Forging our Futures: Studying Science to Protect Tribal Health

锻造我们的未来：学习科学以保护部落健康：西北部的若虫计划 印度国家受到COVID-19大流行的打击尤其严重，发病率飙升， 许多部落社区的死亡率。与SARS-CoV-2的许多方面有关的科学问题， 它传播现在已为大部分部落人民，不论老少所认识。我们有一个独特的窗口 有机会利用这种新的公共卫生意识作为催化剂，鼓励年轻的部落 人们在职业选择中考虑人口健康科学。如果大流行继续或出现新的病原体 循环，训练有素的部落科学家的能量和承诺，他们专注于最重要的问题， 对部落福祉的迫切要求将受到高度欢迎和重视。 我们的长期总体目标是培养一支更大的西北部落人民骨干队伍， 人口健康科学及相关研究事业。然而，对于这一特定的赠款，我们将包括 以下目标，因为我们的工作，以发展高中生谁将成为未来的研究人员管道： 1.为部落高中制定和实施人口健康科学研究入门方案 利用公共卫生挑战和部落健康重要性疾病的学校三年级和四年级学生 介绍人口健康科学研究的不同课题（如病毒学、遗传学、疫苗 发展、实验室方法、流行病学、环境卫生、数据科学） 2.协助参与的学生在当地的帮助下发展自己的研究项目 导师，近同行导师，并在印度卫生部人口健康科学家的帮助下， 董事会及其两所合作大学（OHSU和波特兰州立大学）。 3.促进本科生选择人口健康科学专业 高中毕业后，在西北学院和大学。 4.从过程、影响和结果的角度全面评估项目。 我们在支持研究生院项目中的部落研究人员方面取得了巨大的成功， 研究培训机构计划，实习，癌症预防奖学金，并纳入大学 在西北波特兰地区印第安人健康委员会的各种研究角色的本科生。我们将使用 人口科学透镜，向高中生介绍构成人口健康的许多领域 科学，包括实验室科学，传染病，数据科学，免疫学，流行病学， 环境卫生及其他相关领域。我们的计划将是独一无二的在印度的国家，和成功 我们的努力将通过与附近两所一流的研究型大学的伙伴关系得到进一步的发展。

ABSTRACT - Forging our Futures: Studying Science to Protect Tribal Health: NW NARCH Program Indian country has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with skyrocketing incidence and mortality rates in many tribal communities. The scientific issues related to many aspects of SARS-CoV-2 and its spread are now recognized by a large proportion of tribal people, young and old. We have a unique window of opportunity to take advantage of this new awareness of public health as a catalyst to encourage young tribal people to consider population health sciences for career choices. If the pandemic continues or new pathogens circulate, the energy and commitment of well-trained tribal scientists who concentrate on issues that are most pressing to tribal well-being will be highly welcomed and valued. Our overall goal in the long-term is to develop a larger cadre of NW tribal people who will engage in population health sciences and related research careers. For this particular grant, however, we will include the following aims as we work to develop a pipeline of high school students who will become future researchers: 1. Develop and implement a population health sciences research introductory program for tribal high school juniors and seniors that uses public health challenges and diseases of tribal health importance to introduce diverse topics in population health scientific research (such as virology, genetics, vaccine development, laboratory methods, epidemiology, environmental health, data science) 2. Assist participating students with development of their own research projects with the help of local mentors, near-peer mentors, and with assistance from population health scientists at the Indian Health Board and its two partner universities (OHSU and Portland State University). 3. Promote selection of population health science major fields of study in undergraduate programs following high school graduation in NW colleges and universities. 4. Evaluate the program thoroughly from the viewpoints of process, impact, and outcomes. We have had enormous success in supporting tribal researchers in graduate school programs, summer research training institute programs, internships, cancer prevention fellowships, and in inclusion of college undergraduates in various research roles at the NW Portland Area Indian Health Board. We will use the population science lens to introduce the high school students to the many fields that make up population health sciences, including laboratory sciences, infectious diseases, data science, immunology, epidemiology, environmental health, and other related areas. Our program will be unique in Indian country, and the success of our efforts will be furthered through our partnership with two premier research universities located nearby.