Tulane-Xavier Minority Training in International Health

描述（由申请人提供）：杜兰大学公共卫生和热带医学学院（TU-SPHTM）与路易斯安那州泽维尔大学（XU）合作，将在新奥尔良建立一个MHIRT培训计划。我们将与七个海外站点合作，在与美国人口健康差距相关的几个研究领域提供培训，包括心血管疾病、结核病、围产期孕产妇和婴儿死亡率以及难民健康。该计划将为来自健康差距人群的合格本科生，研究生和卫生专业学生提供国际研究培训机会。杜兰/泽维尔合作建立在公共卫生和热带医学的杜兰学校的调查能力作为国际公共卫生和热带疾病研究的领导者，并在泽维尔大学的传统作为先进的科学教育的领导者，为少数民族学生从健康差距群体。每年，两所大学的项目负责人和指导和选拔委员会将从两所大学选出12名学生，包括9名本科生，2名研究生或医学生和1名博士生，参加海外研究经验。海外网站与参与杜兰大学教师导师领导的正在进行的合作研究项目有关。研究机会包括在秘鲁进行的儿童结核病研究、在阿根廷进行的降低孕产妇和围产期发病率和死亡率的干预措施、在墨西哥进行的南美锥虫病研究、在马里进行的抗疟新药临床试验、在几内亚进行的拉沙热和热带疾病研究、在中国进行的心血管疾病研究以及在泰国进行的移民保健服务研究。参与者在旅行前接受研究方法、研究道德和生物安全方面的强化培训，该项目还提供旅行前医疗服务和必要的基本语言培训。学员在美国和外国教师导师的联合指导下工作，他们的研究结果将在返回美国时进行口头和书面陈述，鼓励学生探索他们正在研究的疾病对海外人口和美国健康差异人口的影响之间的相似性和差异，并将从一个群体学到的经验教训应用到另一个群体。该计划将允许来自健康差异人群的学生参加国际研究经验，这可能会重新定向他们未来的职业生涯。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (TU-SPHTM), in collaboration with Xavier University (XU) of Louisiana, will establish a MHIRT Training Program in New Orleans. We will work with seven overseas sites to provide training in several research areas relevant to health disparities populations in the United States, including cardiovascular diseases, tuberculosis, perinatal maternal and infant mortality, and refugee health. The program will provide international research training opportunities for qualified undergraduate, graduate and health professions students from health disparities populations. The Tulane/Xavier collaboration builds on the investigative capacity of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine as a leader in international public health and tropical disease research, and on the tradition of Xavier University as a leader in advanced scientific education for minority students from health disparities groups. Each year, program directors from both universities and a Steering and Selection Committee will select 12 students from both universities, including nine undergraduates, two graduate or medical students, and one doctoral student, to participate in overseas research experiences. The overseas sites are linked to ongoing collaborative research projects led by participating Tulane faculty mentors. Research opportunities include studies of pediatric tuberculosis in Peru, interventions to reduce maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in Argentina, Chagas disease in Mexico, clinical trials of new antimalarial drugs in Mali, Lassa Fever and tropical diseases in Guinea, cardiovascular diseases in China, and health services for migrants in Thailand. Participants receive intensive training in research methodology, research ethics, and biosafety prior to travel, and the project provides pretravel medical services and basic language training as needed. Trainees work under the joint tutelage of U.S. and foreign faculty mentors, and their research findings are organized for oral and written presentation on return to the U.S. Students will be encouraged to explore similarities and differences between the impact of the disease they are researching on the overseas population and on health disparities populations in the U.S., and to apply lessons learned from one group to the other one. The program will allow for students from health disparities populations to participate in an international research experience that may redirect their future careers.