ASU-MINORITY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING (MHIRT)

说明(由申请人提供)：最近的国家和国际分析认识到从全球健康角度解决人口之间健康差距的重要性。该项目的一个主要目标是为位于维萨卡帕特南市的安德拉大学阿尔科恩州立大学(ASU)的合格学生提供生物医学或与健康相关的研究培训机会。安德拉大学(AU)是印度历史最悠久的大学之一。将使用结构化的学术标准来选择有潜力从事生物医学研究或卫生专业的高质量亚利桑那州立大学学生。八名本科生和两名研究生将于夏季在AU接受为期十周的培训，培训对象包括神经毒理学、生理学、原生动物学、病理生物学、海洋环境污染以及植物提取物抗应激、降血糖和抗糖尿病活性测试等领域的知名研究教授。在前往印度之前，学生将在亚利桑那州立大学接受适当的基础研究方向和培训。学生将参加关于负责任的研究行为的学术进修。在非盟期间，学生将有机会讨论影响印度从事科学和公共卫生研究的专业人员的文化、语言和种族相关问题。学生将学习建立和运行研究实验、数据收集、分析和解释，以及在适当的论坛上以口头和书面形式展示研究结果。所有研究导师将访问亚利桑那州立大学，审查进展情况，并指导MHIRT参与者得出富有成效的研究工作结论。亚利桑那州立大学的导师还将指导亚利桑那州立大学研究生的论文研究工作。在过去三年的MIRT培训中，31名学生在印度接受了培训，其中10人在研究生院或专业学校，其余的人目前在亚利桑那州立大学上学。他们中的许多人在暑期培训之外进行了研究。他们发表了三篇同行评议的文章，并在国家研究会议上发表了30篇论文。这些学生中的大多数都表示有兴趣进入研究生院或专业学校。这些往届学员都觉得，这是一次独特而丰富的体验。将对所有活动的有效性进行评估。由于印度健康问题的多样性和丰富性，亚利桑那州立大学的学生将从这项国际研究培训中受益匪浅。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Recent national and international analyses have recognized the importance of addressing the health disparities between populations from a global health perspective. A major goal of this project is to offer biomedical or health related research training opportunities to eligible students of Alcorn State University (ASU) at Andhra University located in Visakhapatnam city. Andhra University (AU) is one of the oldest universities in India. Structured academic criteria will be used for selecting high quality ASU students who have potential to pursue a career in biomedical research or the health professions. Eight undergraduate and two graduate students will be trained for ten weeks in the summer at AU by well recognized and respected research professors in the areas of neurotoxicology, physiology, protozoology, pathobiology, pollution of marine environments, and testing of plant extracts for antistress, hypoglycemic and antidiabetic activities. Before departure to India, students will receive appropriate orientation and training in basic research at ASU. Students will attend academic refreshers on Responsible Conduct of Research. While at AU, students will be given opportunities to address the cultural, linguistic and ethnic related issues affecting professionals who are engaged in scientific and public health research in India. Students will learn to set up and run research experiments, data collection, analyses and interpretation, and presentation of research results in oral and written format at appropriate forums. AU research mentors will visit ASU to review progress and guide MHIRT participants in a productive conclusion of research work. AU mentors will also guide the ASU graduate students in their thesis research work. In the last three years of MIRT training, 31 students have been trained in India, ten of these are in graduate or professional schools, the rest of them are currently in school at ASU. Many of them have done research beyond the summer training. They have published three peer reviewed articles, and have presented 30 papers at national research conferences. A majority of these students have expressed interest to enter graduate or professional schools. These previous trainees feel that this has been a unique and enriching experience. All activities will be evaluated for their effectiveness. Because of India's great diversity and abundance of health disparity issues, ASU students will be richly benefited from this international research training.