Pilot Studies

试点研究

• 批准号: 8977968
• 负责人: SARAH E. ZEMORE
• 金额: $ 13.23万
• 依托单位: PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8977968
• 关键词: Address; Alcohol abuse; Alcohol consumption; Alcohols; Applications Grants; Biological Factors; Biology; Blood specimen; Collaborations; Data Collection; Environment; Epidemiology; Ethnic Origin; Fostering; Funding; Health Services; Investigation; Lead; Mentorship; Methodology; Methods; Monitor; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Pilot Projects; Policies; Population; Postdoctoral Fellow; Probability; Procedures; Qualitative Research; Race; Research; Research Activity; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resources; Risk; Scientist; Services; Sex Orientation; Socioeconomic Status; Staging; Surveys; Training; Training Programs; United States National Institutes of Health; Work; alcohol research; base; career; career development; comparative; experience; flexibility; health disparity; high reward; innovation; member; multidisciplinary; pre-doctoral; programs; ranpirnase; research and development; sound

ABSTRACT: Pilot Studies NIAAA's Pilot Studies Core is intended to “provide the Center with a flexible means to develop and explore new research activities or directions and unique scientific opportunities that have the potential to evolve into independently-funded research projects,” as well as to promote and encourage junior investigators in the field of alcohol research1. The current Pilots Core proposes a program for conducting pilot studies that would meaningfully extend the Center's research methods and agenda as well as directly enable NIH grant applications relevant to our current focus on health disparities. Our program would also address the research and career development needs of our most promising new and early stage investigators. Our application builds on 3 highly successful prior Pilots Cores from Center cycles 1995-2000, 2001-2005, and 2010-15, and this experience undergirds our proposed methods for soliciting and selecting projects and managing studies. We also draw on our experience with our longstanding (35-year) NIAAA T32 alcohol training program, which involves cultivation and oversight of research projects, and career development broadly, for post-doctoral and pre-doctoral trainees. We have identified 5 pilot studies for potential inclusion in the current round, and all are scientifically sound and well-integrated with our Center's overall program of research and focus on health disparities. Nevertheless, they are also highly innovative; multidisciplinary; broad in scope and potential impact; and highly diverse in questions, methods, and populations. We believe that this diversity of approaches and questions is critical to fostering a vibrant and innovative program of research at our Center, and that our Center is the ideal environment for these studies: Our strong grounding in epidemiology, policy, and health services, along with our rich base of disparities researchers (and statistical department), lend important support. This Core will be directed by Dr. Sarah Zemore, who is Co-Director of Training and MPI of the T32 at our Center (with Lee Ann Kaskutas) as well as Associate Director of the Center. Management will be supported by a Pilots Committee, which will include all Center Managers and prior Pilots Core Director Kaskutas. Specific Aims are to 1) requisition, select, and monitor pilot studies that are well-integrated with the Center's program of research; that are consistent with our Center's focus on health disparities; and that have high potential to lead to independent, NIH-funded research grants and high-impact lines of research; 2) promote and encourage junior (new and early stage) investigators in their career development via supporting and guiding their research lines and providing specific career development resources; and 3) continually evaluate the pilot program and refine procedures as necessary.

摘要：试点研究 NIAAA 的试点研究核心旨在“为中心提供灵活的方式来开发和探索 新的研究活动或方向以及独特的科学机会有可能演变成 独立资助的研究项目”，以及促进和鼓励该领域的初级研究人员 当前的试点核心提出了一项进行试点研究的计划，该计划将 有意义地扩展该中心的研究方法和议程，并直接获得 NIH 拨款 与我们当前关注的健康差异相关的应用程序也将解决该研究。 我们最有前途的新的和早期研究人员的职业发展需求 我们的应用程序。 以 1995-2000 年、2001-2005 年和 2010-15 年中心周期的 3 个非常成功的先前试点核心为基础，并且 这一经验巩固了我们提出的征求和选择项目以及管理研究的方法。 我们还借鉴了长期（35 年）NIAAA T32 酒精培训计划的经验，该计划 涉及研究项目的培养和监督，以及广泛的职业发展，包括博士后和 我们已经确定了 5 项可能纳入本轮的试点研究，所有这些都已完成。 科学合理，与我们中心的整体研究计划良好结合，并注重健康 然而，它们在范围和潜力上也具有高度的创新性； 影响；以及问题、方法和人群的高度多样化。 方法和问题对于我们中心培育充满活力和创新的研究计划至关重要， 我们的中心是进行这些研究的理想环境：我们在流行病学、政策、 和卫生服务，以及我们丰富的差异研究人员基础（和统计部门）， 该核心将由 Sarah Zemore 博士指导，她是 MPI 的培训和联合主任。 我们中心的 T32（与 Lee Ann Kaskutas）以及中心管理副主任将负责。 得到飞行员委员会的支持，该委员会将包括所有中心经理和前飞行员核心总监 Kaskutas 的具体目标是 1) 征用、选择和监测与实际情况充分结合的试点研究。 中心的研究计划与我们中心对健康差异的关注一致； 获得 NIH 资助的独立研究资助和高影响力研究领域的巨大潜力 2) 通过支持促进和鼓励初级（新的和早期）研究人员的职业发展 指导他们的研究方向并提供具体的职业发展资源；以及 3) 不断地 评估试点计划并根据需要完善程序。