The purpose of the Training Core is to foster the development of the academic careers of researchersfocusing on health and mental health disparities in Latino communities. We will recruit and develop a cadreof well-trained Latino investigators to conduct studies that address service delivery issues and analyzemethods for the development and testing of interventions designed to increase access and quality of care,thereby reducing health and mental health disparities among minority populations. We will accomplish thisgoal through a closely mentored and didactic research training and support program designed for juniorfaculty members, post-doctoral students, graduate students, pediatric and psychiatric residents, and clinicaland research fellows. The Training Core will build upon the collaboration of the two partnering institutions forthe UPR-CHA Research Center of Excellence (RCE) - the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and theCambridge Health Alliance (CHA) - and will be enhanced by a subcontract with the Department of HealthCare Policy (HCP), Harvard Medical School. Researchers from these three institutions have workedtogether successfully in the past to provide a rigorous and rich training experience for young investigatorsfrom diverse backgrounds. The specific Training Core aims are:
AIM 1 : Preserve the UPR-CHA EXPORT Center training program that supports faculty and trainees bycoordinating resources, leadership and expertise from all sites to provide formal training andmentoring .
AIM 2 : Increase the number of independent researchers who will focus their careers on reducing health andmental health disparities for Latinos.
AIM 3 : Provide a series of individualized mentoring and training activities to prepare junior investigators foran independent research career in the area of health disparities and minority health.
AIM 4 : Coordinate and monitor the mentor and research training activities carried out in each site to ensurethe progress and quality of the contributions made by the trainees to Latino health disparitiesresearch.The Training Core will utilize and build upon systems in place at UPR, CHA, and HCP to mentor minoritytrainees. The mentoring of junior minority researchers into independent researchers and senior facultymembers will promote the development of minority researchers focusing on health disparities who will serveboth as service providers for minority populations as well as future mentors for the next generation ofresearchers.
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