Comprehensive Minority and Health Disparities Research Center

综合少数民族和健康差异研究中心

• 批准号: 7496043
• 负责人: MONA N. FOUAD
• 金额: $ 41.08万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-30 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7496043
• 关键词: Comprehensive; Minority; Health; Disparities; Research

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) proposes to develop a Comprehensive Minority and Health Disparities Research Center (MHDRC) to address one of our nation's most pressing needs. This new center will fully integrate UAB's existing Minority Health and Research Center and the current NCMHD funded UAB P60 Project EXPORT (RESPECT). Led by Mona Fouad, MD, MPH (Director) and Edward Partridge, MD (Co-Director), the MHDRC will focus upon the interdisciplinary research efforts needed to understand and eliminate problems related to cancer screening and diabetes/obesity in the Deep South. The MHDRC will include four cores: Administrative, Research, Research Training, and Community Engagement. Through these cores, the center will develop new minority and health disparities research while integrating the many projects and partnerships that have intersected so successfully at UAB in the past. The Administrative Core will provide oversight and coordination, with assistance from a Steering Committee and four advisory groups. The Research Core will support and oversee innovative interdisciplinary research, including three full research projects and a Pilot Project Program. The Research Core will advance our understanding of the complex interactions between biological, social, and clinical factors that cause health disparities in cancer screening and diabetes/obesity; as well as, based on this improved understanding, develop and rigorously test interventions to eliminate health disparities. The Research Training Core will increase the number of competent and well trained minority health care professionals and researchers by training undergraduate minority students in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in Alabama. The Community Engagement Core will strive to eliminate health disparities and address the issues of dissemination and sustainability in community-based health disparities research. Based on a strong organizational structure and tangible support from the highest levels of UAB administration, and a remarkably productive history of research partnerships and collaborations, the MHDRC will make significant contributions to improving minority health and eliminating health disparities in Alabama and the Deep South.

描述（由申请人提供）：伯明翰大学（UAB）的阿拉巴马大学提议开发一个综合的少数民族和健康差异研究中心（MHDRC），以满足我们国家最紧迫的需求之一。这个新中心将充分整合UAB现有的少数民族健康与研究中心，以及当前的NCMHD资助的UAB P60项目出口（尊重）。 MHDRC由医学博士Mona Fouad，MD（主任）和医学博士Edward Partridge（联合导演）领导，将重点关注理解和消除与癌症筛查以及深南部癌症/糖尿病/肥胖有关的问题所需的跨学科研究工作。 MHDRC将包括四个核心：行政，研究，研究培训和社区参与。通过这些核心，该中心将开发新的少数民族和健康差异研究，同时整合过去在UAB如此成功地相交的许多项目和伙伴关系。在指导委员会和四个咨询小组的协助下，行政核心将提供监督和协调。研究核心将支持并监督创新的跨学科研究，包括三个完整的研究项目和一个试点项目计划。 研究核心将提高我们对导致癌症筛查和糖尿病/肥胖症健康差异的生物，社会和临床因素之间复杂相互作用的理解；以及基于这种改善的理解，制定和严格测试干预措施以消除健康差异。研究培训核心将通过与阿拉巴马州历史悠久的黑人学院（HBCUS）合作培训本科生培训本科生的培训本科生和训练有素的少数民族卫生保健专业人员和研究人员的数量。社区参与核心将努力消除健康差异，并解决基于社区的健康差异研究中的传播和可持续性问题。基于UAB管理最高水平的强大组织结构和切实的支持，以及研究伙伴关系和合作的富有成效的历史，MHDRC将为改善少数群体健康和消除阿拉巴马州和深南方的健康差异做出重大贡献。