate the IDP for research within UVI’s 2018-2023 Strategic Plan, providing strong institution-wide commitment. Research and training innovations include targeted training initiatives covering the life cycle of research, increased outreach efforts, training and grant writing initiatives and focus groups of HBCU research administrators to overcome the barrier of geographic isolation. UVI’s logic model will be used to ensure that each activity will contribute to a sustainable vision for research and to developing a University-wide culture supporting research.

项目概要 该提案将加强和创新大学的生物医学研究基础设施和培训 维尔京群岛（UVI）是美属维尔京群岛（USVI）唯一的高等教育机构。 该提案的目的是为生物医学研究提供最高水平的赞助计划服务 通过培训、指导、协作和强大的 UVI 发展研究文化。 愿景是开展研究，从而增加在外部表现出色的教师数量 资助生物医学研究，他们将能够指导具有职业潜力的本科生 该项目有几个推动因素：（1）科学队伍的多样性是实现这一目标的关键。 未来的生物医学发现将改善国家的健康，而 UVI 等 HBCU 拥有 在培养科学领域代表性不足的学生方面发挥着重要作用 (2) USVI 是一个医学院校。 服务不足的地区存在巨大的健康差距和新出现的疾病，包括登革热、 基孔肯雅热、寨卡病毒和最近的冠状病毒，这些病毒不仅在加勒比地区很重要，而且在 在美国大陆，关于人口健康的研究很少。 (3) 丰富的本科生研究经验是必不可少的 尽管 UVI 拥有非常成功的项目，但仍为学生做好竞争激烈的博士课程的准备。 研究方面的本科生导师，对研究经验感兴趣的 UVI 学生比 (4)UVI建立了创新文化 其 2018-2023 年战略计划以及通过该研究基础设施和创新是一个主要重点领域， UVI 机构发展计划 (IDP) 得到了总统和高级领导层的支持，以解决障碍。 研究并告知本提案的具体目标： (1) 发展 UVI 的研究管理领导力 和组织，训练有素，资源充足，有动力支持研究文化（2）。 制定研究审查和培训计划，以增加研究人员的数量并提高研究能力 提案提交的竞争力 (3) 增加本科生的指导和培训机会 通过支持教师获得外部资助来开展生物医学研究 该计划具有创新性，因为它将。 将 IDP 的研究完全纳入 UVI 的 2018-2023 年战略计划，提供强大的机构范围 研究和培训创新包括涵盖整个生命周期的有针对性的培训举措。 研究、增加外展工作、培训和资助写作计划以及 HBCU 研究焦点小组 UVI 的逻辑模型将用于确保管理员克服地理隔离的障碍。 每项活动都将有助于实现可持续的研究愿景并发展全校文化 支持研究。