# Faculty Development Core

> **NIH NIH S06** · SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION · 2020 · $261,066

## Abstract

Project Summary
 Faculty Development Core (FDC)
Over the past decade, Southcentral Foundation (SCF) researchers have worked with external academic
partners in a number of research projects on subjects varying from the use of pharmacogenetic testing in rural
and underserved populations, health disparities in Alaska Native and American Indian (ANAI) populations, and
community engagement around depression management. To efficiently and effectively develop its faculty, the
SCF Research Department will continue and strengthen our partnerships with research-intensive academic
institutions (University of Washington [UW] and Washington State University). This application describes
specific areas of faculty development that will be fostered and developed to provide long-term accountability
between the scientific and ANAI community for health research carried out within SCF. By improving the
clinical and translational research skills of ANAI investigators and faculty through targeted training and
mentoring opportunities, the SCF Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Faculty
Development Core (FDC) will ensure that health research at SCF is carried out in a manner that is culturally,
scientifically, and ethically sound.
The utilizes the translational science spectrum as the conceptual framework, with attention paid to the
clinical and translational research skills needed at each stage of research and the staffing needed to conduct
applied research within a tribally managed health system. The also recognizes that the translational
science spectrum is not linear, nor unidirectional, but builds upon lessons learned in the previous stage.
Accordingly, faculty development requires progression of skills and approaches with a demonstration of a
faculty member's productivity, interdisciplinary teamwork, and ability to disseminate findings. Health system
stakeholder (e.g. clinical provider, patient, community member, administrative leader) involvement is a critical
feature of all stages in translation. Within the , we will focus on assessing and enhancing the skills and
competencies that promote the dissemination and transfer of scientific advances, as well as the
implementation of new paradigms for effective collaboration and resource sharing. Thus the
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specific aims of
the FDC are to: 1) evaluate and enhance the clinical and translational research skills of faculty; 2)
strengthen
the scientific writing skills and publication record of faculty and clinical staff; and 3) improve lay dissemination
of research findings to ANAI people.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9983096
- **Project number:** 5S06GM123545-04
- **Recipient organization:** SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION
- **Principal Investigator:** Vanessa Y Hiratsuka
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $261,066
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-15 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9983096

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9983096, Faculty Development Core (5S06GM123545-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9983096. Licensed CC0.

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