ASU-MINORITY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING (MHIRT)

描述（由申请人提供）：最近的国家和国际分析已经认识到从全球健康角度解决人口之间健康差异的重要性。该项目的一个主要目标是为位于维萨卡帕特南市的安得拉邦大学奥尔康州立大学（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。安得拉邦大学（AU）是印度最古老的大学之一。结构化的学术标准将用于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澳大接受十周的培训，培训内容包括神经毒理学、生理学、原生动物学、病理生物学、海洋环境污染、抗应激、降糖和抗糖尿病植物提取物测试等领域的知名教授。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指导和培训。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，学生将有机会解决影响在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，并在适当的论坛上以口头和书面形式展示研究结果。非盟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参与者在研究工作中取得富有成效的结论。非盟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，有31名学生在印度接受了培训，其中10人在研究生或专业学校，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训练之外还做过研究。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院。这些以前的学员觉得这是一次独特而丰富的经历。将对所有活动的有效性进行评价。由于印度的巨大多样性和大量的健康差异问题，亚利桑那州立大学的学生将从这次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.