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. 2013 Sep;2(5):24-9.
doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.049.

Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health

Joan D Nagel  1 , Abby Koch  2 , Jennifer M Guimond  3 , Sarah Glavin  3 , Stacie Geller  4
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Building the Women's Health Research Workforce: Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Approaches in Women's Health

Joan D Nagel et al. Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 Sep.

Abstract
in English, Chinese, Spanish

Background: The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program is a mentored institutional research career development program developed to support and foster the interdisciplinary research careers of men and women junior faculty in women's health and sex/gender factors. The number of scholars who apply for and receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) research or career development grants is one proximate indicator of whether the BIRCWH program is being successful in achieving its goals.

Primary study objective: To present descriptive data on one metric of scholar performance-NIH grant application and funding rates.

Methods/design: Grant applications were counted if the start date was 12 months or more after the scholar's BIRCWH start date. Two types of measures were used for the outcome of interest-person-based funding rates and application-based success rates.

Main outcome measures: Grant application, person funding, and application success rates.

Results: Four hundred and ninety-three scholars had participated in BIRCWH as of November 1, 2012. Seventy-nine percent of BIRCWH scholars who completed training had applied for at least one competitive NIH grant, and 64% of those who applied had received at least one grant award. Approximately 68% of completed scholars applied for at least one research grant, and about half of those who applied were successful in obtaining at least one research award. Men and women had similar person funding rates, but women had higher application success rates for RoI grants.

Limitations: Data were calculated for all scholars across a series of years; many variables can influence person funding and application success rates beyond the BIRCWH program; and lack of an appropriate comparison group is another substantial limitation to this analysis.

Conclusion: Our results suggest that the BIRCWH program has been successful in bridging advanced training with establishing independent research careers for scholars.

背景： 开创女性健康的跨学科研究事业 (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health, BIRCWH) 计划是一项指导式的机构研究事业发展计划，旨在支持和促进男性和女性初级研究工作者在女性健康和两性／性别因素领域的跨学科研究事业。申请并获得国立卫生研究院 (National Institutes of Health, NIH) 研究或事业发展经费的学者人数，即为一项衡量BIRCWH 计划是否成功达到目标的近似指标。主要研究目标： 提供与学者表现的衡量标准相关的描述性数据－ NIH经费申请和资助率。方法／设计： 如果经费申请开始日期是在学者 BIRCWH 开始日期后的 12 个月或更晚时间，则该经费申请即可计算在内。为获得目标结果，我们使用了两种类型的衡量指标－人员资助率和申请成功率。主要结果测量指标： 经费申请率、人员资助率和申请成功率。结果： 截至 2012 年 11 月 1 日，已有四百九十三名学者参与 BIRCWH。在已经完成培训的 BIRCWH 学者中，有 79% 已申请了至少一 项竞争性的 NIH 经费，而在提出 申请的学者中，有 64% 已经获得 了至少一项经费授予。在已完成的 学者中，有大约 68% 申请了至少 一项研究经费，而在这些提出申请 的学者中，约有一半成功获得了至 少一项研究经费授予。男性学者和 女性学者的人员资助率相近，但就 R01 经费而言，女性学者的申请成 功率更高。限制： 数据是针对多年来的所有 学者计算得出的；除了 BIRCWH 计 划之外，许多可变因素都能够影响 人员资助率和申请成功率；而且缺 少适当的对照群体是此项分析的另 一项本质缺陷。结论： 我们的结果表明，BIRCWH 计划已经成功地将高级培训与创立 学者的独立研究事业联系在一起。

Antecedentes: El programa Creación de Carreras de Investigación Interdisciplinaria sobre la Salud de las Mujeres (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health, BIRCWH) es un programa tutorizado de desarrollo de carreras de investigadores institucionales desarrollado para apoyar y fomentar entre los miembros más jóvenes del personal docente, hombres y mujeres, las carreras de investigación interdisciplinaria en la salud de las mujeres y los factores de sexo y género. El número de docentes que solicitan y obtienen becas de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (National Institutes of Health, NIH) para el desarrollo de la investigación y profesional constituye un indicador aproximado de si el programa BIRCWH tiene éxito en la consecución de sus metas.

Objetivos principales del estudio: La presentación de datos descriptivos en una métrica de rendimiento académico —índices de solicitud de beca de los NIH y de financiación.

Métodos/diseño: Las solicitudes de beca se contabilizaron si la fecha de inicio se produjo con una antelación mínima de 12 meses posterior a la fecha de inicio del BIRCWH por parte de los docentes. Se utilizaron dos tipos de medidas para la variable de interés —índices de financiación por persona e índices de éxito por solicitud.

Criterios de valoración principales: Solicitud de beca, financiación de la persona e índices de éxito de la solicitud.

Resultados: A fecha 1 de noviembre de 2012 habían participado en el BIRCWH cuatrocientos noventa y tres docentes. El 79 % de los docentes del BIRCWH que acabaron su formación había solicitado al menos una beca competitiva de los NIH, y el 64 % de los que la solicitaron había recibido al menos una. Aproximadamente el 68 % de los docentes con la formación acabada solicitaron al menos una beca de investigación, y aproximadamente la mitad de quienes presentaron una solicitud obtuvieron al menos una beca de investigación. Los hombre y las mujeres tuvieron índices de financiación por persona similares, aunque las mujeres tuvieron índices de éxito en las solicitudes más altos para las becas R01.

Limitaciones: Los datos se calcularon para todos los docentes a lo largo de una serie de años; hay muchas variables que pueden influir sobre la financiación por persona y los índices de éxito en la solicitud más allá del programa BIRCWH; y la falta de un grupo comparativo adecuado constituye otra importante limitación de este análisis.

Conclusión: Nuestros resultados sugieren que el programa BIRCWH ha tenido éxito en la conexión de la formación avanzada con el establecimiento de carreras de investigadores independientes para los docentes.

Keywords: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH); gender; sex.

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