The number, characteristics, and skills of individuals in the health professions have profound implications forefforts to reduce health disparities. It is particularly important to increase the number of health professionals,who are themselves from minority groups. It is also important for all health professionals, both from minorityand non-minority groups, to learn how to address health disparities through patient care, research, and/orteaching.We propose to develop a comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative program of recruitment, education,and retention designed to expand the workforce of health providers, researchers, and faculty working toreduce health disparities.
Our specific aims are: A) To effectively recruit and retain students, particularlythose from minority backgrounds, into undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral educational programsrelated to health disparities; B) To provide diverse educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduatestudents emphasizing knowledge and skills in research to reduce health disparities; C) To identify, recruit,and support post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty, particularly those from underrepresented groups, toensure their successful entry into academic positions focused on biomedical and behavioral/social researchto reduce health disparities; and D) To develop and institutionalize support structures to ensure thesustainability of this initiative.Formative and summative evaluation strategies will be used to ensure successful accomplishment of theseaims. This project brings together and builds on resources and prior successes of the largest healthprofessional educational institutions and world-class health care institutions in the region. The newly coordinatedresources created through this Research Education and Training Core will help develop the nextgeneration of health providers, researchers, and faculty who will lead efforts to improve the health of minorityand underserved individuals and communities.
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