scholarly journals Sowing the “CEED”s of a more diverse biomedical workforce: The Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity (CEED) program at the University of Pittsburgh

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Kaleab Z. Abebe ◽  
Natalia E. Morone ◽  
Colleen A. Mayowski ◽  
Doris M. Rubio ◽  
Wishwa K. Kapoor
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Care Research ◽  
Research Workforce ◽  
The University

AbstractPurpose:The need to diversify the biomedical research workforce is well documented. The importance of fostering the careers of fledgling underrepresented background (URB) biomedical researchers is evident in light of the national and local scarcity of URB scientists in biomedical research. The Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity (CEED) program at the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE) was designed to promote career success and help seal the “leaky pipeline” for URB researchers. In this study, we aimed to quantify CEED’s effect on several key outcomes by comparing CEED Scholars to a matched set of URB ICRE trainees not enrolled in CEED using data collected over 10 years.Method:We collected survey data on CEED Scholars from 2007 to 2017 and created a matched set of URB trainees not enrolled in CEED using propensity score matching in a 1:1 ratio. Poisson regression was used to compare the rate of publications between CEED and non-CEED URB trainees after adjusting for baseline number of publications.Results:CEED has 45 graduates. Seventy-six percent are women, 78% are non-White, and 33% are Hispanic/Latino. Twenty-four CEED Scholars were matched to non-CEED URB trainees. Compared to matched URB trainees, CEED graduates had more peer-reviewed publications (p=0.0261) and were more likely to be an assistant professor (p=0.0145).Conclusions:Programs that support URB researchers can help expand and diversify the biomedical research workforce. CEED has been successful despite the challenges of a small demographic pool.

scholarly journals 2017 Sowing the “CEED”s of a more diverse biomedical workforce

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (S1) ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Colleen A. Mayowski ◽  
Kaleab Z. Abebe ◽  
Natalia E. Morone ◽  
Doris M. Rubio ◽  
Wishwa N. Kapoor
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Seminar Series ◽  
Leaky Pipeline ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Research Workforce ◽  
The University

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The need to diversify the biomedical research workforce is well documented. The Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity (CEED) program at the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE) promotes success and helps seal the “leaky pipeline” for under-represented background (URB) biomedical researchers with a purposefully designed program consisting of a monthly seminar series, multilevel mentoring, targeted coursework, and networking. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Over 10 program years, we collected survey data on characteristics of CEED Scholars, such as race, ethnicity, and current position. We created a matched set of URB trainees not enrolled in CEED during that time using propensity score matching in a 1:1 ratio. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Since 2007, CEED has graduated 45 Scholars. Seventy-six percent have been women, 78% have been non-White, and 33% have been Hispanic/Latino. Scholars include 20 M.D.s and 25 Ph.D.s. Twenty-eight CEED Scholars were matched to non-CEED URB students. Compared with matched URB students, CEED graduates had a higher mean number of peer-reviewed publications (9.25 vs. 5.89; p<0.0001) were more likely to hold an assistant professor position (54% vs. 14%; p=0.004) and be in the tenure stream (32% vs. 7%; p=0.04), respectively. There were no differences in Career Development Awards (p=0.42) or Research Project Grants (p=0.24). DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Programs that support URB researchers can help expand and diversify the biomedical research workforce. CEED has been successful despite the challenges of a small demographic pool. Further efforts are needed to assist URB researchers to obtain grant awards.

scholarly journals A Multi-Pronged Approach to Diversifying the Workforce

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris Rubio ◽  
Colleen Mayowski ◽  
Marie Norman
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
The University ◽  
Minority Serving Institutions

The biomedical workforce continues to lack diversity, despite growing evidence demonstrating the advantages of diverse teams in workplaces for creativity and innovation. At the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education, we have taken a multi-pronged, collaborative approach to enhance the diversity of our trainees and scholars. We started by implementing a program for postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty, the Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity (CEED) program. We then built on this program and created a sister program for medical students (CEED II). These two programs were intended to build a local community of diverse researchers. Following the success of these programs, we extended our efforts and pursued federal funding to establish other programs. Our first funded program was designed to teach leadership and career coaching skills to mentors who are committed to mentoring people from diverse backgrounds, the Professional Mentoring Skills Enhancing Diversity (PROMISED) program. We then partnered with minority serving institutions to create a fellowship in translational research skills training, Leading Emerging and Diverse Scientists to Success (LEADS), training in patient-centered outcomes research, Expanding National Capacity in PCOR through Training (ENACT), and a year-long fellowship to work with a specific mentor at Pitt, the Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Fellowship (TL1). With recognition that much work remains to be done, we believe these programs represent a small but positive step toward diversifying the biomedical workforce.

scholarly journals Obstacles to health care research projects at the University of Jordan: a cross-sectional survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randa Farah ◽  
Saif Aldeen AlRyalat ◽  
Wala'a Aburumman ◽  
Dana Sakaji ◽  
Muna Alhusban ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Research ◽  
High Workload ◽  
The University

Objective: To assess the obstacles faced by biomedical researchers in Jordan and the reasons behind the stagnation of health care research. Background: Health care research is essential for the advancement of medical care but faces obstacles that delay the completion of research projects, and the literature is still deficient, especially in developing countries. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted of all academic staff of health care faculties at the University of Jordan who had been employed for five years or more and had at least one stagnant research project. Questionnaires were completed by the academic staff online using Google Forms after a face-to-face interview to explain the study process to them. Results: A total of 82 researchers with a mean age of 42.68 (&plusmn;9.16) years were included most of whom (84.1%) had only one stagnant project. Of the 106 stagnant projects, 28.3% were in the basic sciences and 71.7% were in clinical research. Almost a third (29.5%) of the projects remained stagnant after reaching the publication stage. Most researchers (81.3%) identified lack of time and high workload as the most common personal barriers and 44.4% identified lack of funds and research incentives as the most common institutional barriers. Conclusions: Medical research is affected by different barriers including lack of time, high workload, lack of funds, and insufficient incentives for research. An institutional strategic plan is required to overcome those barriers and to improve medical research.

Health care research methods part 2

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (49) ◽  
pp. 33-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Bowling
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Care Research

Interdisciplinary primary health care research training through TUTOR-PHC: The insiders' view

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadija Perreault ◽  
Antoine Boivin ◽  
Enette Pauzé ◽  
Amanda L. Terry ◽  
Christie Newton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Care Research ◽  
Primary Health
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