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College of Medicine, SRPH Researchers Receive Grant for Collaborative Project

Skip breadcrumb navigation COLLEGE STATION, Texas (September 25, 2006) – Rural and underserved regions have not been well served by traditional academic research models. This has exacerbated health disparities within these regions, as populations have not participated in or benefited from leading edge innovations in clinical care, prevention and health systems improvement.

As a result, faculty and staff from the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and School of Rural Public Health have teamed up to initiate a comprehensive strategic planning process directed toward developing the necessary infrastructure to carry out high quality translational and clinical research in rural and underserved regions. The grant, entitled “Enhancing Translational/Clinical Research Programs in Rural and Underserved Regions”, was funded by the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $228,371 for the period of September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007.

The planning process will focus on assessing capabilities, and barriers to creating a dedicated program for graduate and post-graduate clinical and translational science training program specifically tailored to overcoming the challenges of conducting research in underserved communities and across the rural-urban continuum. Researchers propose a series of assessment and planning activities conducted by a faculty/research team assembled from the Consortium that will: assess the existing clinical and translational science program infrastructure and training infrastructure of the Consortium; explore curriculum opportunities within each Consortium member focusing on the integration of clinical and translational science; design and develop a curriculum of training for MSPH in clinical and translational science; and develop a framework for implementing and helping trainees obtain the MSPH degree in clinical and translational science across the Consortium.

Christopher C. Colenda, M.D., M.P.H., Dean of the College of Medicine, is the Principal Investigator for the grant. Jane Bolin from the School of Rural Public Health is the Co-PI on the grant. Several other faculty and staff members from the College of Medicine and the School of Rural Public Health will be collaborating on the project.
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