Strengthening Indigenous Health and Science Research: NW NARCH Program

摘要：全面加强土著健康和科学研究：NW NARCH计划 为响应国家NARCH方案目标，西北波特兰地区印度卫生局 已经建立了西北NARCH，以形成部落-学术合作伙伴关系，专注于 消除种族健康差距，并将通过这项申请继续这一伙伴关系。西北部落 理事会代表的社区在改善其健康状况方面有着长期的协调努力记录 状态。我们的部落-学术伙伴关系将建立一个广泛和多层次的基础设施，以增加 人工智能/人工智能研究人员的技能，并解决对区域部落至关重要的健康问题，如 以及全国人工智能/ANS优先考虑的健康问题。 在此应用程序中，我们在两个培训项目中定义了多个目标，这两个项目与 国家NARCH方案重点。我们的研究生和本科生助学金 (项目1)，我们的主要目标是支持在科学严谨的培训中进行的研究培训 计划，与当地和地区认可的计划合作，使受训人员发展技能，以 开展人口健康科学研究，解决对部落具有重大意义的健康相关问题 人民。对于项目2，我们的目标是进一步向上延伸，并提供人口科学培训和 为部落高中高年级学生和三年级学生提供的实践研究经验 包括亲身实践、有指导的研究--并将随着他们在学术界的进步而继续培养他们。这 是我们NARCH的一个新领域，但董事会、OHSU和PSU的教职员工和顾问在这笔赠款上有大量的 对这一人口群体的经验。每项计划的具体目标详列于 个别奖助金部分。这些建议与美国国立卫生研究院部落健康战略计划完全一致 研究2019-2023财年。 影响：我们与OHSU和OHSU的大学合作伙伴计划了一系列令人兴奋的项目 PSU，有咨询委员会成员，有非常合格和有经验的顾问(主要是部落顾问)。我们的 计划建立在我们在前十个NARCH供资周期中发展起来的实力基础上。我们已经做了一些 这一轮申请的创新变化，并很高兴我们的项目将包括参与 担任关键职务的AI/AN人员--包括前NARCH资助的学生和担任关键职务的研究员。我们的 项目领导在AI/AN健康研究方面经验丰富，我们的顾问委员会对 协助我们的努力，我们的部落社区完全支持我们的计划。我们预测我们的节目 将解决人工智能/人工智能社区经历的一些健康差距，我们将帮助弥合 通过我们多样化的活动，学术界和部落社区之间存在着差距。

Abstract: OVERALL - Strengthening Indigenous Health and Science Research: NW NARCH Program In response to the national NARCH programmatic objectives, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board has established the NW NARCH to form a tribal-academic partnership for health research focused on eliminating racial health disparities and will continue this partnership with this application. The NW tribal communities represented by the Board have a long track record of coordinated efforts to improve their health status. Our tribal-academic partnership will build a wide-reaching and multi-layered infrastructure to increase the skills of AI/AN researchers, and address health problems of critical importance to the tribes regionally, as well as those priority health issues of AI/ANs nationwide. In this application, we have defined multiple aims in two training projects that are consistent with the national NARCH programmatic emphasis. For our graduate and undergraduate support fellowship grant (Project 1), our key aim is to support research training that is conducted in a scientifically rigorous training program, in partnership with accredited programs locally and regionally, so that trainees will develop skills to conduct population health sciences research and address health-related issues of major importance to tribal people. For Project 2, we aim to reach further up ‘the pipeline’ and provide population sciences training and hands-on research experiences for tribal high school seniors and juniors in an enrichment program that includes hands-on, mentored research - and will continue to nurture them as they progress in academia. This is a new area for our NARCH, but the Board, OHSU, and PSU faculty and consultants on this grant have vast experience with this demographic group. The specific aims for each project are presented in detail in their individual grant sections. These proposals are in exact alignment with the NIH Strategic Plan for Tribal Health Research FY 2019-2023. Impact: We have planned an exciting set of projects in collaboration with university partners at OHSU and PSU, with Advisory Board members, and with highly qualified and experienced (mostly tribal) consultants. Our plans build on strengths we developed in the first ten cycles of NARCH funding. We have made some innovative changes for this round of applications and are pleased that our projects will include involvement of AI/AN personnel in key roles—including former NARCH-funded students and fellows in key roles. Our program leadership is experienced in AI/AN health research, our advisory committee is enthusiastic about assisting our efforts, and our tribal communities are fully supportive of our plans. We predict that our program will address some of the health disparities experienced by AI/AN communities, and that we will help bridge the gap between academia and the tribal communities through our diverse activities.