Hart C Michael, Shepherd Kennie R, Royal Walter
Office of Research Administration, Atlanta VA Health Care System, Decatur, Georgia, USA.
Department of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Health Equity. 2023 May 26;7(1):333-337. doi: 10.1089/heq.2023.0001. eCollection 2023.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) initiative to enhance recruitment of diverse biomedical scientists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the VA Career Development Program has provided a unique opportunity for HBCUs to partner with VA to strengthen diversity recruitment efforts. The Atlanta VA Health Care System and the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) enjoy a productive and growing interinstitutional collaboration. The partnership between the Atlanta VA and MSM provides the unique opportunity for MSM to increase research opportunities for faculty and students while providing a pipeline of diverse candidates for the Atlanta VA to enhance recruitment of diverse HCBU biomedical scientists. This relationship led to the creation of an inaugural HBCU Core Recruitment Site (CRS) at MSM and the Atlanta VA. The CRS provides a pathway to identify and recruit young diverse investigators who are eligible to compete for VA Career Development Award funding. This Atlanta VA/MSM CRS initiative established a pipeline program to further enhance diversity in the VA scientific workforce. In this review, the Atlanta VA/MSM CRS is presented as a potential model for maximizing the VA initiative to enhance the recruitment of diverse candidates from HBCUs.
美国退伍军人事务部（VA）通过VA职业发展计划加强从历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）招聘多元化生物医学科学家的举措，为HBCUs与VA合作加强多元化招聘工作提供了独特机会。亚特兰大VA医疗保健系统和莫尔豪斯医学院（MSM）有着富有成效且不断发展的机构间合作。亚特兰大VA与MSM之间的伙伴关系为MSM提供了独特机会，增加教职员工和学生的研究机会，同时为亚特兰大VA提供多元化候选人渠道，以加强对多元化HCBU生物医学科学家的招聘。这种关系促成了在MSM和亚特兰大VA设立首个HBCU核心招聘站点（CRS）。CRS提供了一条途径，以识别和招募有资格竞争VA职业发展奖资金的年轻多元化研究人员。亚特兰大VA/MSM CRS倡议建立了一个输送计划，以进一步提高VA科研人员队伍的多样性。在本综述中，亚特兰大VA/MSM CRS被作为一个潜在模式呈现，以最大限度地发挥VA从HBCUs加强招聘多元化候选人的倡议。
