Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：圣地亚哥州立大学少数民族健康与健康差异项目（SDSU- mhirt）将延续之前的SDSU少数民族国际培训项目，鼓励和支持来自健康差异背景的学生从事国际生物医学研究经验，在基础科学、生物医学、临床和行为健康，并增加从健康差异人群中进入生物医学领域的人数。12名学员将有机会在六个领域进行研究，包括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;肥胖和糖尿病。每个研究题目都被分配到一个由区域协调员监督的地理区域。每个国外站点都需要有足够的设备来执行MHIRT的学生研究计划。此外，将由外国导师或美国导师在国际现场提供指导。地点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。这项提议的独特之处在于，MHIRT学生一旦回到SDSU，将获得更广泛的支持系统。以学生为基础的国际研究经验是其他项目（MBRS, McNair， MARC， PREP）继续支持学生的综合方法的一部分。主要站点位于澳大利亚、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、加纳和乌干达的站点非常高产。西班牙、意大利和墨西哥蒂华纳的一个站点已被添加，因为研究领域以及万一出现国际问题时的潜在备份。该项目在过去四年中培养了11名攻读博士学位的学生，研究领域包括数学、有机化学、心理学和分子生物学，另外还有4名学生申请攻读博士学位。两名学生获得了博士学位，一名是终身教职的助理教授。36%的归来的SDSU MIRT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向项目主任提供关于资助执行的建议，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.