MT INBRE: A Multidisciplinary Research Network

MT INBRE IV有两个总体目标：1）维护和进一步发展蒙大拿州 研究网络和学生管道，2）利用这个网络来解决严重的健康问题 蒙大拿州的农村和原住民社区面临的差距。MT INBRE IV将支持和指导 来自研究型大学的调查人员，主要是本科院校（PUI）和部落 通过领先的生物医学科学和社区最佳实践， 基于实验研究（CBPR），以解决蒙大拿州农村和部落的健康差距 社区.我们相信，蒙大拿州社区可以推动研究， 寻找解决方案，以减轻他们所经历的健康差距。 由于我们州健康差距的严重性和普遍性， 将继续在MT INBRE IV，但在这一重点，我们将增加新的研究领域， 从MT INBRE III中出现，包括弹性，心理健康和自杀预防， 营养、粮食安全/主权和代谢性疾病。通过添加食物 安全/主权和营养，我们的研究重点，MT INBRE IV将有助于制定一个 全面的健康方法，超越了缓解症状的治疗和药物。 相反，我们的目标将是弹性机制，改善心理健康和自杀 预防这些努力将通过建立创新的伙伴关系来完成， 蒙大拿州和西部IDEA区域网络的计划和机构， 资源，合作和机会提供给蒙大拿州的研究人员和学生。 MT INBRE IV将通过四个具体目标实现目标和研究目标。 目标1：通过继续加强蒙大拿州的生物医学和生物信息学基础设施 发展共享设施、研究合作、重点工作组和培训 机会目标2：建立和加强国家的研究基础和能力， 支持参与机构的教师、博士后研究员和研究生。目标3： 为主要来自本科院校的学生提供研究机会， 社区学院和少数民族机构，并作为这些学生的管道， 继续在IDEA州内从事健康研究事业。目标4：共享已建立的方案， 通过与爱达荷州的INBRE网络（RAIN）三州区域联盟， 蒙大拿州和新墨西哥州减少冗余，增加跨学科研究 教师之间的合作，并扩大研究和学生的教育机会。

MT INBRE IV has two overarching goals: 1) maintain and further develop the Montana research network and student pipeline, and 2) utilize this network to address the serious health disparities Montana's rural and Native communities face. MT INBRE IV will support and mentor investigators from research universities, primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs), and tribal colleges (TCs) through leading edge biomedical science and best practices in Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to address health disparities in Montana's rural and tribal communities. We believe that Montana communities can drive research and contribute to finding solutions to mitigate the health disparities they experience. Because of the severity and pervasiveness of health disparities in our state, this emphasis will continue in MT INBRE IV, but within that focus, we will add new research areas that have emerged from MT INBRE III, including resiliency, mental health and suicide prevention, nutrition, food security/sovereignty, and metabolic diseases. By adding food security/sovereignty and nutrition to our research focus, MT INBRE IV will help to develop a holistic health approach that goes beyond treatments and drugs that alleviate symptoms. Rather, our targets will be the mechanisms of resiliency, improved mental health, and suicide prevention. These efforts will be accomplished by instituting innovative partnerships with programs and institutions in Montana and the Western IDeA Regional Network to maximize resources, collaborations, and opportunities available to Montana's researchers and students. MT INBRE IV will realize goals and research targets through four specific aims. Aim 1: Strengthen Montana's biomedical and bioinformatics infrastructure through continued development of shared facilities, research collaborations, focused working groups, and training opportunities. Aim 2: Build and increase the state's research base and capacity by providing support to faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students at participating institutions. Aim 3: Provide research opportunities for students from primarily undergraduate institutions, community colleges, and minority institutions and serve as a pipeline for these students to continue in health research careers within IDeA states. Aim 4: Share established programs and infrastructure through a tristate Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN) with Idaho, Montana and New Mexico to reduce redundancy, increase interdisciplinary research collaborations among faculty, and broaden research and education opportunities for students.