Health Disparities Investigator Development through a Team-Science Pilot Projects Program

Profound health disparities are widespread among Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos in Hawai'i. Efforts to reduce and eliminate health disparities are limited by a shortage of investigators trained in addressing the genetic, socio economic, and environmental factors that contribute to disparities. In this conference proceedings report from the 2022 RCMI Consortium National Conference, we describe our mentoring program, with an emphasis on community-engaged research. Elements include our encouragement of a team-science, customized Pilot Projects Program (PPP), a Mentoring Bootcamp, and a mentoring support network. During 2017-2022, we received 102 PPP preproposals. Of these, 45 (48%) were invited to submit full proposals, and 22 (19%) were awarded (8 basic biomedical, 7 clinical, 7 behavioral). Eighty-three percent of awards were made to early-career faculty (31% ethnic minority, 72% women). These 22 awards generated 77 related publications; 84 new grants were submitted, of which 31 were awarded with a resultant return on investment of 5.9. From 5 to 11 investigators were supported by PPP awards each year. A robust usage of core services was observed. Our descriptive report (as part of a scientific conference session on RCMI specialized centers) focuses on a mentoring vehicle and shows how it can support early-stage investigators in pursuing careers in health disparities research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 20(2023), 7 vom: 30. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hedges, Jerris R [VerfasserIn]
Chow, Dominic C [VerfasserIn]
Fogelgren, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Braun, Kathryn L [VerfasserIn]
Tsark, JoAnn U [VerfasserIn]
Ordinado, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Berry, Marla J [VerfasserIn]
Yanagihara, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Mokuau, Noreen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical and translational research
Connectivity
Health disparities
Journal Article
Pilot projects program
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research studio
Team-science

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Date Completed 14.04.2023

Date Revised 14.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph20075336

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355523108