Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: The positive impact of diversity in increasing the effectiveness of the research workforce has been undeniably demonstrated to be an essential element for achieving health equity. Diversity is also instrumental for the research workforce to advance discovery, eliminate health disparities, improve minority health and achieve effective patient-centered outcomes in the quest for better health. One of the sustainable ways to achieve diversity in the workforce is through training, education and career development of all interested individuals including minority, underserved, underrepresented and populations with special needs. A Hispanic public, academic health center, and a historically black private medical school, have joined efforts in this article to share their experiences in addressing diversity in the clinical and translational research workforce with grant support from the National Institutes of Health. The purpose of this paper is to describe how diversity has been achieved through a concerted effort to recruit and develop underrepresented junior faculty and doctoral candidates for successful careers in clinical and translational research focused on health disparities and minority health. We describe Initiatives designed to achieve diversity in recruitment and development of research teams, together with an evaluation of outcomes to determine the success of the program and its participants.
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,160
Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Center for Research Resources, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Awards: RCMI Translational Research Network (RTRN), Hispanics in Research Capability: SoHP & SOM Partnership (HIREC), National Research Mentoring Network for a Diverse Biomedical Workforce, T32 Training Program for Institutions That Promote Diversity from Morehouse School of Medicine, Renewal Application for Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD, TCC for Health Disparties: Informing & Influencing Health Policy and Practice, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) Renewal, A Randomized Controlled Study to Test the Effectiveness of Developmental Network Coaching in the Career Advancement of Diverse Early Stage Investigators, Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development Program, RCMI Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (RCTR) (U54), Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium (PRCTRC), Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) in Minority Institutio, Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) R25 Program at Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA), Texas Center for Health Disparities (TCHD), Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research
OpenAlex ID: W2801439628