Accelerating URiA Independent Research Potential in Nutrition Sciences

加速 URiA 在营养科学方面的独立研究潜力

• 批准号: 10746637
• 负责人: JOSE R FERNANDEZ
• 金额: $ 16.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-11 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10746637
• 关键词: Academia; Acceleration; Address; Alabama; Area; Career Mobility; Chronic Disease; Clinical Sciences; Country; Deep South; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Environment; Face; Faculty; Funding; Grant; Health; Health Disparities Research; Health Occupations; Home; Individual; Infrastructure; Institution; Journals; Leadership; Letters; Low income; Measures; Mentors; Names; Nutritional Science; Obesity; Participant; Physical activity; Polishes; Politics; Population; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Precision Health; Principal Investigator; Race; Recommendation; Recording of previous events; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Resources; Schools; Scientist; Senior Scientist; Series; Training; Training Programs; Translational Research; Underrepresented Populations; United States National Institutes of Health; career; career development; clinical center; cohort; experience; graduate student; health disparity; improved; innovation; minority health disparity; nutrition; peer; physically handicapped; pre-doctoral; precision nutrition; professor; programs; recruit; rural residence; skill acquisition; skills; success; undergraduate student; webinar

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT Junior scientists from underrepresented groups (URGs) face major barriers to academic career success that junior scientists who are not from URGs do not face. There is an opportunity and a responsibility for academic units with strength in nutrition, obesity, and diabetes to develop programs that help overcome these barriers and enhance the careers of researchers who are part of URGs. Additionally, we need trained researchers from URGs in order to fully understand and address obesity-related chronic diseases in these groups in the population. This is particularly a problem in Alabama and surrounding Deep South states. We propose to develop, implement, and evaluate an innovative program to help junior scientists from URGs identify and overcome barriers to academic success and enhance their academic, mentoring, and political skills. We have a strong pipeline of T32 training grants at pre- and postdoctoral levels to bring scientists from URGs to UAB and strong commitments from units within UAB to create faculty positions (and/or retention packages) for those who complete the program. The specific aims are: 1) To engage the participation of at least three cohorts of 3-4 junior scientists (postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors), preferably from URGs to spend 3 years each in a program aimed to enhance and develop skills for success as a independent researcher/principal investigator in academia, 2) To provide a 3-year educational and mentoring program that will focus on the development of intrapersonal, interpersonal and team-development skills, 3) To establish mentoring teams for each program participant that include a scientist mentors, academic/institutional navigators, and a wellness coach, and 4) To develop a comprehensive plan for evaluating and potentially expanding the program. UAB provides the perfect environment for supporting the career development of scientists from URGs. UAB was named (by Forbes magazine) the 4th best employer in the country for diversity. UAB has a strong Department of Nutrition Sciences (DNS) that houses three NIH-funded centers – the Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), the Nutrition for Precision Health Clinical Center (NPHCC) and the Diabetes Research Center (DRC). The School of Health Professions houses a CDC-funded National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD). This application is supported by the institution and promises the consideration to hire scholars participating in the program. Our innovative training program was delivered to address specific barriers to career success that were identified in a UAB NORC–led national workshop series on facilitating the careers of those underrepresented in academic (URiA). Innovative aspects of this proposal include a mentoring team to facilitate research but also to help participants develop other skills for advancement and success within academic institutions.

项目概要/摘要 来自代表性不足群体 (URG) 的青年科学家面临学术职业成功的主要障碍， 非URG 的年轻科学家没有机会和责任从事学术工作。 在营养、肥胖和糖尿病方面具有实力的单位制定有助于克服这些障碍的计划， 此外，我们需要来自 URG 的训练有素的研究人员。 以便充分了解和解决这些人群中与肥胖相关的慢性疾病。 在阿拉巴马州和周边南部腹地各州尤其是一个问题，我们建议制定、实施、 并评估一项创新计划，以帮助来自 URG 的初级科学家识别并克服障碍 学术成功并提高他们的学术、指导和政治技能。我们拥有强大的 T32 人才储备。 博士前和博士后级别的培训补助金，将科学家从 URG 带到 UAB 和坚定的承诺 从UAB内的单位中为完成该项目的人创建教职职位（和/或保留包）。 具体目标是： 1) 吸引至少三组 3-4 名初级科学家的参与 （博士后、助理教授），最好来自URG，每人在一个项目中学习3年 旨在提高和发展作为独立研究员/首席研究员的成功技能 学术界，2）提供为期 3 年的教育和指导计划，重点关注发展 个人、人际交往和团队发展技能，3) 为每个人建立指导团队 计划包括科学家导师、学术/机构导航员和健康参与者 教练，以及 4) 制定评估和潜在扩展该计划的全面计划。 UAB为支持URG科学家的职业发展提供了完美的环境。 UAB 因其多元化而被《福布斯》杂志评为全美第四大最佳雇主。 营养科学学院 (DNS) 设有三个 NIH 资助的中心 – 营养肥胖研究中心 (NORC)、精准健康营养临床中心 (NPHCC) 和糖尿病研究中心 (DRC)。 卫生职业学院设有一个由疾病预防控制中心 (CDC) 资助的国家健康、体育活动和健康中心 残疾 (NCHPAD) 此申请由机构支持并承诺雇用考虑。 参与该计划的学者们提供了创新的培训计划来解决特定的障碍。 UAB NORC 领导的关于促进职业生涯的国家研讨会系列中确定的职业成功 该提案的创新方面包括建立一个指导团队来帮助学术界代表性不足的人（URiA）。 促进研究，同时也帮助参与者发展其他技能，以促进学术进步和成功 机构。