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| University of Minnesota (MN) Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health | |
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| Investigator (PI): | Berge, Jerica M; Allen, Sharon S; Wyman, Jean F |
| Performing Organization (PO): |
(Current): University of Minnesota, Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health / (612) 624-2622 |
| Supporting Agency (SA): | National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director (OD) || Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) || National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) || National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) || National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) |
| Initial Year: | 2007 |
| Final Year: | 2022 |
| Record Source/Award ID: | RePorter/ K12HD055887 |
| Funding: | 2007 Award Amount: $482,656 2008 Award Amount: $479,521 2009 Award Amount: $481,857 2010 Award Amount: $484,266 2011 Award Amount: $486,737 2012 Award Amount: $499,992 2013 Award Amount: $457,325 2014 Award Amount: $499,992 2015 Award Amount: $390,548 2016 Award Amount: $374,992 2017 Award Amount: $540,000 2018 Award Amount: $496,283 2019 Award Amount: $305,629 2020 Award Amount: $540,000 |
| Award Type: | Grant |
| Abstract: | The University of Minnesota's Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program's overarching goal is to improve the health of all women across the lifespan and, by extension, to improve the health of their families and communities in Minnesota, the nation, and the world. The BIRCWH is a comprehensive program that ensures our scholars (assistant professors) become premier interdisciplinary women's health researchers. Our short-term objective is to facilitate the research careers of our scholars by expanding their research skills, experience in team science, research networks, and leadership abilities, and increasing their scholarly productivity. This objective will be accomplished through the following components: 1) competency-based training in the design, conduct, and dissemination of high-quality women's health and sex differences research with both required and individualized components, including curricular innovations in research ethics, rigor and reproducibility, bioinformatics and advance methodology, and scientific leadership; 2) a robust interdisciplinary mentoring program that has an academically diverse pool of women's health research mentors, including BIRCWH alumni, who can support all aspects of the Scholars' research career development; 3) formation of new alliances with other BIRCWH programs to enhance opportunities for cross-institutional networking and research collaborations to promote the national recognition of our Scholars; and 4) strong program oversight and evaluation that is tailored to the program competencies and benchmarks. Our long-term objectives are to 1) increase the number of interdisciplinary research leaders who advance scientific knowledge in women's health and wellness across the lifespan and in sex/gender differences in health and disease; 2) foster new cross-disciplinary collaborations within the university and broader community to increase the impact of women's health research; 3) transform the academic environment by increasing the visibility of interdisciplinary women's health and sex/gender determinants research; and 4) effect the timely translation of women's health research findings to clinical practice, public health, and policy. For this cycle, we are have chosen four major interdisciplinary research focus areas. They are a) cancers occurring in primarily in females or that have sex-specific aspects to treatment; b) behavior and healthy eating/obesity and substance use disorders; c) mature women's health, with an emphasis on cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis; and c) health disparities community-engaged research to address disparities in women and girls. Rationale and design of the program: We will achieve the program's goal by increasing the number of well-trained, interdisciplinary researchers who focus on women's health and the effects of biological sex and gender roles on health and disease. We fund three women's health or sex differences researchers who are assistant professors in year one through their faculty appointment for three years. |
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| Country: | United States |
| State: | Minnesota |
| Zip Code: | 55455 |
| UI: | 20212447 |
| Project Status: | Ongoing |
| Record History: | ('AHRQ contributed funding in 2007. NICHD contributed funding 2008-2011, and 2013. NCI and NIMH contributed funding 2012-2016.',) |
