在弗吉尼亚州激励多元化的研究人员:通过职业建设计划培养卓越的研究能力
Lina V Mata-McMurry1, Jennifer V Phillips1, Sandra G Burks1
1integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Journal of clinical and translational science
|February 22, 2024
概括
弗吉尼亚州令人鼓舞的多元化研究人员 (iDRIV) 计划支持代表性不足的生物医学科学家. 该计划成功帮助38%的参与者实现了职业里程碑,增强了劳动力的多样性.
科学领域:
- 生物医学研究生物医学研究
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
- 劳动力发展 劳动力发展
背景情况:
- 历史上代表性不足的群体在生物医学研究中面临着持续的低代表性.
- 多样性对于促进包容性,高质量和创新的团队科学至关重要.
- 临床和翻译科学奖 (CTSA) 计划为多样性倡议提供了一个平台.
研究的目的:
- 实施和评估"在弗吉尼亚州激励多元化研究人员" (iDRIV) 计划.
- 为了增加代表性,并改善职业支持不足的早期职业调查员.
- 作为生物医学研究工作人员多样化的典范.
主要方法:
- 该iDRIV计划是根据匹兹堡大学的Building Up计划改编的,提供了一年的教育,指导,指导和赞助.
- 该计划的目标是来自代表性不足的背景的早期职业调查员.
- 收集关于参与者的人口统计和职业成就的数据.
主要成果:
- 三个队列中的24名参与者完成了该计划.
- 参与者主要是女性 (92%),西班牙裔/拉丁裔 (33%),黑人 (29%) 和亚裔 (13%) 个人占有很大比例.
- 38%的参与者取得了职业成就,包括研究奖项和校外资金.
结论:
- 该iDRIV计划有效地为来自代表性不足的背景的研究人员提供职业生涯支持.
- 这一举措证明了提高生物医学研究工作人员多样性的成功模式.
- 提高劳动力多样性对于提高患者健康结果至关重要.
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