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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Using a Virtual Community (the Health Equity Learning Collaboratory) to Support Early-Stage Investigators Pursuing Grant Funding.

Meldra Hall, Jeffrey Engler, Japera Hemming, Ernest Alema-Mensah, Adriana Baez, Kimberly Lawson, Alexander Quarshie, Jonathan Stiles, Priscilla Pemu, Winston Thompson and 3 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Impact of COVID-19 on the Research Career Advancement of Health Equity Scholars from Diverse Backgrounds.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  13. The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Consortium: A Blueprint for Inclusive Excellence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  14. Strengthening and Sustaining Inter-Institutional Research Collaborations and Partnerships.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  15. Building a Diverse Workforce and Thinkforce to Reduce Health Disparities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  17. Broadening the Tent with Intentional Spaces.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Meldra HallClinical Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. mhall@msm.edu.
Jeffrey EnglerCouncil of Graduate Schools, Washington, DC 20036, USA. jengler@cgs.nche.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7263-3574
Japera HemmingClinical Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. jhemming@msm.edu.
Ernest Alema-MensahDepartment of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. eamensah@msm.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2186-0232
Adriana BaezUniversity of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, USA. adriana.baez@upr.edu.
Kimberly LawsonClinical Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. klawson@msm.edu.
Alexander QuarshieDepartment of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. aquarshie@msm.edu.
Jonathan StilesDepartment of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. jstiles@msm.edu.
Priscilla PemuDepartment of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. pipemu@msm.edu.
Winston ThompsonDepartment of Physiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. wthompson@msm.edu.
Douglas PaulsenDepartment of Pathology & Anatomy, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. dpaulsen@msm.edu.
Ann SmithUniversity of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. annsmith@uabmc.edu.
Elizabeth OfiliDepartment of Physiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA. eofili@msm.edu.

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Research Desogn and Biostatistics CoreU54MD007588 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MAYBERRY, ROBERT M · 2012 to 2018
$24.8M
STEERING COMMITTEEU54MD008149 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI OFILI, ELIZABETH O. · 2012 to 2018
$21.1M
Texas Minority Health, Research and Outreach (MiHERO)S21MD012472 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI JAMBOOR K. VISHWANATHA · 2017 to 2026
$18.0M
National Research Mentoring Network for a Diverse Biomedical WorkforceU54GM119023 · NIGMS · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI OFILI, ELIZABETH O., OKUYEMI, KOLAWOLE S · 2015 to 2018
$15.3M
TCC for Health Disparties: Informing & Influencing Health Policy and PracticeU54MD008173 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SATCHER, DAVID · 2012 to 2016
$13.4M
A Randomized Controlled Study to Test the Effectiveness of Developmental Network Coaching in the Career Advancement of Diverse Early Stage InvestigatorsU01GM132771 · NIGMS · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI OFILI, ELIZABETH O. · 2019 to 2023
$3.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR002378NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM132771NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM119023NIMHD NIH HHS S21 MD012472NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007588NIMHD NIH HHS U54MD008149NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD008173
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Junior investigators often have limited access to networks of scientific experts and resources that facilitate competitive grant submissions. Since environments in which scientists are trained are critically important for long-term success, we built and tested a virtual environment for early-stage investigators (ESIs) working on grant proposals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the virtual community's influence on grant submission patterns among participants from underrepresented groups. As part of a grant writing coaching model, junior investigators were recruited into a professional development program designed to develop competitive grantsmanship skills. Designed by the Research Resources and Outreach Core (RROC) of the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN), the Health Equity Learning Collaboratory (EQ-Collaboratory) provided a virtual community for social support, accountability, constructive feedback, and access to peer networks to help investigators overcome barriers to grant submission. This study assessed differences in outcomes for participants who completed the training within the EQ-Collaboratory compared to those who did not. The analyzed data revealed a statistically significant difference in the average time to submission for participants enrolled in the EQ-Collaboratory. EQ-Collaboratory ESIs submitted proposals 148.6 days earlier, (

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Health EquityPeer Review, ResearchResearch Support as TopicVirtual RealityHumansProgram DevelopmentResearch PersonnelWritingcollaboratorygrant writingsubmission habitsunderrepresented groups

Identifiers

PMID30380777
PMCPMC6265982

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