Global Health Partnership at UCSD and SDSU

描述（由申请人提供）：提出的是一个框架，用于开发一个多学科的全球健康计划，代表了加州圣地亚哥大学（UCSD）医学院，国际关系和太平洋研究（IR/PS）的UCSD学校和圣地亚哥州立大学（SDSU）公共卫生研究生院之间的伙伴关系。美国-墨西哥边境地区是空气、水和其他环境污染物、药物滥用和卖淫造成的其他健康问题的中心，因此产生了大量关于这些主题的研究项目。该地区是来自墨西哥和南美洲的大量移民的家园。由于这些原因，我们的团队具有独特的优势，可以提供专注于边境卫生和拉丁美洲的全球卫生研究和培训计划。我们的参与教师拥有跨越全球健康广泛学科的专业知识，包括流行病学，公共卫生，健康促进，行为科学，生物恐怖主义，人类学，经济学，政治学，地理学，社会学，毒理学，病毒学，寄生虫学和分子生物学。我们大学的研究人员团队有着合作的历史。我们的具体目标是：1）建立一个基础设施，以维持研究，教学和推广活动，作为UCSD和SDSU全球卫生计划的一部分，重点是边境卫生; 2）鼓励来自UCSD和SDSU不同院系和学科的新研究人员通过在UCSD/SDSU公共卫生联合博士课程中创建全球健康轨道来追求全球健康事业，3）通过促进本科生、研究生、研究员、医科学生和住院医生在发展中国家的实习机会，开发教育和推广机会，吸引下一代科学家和卫生工作者考虑从事全球卫生事业; 4）通过建立访问学者计划，全球健康领导研讨会系列，教师交流和招聘具有全球健康意义领域专业知识的教师，增加已经参与UCSD和SDSU内部和之间全球健康教学和研究的研究人员之间的互动和联合活动。如果获得批准，该奖项将促进我们大学教师在全球卫生研究方面的新合作机会，建立和扩大与拉丁美洲，亚洲和非洲机构的伙伴关系，并将为学生和研究员创造机会，让他们接触到研究，临床实践和公共卫生在低收入和中等收入国家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Proposed is a framework for developing a multidisciplinary Global Health program representing a partnership between the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, UCSD School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) and the San Diego State University (SDSU) Graduate School of Public Health. The US-Mexico border region is a nexus for other health problems caused by air, water and other environmental contaminants, drug abuse and prostitution which has spawned a large number of research projects on these topics. The region is home to a large number of migrants from Mexico and South America. For these reasons, our team is uniquely positioned to offer a Global Health research and training program that is focused on border health and Latin America. Our participating faculty has expertise spanning a broad range of disciplines in Global Health, including epidemiology, public health, health promotion, behavioral science, bioterrorism, anthropology, economics, political science, geography, sociology, toxicology, virology, parasitology and molecular biology. Teams of researchers at our universities have a history of working together. Our specific aims are: 1) To establish an infrastructure for maintaining research, teaching and outreach activities as part of a Global Health Program at UCSD and SDSU, with a thematic emphasis on border health; 2) To encourage new investigators from diverse faculties and disciplines at UCSD and SDSU to pursue careers in Global Health by creating global health tracks within the UCSD/SDSU joint doctoral programs in public health, MPH program and preventive medicine residency program; 3) To develop educational and outreach opportunities that will engage the next generation of scientists and health workers to consider careers in Global Health, by facilitating internships in developing country settings for undergraduates, graduate students, fellows, medical students and residents; 4) To increase interactions and joint activities among investigators already engaged in Global Health teaching and research within and between UCSD and SDSU through the establishment of a Visiting Scholars program, Leadership Seminar Series in Global Health, faculty exchanges and recruitment of faculty with expertise in areas of global health significance. If granted, this award would foster opportunities for new collaborations in global health research for faculty at our universities, create and expand upon partnerships with institutions in Latin America, Asia and Africa, and would create opportunities for students and fellows to be exposed to research, clinical practice and public health in low and middle-income countries.