Looking for a Way to Make Your Grant Writing More Effective?
How about taking a graduate course – Eliminating Health Disparities: Implications for Clinical Research (CTSC 5080)?
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has an ever-growing focus on health disparities and emphasizes the necessity for minority inclusion in clinical research. Successful grant funding includes the ability to write proposals that will address these disparities.
Offered by the Center for Translational Science Activities, CTSC 5080 (see CTSC course descriptions) addresses the racial, ethical, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic dimensions of clinical research. Eddie Greene, M.D., will lead scholars through discussion of metrics to be considered in all phases of clinical research study design, development, execution, analysis and reporting. Practical application will be evaluated through the preparation of a 5-page response to a 'Request for Applications,' following NIH style.
The course is offered on Thursdays, Jan. 7 — Mar. 25, 2010 from 10 a.m. — 11 a.m. in the Mayo Clinic Plummer building room 3-25A.
This graduate course is available to both degree-program (register) and non-degree-program students (register — requires that you be logged in to the Mayo network). Regular registration is open until Dec. 18, after that time please contact Dawn Lubinski for permission for late registration.
Topics included in CTSC 5080 include:
- Overview of health disparities and the NIH National Initiative to Eliminate Health Disparities in Minority Populations — Stephen Thomas, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
- Implications of health disparities and clinical research within the African American Native American/Native Alaskan, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander populations
- Implications of health disparities and clinical research in displaced emigrant and refugee populations, as well as underserved groups in socioeconomically disadvantaged and rural populations in the U.S.
- Role of community-based participatory research and its effect on the reduction and/or elimination of health disparities
- How can applied research ethics contribute to the elimination of health disparities?
- Impact of health inequalities and health disparities on health care costs and quality of life in the U.S.
- Potential impact of human genome research on the reduction and elimination of health disparities
CTSA also offers a number of online continuing education courses addressing health disparities and community engagement. Visit the Web page for more information or to register.
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