1/2 - The Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the Middle East and North Africa Region (GEOHealth-MENA) - Lebanon

7.项目概要/摘要 中东和北非地区，特别是其低收入中等收入国家， 环境和职业健康（EOH）的挑战，在动态的政治变化的背景下， 同时发生的人道主义危机、薄弱的法规以及对EOH研究和调查的投资有限 能力建设等黎巴嫩的贝鲁特美国大学（AUB）（U 01申请）与耶鲁大学合作 大学（U2 R应用）与美国爱荷华州大学合作， MENA地区环境和职业健康研究与培训中心（GEOHealth MENA）， 其中AUB作为枢纽机构，埃及和苏丹各有一所大学作为辐条 机构职能体系GEOHealth MENA的目标是在以下背景下建立和加强EOH研究能力： 在阿拉伯联合酋长国、姐妹机构以及黎巴嫩和中东和北非地区的相关非政府组织，为弱势群体提供了一个机会。 目前项目的重点将是农业卫生和安全，重点是农药接触问题 在难民人口中。中东和北非地区拥有世界总人口的50%以上， 流离失所者和难民。U 01申请建议评估农药暴露途径 在叙利亚难民农业工人中，调查这种暴露与神经行为的关系， 结果，并探讨社会因素在这种关联中的作用。调查结果将为政策和实践提供信息 这是一项可以改善所有农业工人健康的指导方针。AUB的多学科研究团队 将建立在研究难民和移民人口并将证据转化为 政策耶鲁大学和爱荷华州大学将在暴露评估和 神经行为表现的评估。U2 R将提供全额奖学金，以3高素质和 致力于申请人（来自埃及，黎巴嫩和苏丹各一名），以追求流行病学博士学位， AUB的健康科学学院（FHS）专注于EOH问题。U2 R还将提供全额奖学金。 4名高素质和忠诚的医学博士（两名来自黎巴嫩，一名来自埃及和苏丹）， 他是AUB FHS的公共卫生硕士，也是AUB医学院的职业医学研究员。7名学员 在耶鲁大学和爱荷华州学习期间，将花费3个月（MD/MPH）或6个月（PhD）的时间进行高级和 相关研究培训和农业安全与健康培训。此外，U 01/U2 R 应用程序将提供短期研究和AgS&H培训的社区。

7. Project Summary/Abstract The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially its LMIC countries, faces a myriad of environmental and occupational health (EOH) challenges in a context of dynamic political changes, multiple concurrent humanitarian crises, weak regulations, and limited investment in EOH research and research capacity building. The American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon (U01 application) is partnering with Yale University (U2R application) in collaboration with the University of Iowa in the US to establish a Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the MENA region (GEOHealth MENA), where AUB serves as the Hub Institution and one university in each of Egypt and Sudan will serve as Spoke Institutions. The aim of GEOHealth MENA is to build and strengthen EOH research capacity in the context of disadvantaged populations, at AUB, sister institutions, and relevant NGOs in Lebanon and the MENA region. The focus of the current project will be agricultural health and safety with an emphasis on exposure to pesticide among refugee populations. The MENA region hosts more than 50% of the world’s total population of internally displaced persons and refugees. The U01 application proposes to evaluate the pathways of pesticide exposure among Syrian refugee agricultural workers, investigate the association of such exposure with neurobehavioral outcomes, and explore the role of social factors in this association. Findings will inform policy and practice guidelines that can improve the health of all agricultural workers. The multidisciplinary research team at AUB will build on a strong track record of studying refugee and migrant populations and translating evidence into policy. Yale and the University of Iowa will provide support to the AUB team in exposure assessment and the assessment of neurobehavioral performance. The U2R will provide full scholarships to 3 highly qualified and committed applicants (one from each of Egypt, Lebanon, and Sudan) to pursue a PhD in Epidemiology at AUB’s Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) focusing on EOH issues. The U2R will also provide full scholarships to 4 highly qualified and committed MDs (two from Lebanon and one from each of Egypt and Sudan) to pursue an MPH at AUB’s FHS and a fellowship in Occupational Medicine at AUB’s Faculty of Medicine. The 7 trainees will spend 3 months (MD/MPH) or 6 months (PhD) during their study period at Yale and Iowa for advanced and relevant research training and training on agricultural safety and health (AgS&H). Additionally, the U01/U2R applications will offer short-term research and AgS&H training to the community.