The University of Iowa MHIRT Program

描述(由申请人提供)：该项目的具体目标是：(1)鼓励十名来自健康差距人群的本科生、研究生和健康专业学生在基础科学、生物医学、临床和行为健康研究领域追求职业生涯；(2)扩大对这些来自健康差距人群的学生的培训，以涵盖国际健康问题；(3)帮助这些学生参与美国和国际教职员工的合作研究活动；以及(4)寻求创新方法，以解决与缩小健康差距相关的问题和/或障碍。利用爱荷华大学少数民族学生发展计划(爱荷华州生物科学优势计划)和大学国际农村与环境健康中心的综合资源，我们将在四年内每年夏天为符合条件的学生提供为期10周的短期国际研究培训机会。爱荷华州生物科学优势计划将是一个支线计划，以确定符合条件的本科生。八名实习生将是本科生，两名将是研究生或专业学生，所有人都将来自基础科学、生物医学、临床或行为研究职业领域代表性不足的人群。 MHIRT学员将在波兰、斯洛伐克、捷克共和国和罗马尼亚的外国机构获得研究培训机会，在这些国家，我们通过福格蒂国际中心的培训和研究拨款，在过去九年中建立了合作关系。这些中东欧国家为了解与人口健康差距有关的问题提供了极好的机会。我们将利用信息和通信技术方面的新能力，帮助匹配、监测和评估学员在这些国家的国际研究培训经验。在这项拟议的计划中，MHIRT培训被视为一个综合计划的一部分，该计划旨在培养和发展健康差距人群中的个人，使其成为富有成效的生物医学和行为健康研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The specific aims of this project are to: (1) Encourage ten undergraduate, graduate and health professions students who are from health disparities populations to pursue careers in basic science, biomedical, clinical, and behavioral health research fields; (2) Broaden the training of these students from health disparities populations to encompass international health issues; (3) Assist these students to participate in collaborative research initiatives with U.S. and international faculty; and, (4) Seek innovative approaches to address problems and/or hindrances associated with closing health disparities gaps. Using the combined resources of the University of Iowa's Initiative for Minority Student Development Program (Iowa Biosciences Advantage Program) and the University's Center for International Rural and Environmental Health we will offer a program of 10-week short-term international research training opportunities for qualified eligible students each summer for four years. The Iowa Biosciences Advantage Program will be a feeder program to identify eligible undergraduate students. Eight trainees will be undergraduate students and two will be graduate or professional students and all will be from populations that are underrepresented in the basic sciences, biomedical, clinical or behavioral research career fields. MHIRT trainees will be offered research training opportunities at foreign institutions in Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Romania where we have collaborative relationships that have been developed over the last nine years through a Fogarty International Center training and research grant. These countries in Central/Eastern Europe present excellent opportunities to learn about issues related to health disparities populations. We will use new capabilities in Information and Communications Technology to assist in matching, monitoring, and evaluating trainees' international research training experiences in these countries. In this proposed program, MHIRT training is viewed as part of a comprehensive program of nurturing and developing individuals from health disparities populations to become productive biomedical and behavioral health researchers.