Forging our Futures: Studying Science to Protect Tribal Health

摘要-打造我们的未来：研究科学以保护部落健康：NW NARCH计划 印度受到新冠肺炎疫情的打击尤为严重，发病率和 许多部落社区的死亡率。SARS-CoV-2和SARS-CoV-2多方面的科学问题 它的传播现在得到了很大比例的部落人民的认可，无论是年轻人还是老年人。我们有一个独特的窗口 利用这种新的公共卫生意识作为催化剂来鼓励年轻部落 人们在职业选择中考虑人口健康科学。如果大流行继续或新的病原体 循环，训练有素的部落科学家的精力和承诺，他们专注于最重要的问题 对部落福祉的施压将受到高度欢迎和重视。 我们长期的总体目标是培养一支更大规模的西北部落干部队伍，他们将从事 人口健康科学及相关研究职业。然而，对于这笔特别的赠款，我们将包括 我们致力于培养未来将成为研究人员的高中生，目标如下： 1.制定和实施部落高中人口健康科学研究入门计划 使用公共卫生挑战和部落卫生重要性疾病的三年级和高年级学生 介绍人口健康科学研究的不同主题(如病毒学、遗传学、疫苗 发展、实验室方法、流行病学、环境健康、数据科学) 2.在当地学生的帮助下，帮助参与的学生发展自己的研究项目 导师，近乎同行的导师，并在印度健康中心人口健康科学家的帮助下 董事会及其两所伙伴大学(俄亥俄州立大学和波特兰州立大学)。 3.推进人口健康科学专业本科专业建设 高中毕业后，进入西北大学学习。 4.从过程、影响和结果的角度对项目进行全面评估。 我们在支持部落研究人员参加暑期研究生院项目方面取得了巨大成功 研究培训机构计划，实习，癌症预防奖学金，并包括大学 在西北波特兰地区印第安人健康委员会担任各种研究职务的本科生。我们将使用 人口科学镜头，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、 环境卫生等相关领域。我们的节目将在印度独一无二，并取得成功 我们将通过与附近两所顶尖研究型大学的合作伙伴关系来进一步推动我们的努力。

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.