Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training Program

描述(申请人提供)：圣地亚哥州立大学-少数民族健康与健康差距(SDSU-MHIRT)计划将继续沿用以前SDSU少数民族国际培训计划的脉络，该计划旨在鼓励和支持具有国际生物医学研究经验的健康差距背景的学生在基础科学、生物医学、临床和行为健康领域追求职业生涯，并增加健康差距人群进入生物医学领域的人数。12名学员将有机会在公共卫生和移民健康、行为科学、分子生物学/民族药理学、药物设计和抗生素、艾滋病和结核病、高血压、肥胖症和糖尿病等六个领域进行研究。每个研究课题都被分配到一个由区域协调员监督的地理区域。每个外国站点都需要有足够的设备来执行MHIRT的学生研究提案。此外，国际现场的导师将由外国导师或美国导师提供。网站和导师是根据他们过去提供良好研究经验的记录来指定的。这项建议的独特之处在于，一旦MHIRT学生返回SDSU，他们将获得扩展的支持系统。以学生为基础的国际研究体验是综合方法的一部分，在这种方法中，其他项目(MBR、McNair、MARC、Prep)继续支持学生。主要网站位于澳大利亚、墨西哥、秘鲁、加纳、乌干达、西班牙和意大利。其中，澳大利亚、墨西哥、加纳和乌干达的网站非常有成效。由于研究区域的原因，西班牙、意大利和墨西哥在提华纳的一个地点已经增加，而且可能会在出现国际问题时提供支持。在该项目的最后四年中，已有11名学生在数学、有机化学、心理学和分子生物学等领域攻读博士学位，另有4名学生申请了博士学位。两名学生获得了博士学位，其中一名是终身教职的助理教授。36%的SDSU MIRT返校学生得到了其他学生项目的支持。一个由研究导师和管理人员组成的咨询委员会将就资助的执行向项目主任提供建议，该资助强调学生对生物医学研究的掌握。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The San Diego State University-Minority Health and Health Disparity (SDSU-MHIRT) program will continue in the vein of the previous SDSU Minority International Training Program which is to encourage and support students from health disparity backgrounds who engage in an international biomedical research experience to pursue careers in the fields of basic science, biomedical, clinical and behavioral health and to increase the number of persons from health disparity populations who enter the field of biomedicine. Twelve trainees will have the opportunities to perform research in six areas encompassing public health and immigrant health, behavioral science, molecular biology/ethno-pharmacology; drug design and antibiotics; AIDS and Tuberculosis; hypertension; obesity and diabetes. Each research topic has been assigned to a geographical area supervised by the regional coordinator. Each foreign site is required to have adequate equipment for the execution of the MHIRT's students research proposal. In addition, mentorship will be provided at the international site either by the foreign mentor or a U.S. mentor. Sites and mentors have been designated based on their past track record of providing a sound research experience. Unique to this proposal is the fact that the MHIRT students will have an extended support system once they return to SDSU. The student based international research experience is part of an integrated approach in which other programs (MBRS, McNair, MARC, PREP) continue to support the students. Major sites are in Australia, Mexico, Peru, Ghana, Uganda, Spain and Italy. Of these, sites in Australia, Mexico, Ghana and Uganda have been very productive. Spain, Italy and a Mexico site in Tijuana have been added due to the research areas as well as a potential back-up in case of international problems. The last four years of the program have produced eleven students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas ranging from mathematics, organic chemistry, psychology and molecular biology with an additional four students applying to Ph.D. programs. Two students have received their Ph.D. and one is an assistant professor on a tenure track. Thirty six percent of the returning SDSU MIRT students were supported by other student programs. An Advisory Committee composed of research mentors and administrators will advise the Program Director concerning the execution of the grant, which emphasizes student mastery of biomedical research.