U.S. Mexico Interdisciplinary Research Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)建议为西班牙裔本科生和研究生提供短期国际健康差距研究教育机会。学生将被提供暑期学院，在那里他们将接受以下方面的教育：1)健康差距，2)进行文化、伦理和语言相关的研究，包括方法学、数据管理、结果解释、伦理问题，以及3)与墨西哥奇瓦瓦市华雷斯的UTEP调查人员和研究人员合作，在监督下的国际研究经验。美墨边境跨学科研究培训项目(USMBIRTP-The Project)将在UTEP和墨西哥奇瓦瓦的华雷斯自治大学(UACJ)研究人员之间建立合作关系，为对拉美裔健康感兴趣的拉美裔学生创造研究实践经验建立可持续的机制。UTEP教职员工和UACJ调查人员，以及来自华雷斯的其他调查人员，都有合作的历史。USMBIRTP将通过机构角色建模、科学工作组、支持机构研究倡导者以及支持获得研究能力来指导有志于成为健康科学研究人员的学生。该项目将作为催化剂，鼓励学生从事有关影响拉美裔健康差距的变量的研究事业。该机制包括利用UTEP的六人咨询委员会和高级教员的专业知识来招募、挑选和指导潜在的未来研究人员。该项目每年将在补助金中编织一套国际研究，为学生提供参与研究的机会，以促进对拉美裔健康差距的了解。UTEP教员团队将通过其管理核心指导该项目的使命。两个核心要素将确保项目的成功和实现具体目标。行政核心和研究指导核心活动将支持招聘和指导学生健康研究人员，目的是增加准备减少拉美裔健康差距的少数族裔健康研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) proposes to offer short-term international health disparities research educational opportunities for Hispanic undergraduate and graduate students. The students will be provided a Summer Institute in which they will receive education regarding: 1) health disparities, 2) the conduct of culturally, ethically, and linguistically relevant research including methodologies, data management, interpretation of results, ethical issues, and 3) a supervised international research experience working in collaboration with UTEP investigators and researchers located in Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico. The U.S.-Mexico Border Interdisciplinary Research Training Project (USMBIRTP-the Project) will develop a collaborative relationship between UTEP and Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, (UACJ in Chihuahua, Mexico) researchers that will foster sustainable mechanisms for creating research practicum experiences for Hispanic students interested in Hispanic health. UTEP faculty and the UACJ investigators, as well as other investigators from Ciudad Juarez, have a history of collaboration. The USMBIRTP will mentor students aspiring to be health science researchers through institutional role modeling, scientific working groups, support of institutional research advocates, and support for gaining research competencies. The Project will serve as a catalyst to encourage students to pursue research careers concerning the variables affecting Hispanic health disparities. The mechanism includes the recruitment, selection, and mentoring of potential future researchers using the expert knowledge of a six member Advisory Committee and senior faculty at UTEP. The Project will knit a set of international studies each year of the grant to provide the students the opportunity to participate in research that advances the state of the knowledge about Hispanic health disparities. A team of UTEP faculty will guide the mission of the Project through its administrative core. Two core elements will ensure the success of the Project and carry out the specific aims. Administrative Core and Research Mentoring Core activities will support the recruitment and mentoring of student health researchers aimed at increasing minority health researchers who are prepared to reduce health disparities among Hispanics.