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院(TU-SPHTM)与路易斯安那州泽维尔大学(Xille University)合作，将在新奥尔良建立MHIRT培训计划。我们将与七个海外网站合作，在几个与美国健康差距人口相关的研究领域提供培训，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/泽维尔的合作建立在杜兰公共卫生和热带医学院作为国际公共卫生和热带疾病研究领先者的研究能力，以及泽维尔大学作为健康差距群体少数民族学生高级科学教育领导者的传统的基础上。每年，来自两所大学和指导和遴选委员会的项目主任将从两所大学挑选12名学生参加海外研究体验，其中包括9名本科生、2名研究生或医科学生和1名博士生。这些海外网站链接到由参与的杜兰大学教师导师领导的正在进行的合作研究项目。研究机会包括：秘鲁的儿科结核病研究；阿根廷的降低孕产妇和围产期发病率和死亡率的干预措施；墨西哥的恰加斯病；马里的抗疟疾新药临床试验；几内亚的拉沙热和热带疾病；中国的心血管疾病；以及泰国为移民提供的医疗服务。参与者在旅行前接受研究方法、研究伦理和生物安全方面的强化培训，该项目根据需要提供旅行前医疗服务和基本语言培训。学员在美国和外国教师导师的共同指导下工作，他们的研究成果在返回美国后以口头和书面形式进行陈述。将鼓励学生探索他们正在研究的疾病对海外人群和美国健康差距人群的影响之间的异同，并将从一个群体中学到的经验应用到另一个群体中。该计划将允许来自健康差距人群的学生参与一项国际研究体验，这可能会改变他们未来的职业方向。

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.