Training
& Career Development Core
The
Center's Training & Career Development Core provides training for future health-care
professionals and scientists, especially for health-care professionals
and scientists who have research interests in areas of underserved populations.
The Training and Career Development Core draws on the extensive resources
available at Boston University and partnering institutions, including
established affiliations with community/neighborhood health centers
and other community-based organizations, as well as new relationships
that the CREEDD seeks to foster. The Training & Career Development
Core aims to: (1) Promote awareness of CREEDD and CREEDD-related activities
among students and investigators with a research interest in the area
of oral health disparities with a particular emphasis on fostering
and nurturing future applicants for training grants in the area of
oral health disparities. (2) Serve as a resource for identifying and
disseminating information about courses, seminars, and events related
oral health disparities. (3) Link research opportunities available
through CREEDD with investigators with an interest in dental disparities.
(4) Work with the curriculum committee at Boston University School
of Dental Medicine and other collaborating institutions to incorporate
results from CREEDD research into core curriculum. (5) Develop and
disseminate information at the local, regional and national levels.
Disseminated information will include successful techniques for recruitment
and retention of underserved populations in research. (6) Establish
a network of researchers with expertise in oral health disparity research,
and mentor less experienced investigators to engage in oral health
disparity research. (7) Nurture and foster investigators from underrepresented
groups.
