title: Transdisciplinary cardiovascular and cancer health disparities training: experiences of the centers for population health and health disparities.
abstract: The Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities program promotes multilevel and multifactorial health equity research and the building of research teams that are transdisciplinary. We summarized 5 areas of scientific training for empowering the next generation of health disparities investigators with research methods and skills that are needed to solve disparities and inequalities in cancer and cardiovascular disease. These areas include social epidemiology, multilevel modeling, health care systems or health care delivery, community-based participatory research, and implementation science. We reviewed the acquisition of the skill sets described in the training components; these skill sets will position trainees to become leaders capable of effecting significant change because they provide tools that can be used to address the complexities of issues that promote health disparities.
authors.affiliation: Sherita Hill Golden and Tanjala Purnell are with the Schools of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Amy Ferketich is with the College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Josephine Boyington and Peter G. Kaufmann are with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Sheila Dugan is with Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Eva Garroutte is with the Sociology Department, Boston College, MA. Jessica Krok is with the Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University. Alice Kuo and Alexander N. Ortega are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Shobha Srinivasan is with the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
authors.forename: Sherita Hill
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Golden
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferketich
authors.forename: Josephine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boyington
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dugan
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garroutte
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krok
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Alexander N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Tanjala
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Purnell
authors.forename: Shobha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003479:Curriculum; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000193:education*