Galveston Global Health Consortium

描述（由申请人提供）：随着全球商业和移民的增加，迫切需要以全球健康为重点的培训计划。加尔维斯顿是一个自然的网站，如培训计划。加尔维斯顿是一个主要港口，国际贸易是城市发展的主要动力。得克萨斯州也是一个主要的移民中心，26%的人口出生在外国，包括大量出生在墨西哥，中美洲和南美洲，亚洲和非洲的人口。因此，加尔维斯顿的医疗保健被迫成为国际焦点。德克萨斯大学医学分支（UTMB）是密西西比以西第一所连续运营的医学院。它由4个学院组成（生物医学科学，医学，护理和联合健康）。每一所学校都在国际上有很大的参与。UTMB是世界卫生组织/泛美卫生组织在热带疾病，国际卫生培训和老龄化方面的合作中心。UTMB学生团体也积极参与全球卫生。UTMB最近招募了几名专注于全球健康的教师，目标是成为西南地区全球健康的卓越中心。这项建议的具体目标是：1）制定一个行政框架，以协调全球健康活动的UTMB校园，2）发展研究生课程在全球健康，包括一个全球健康浓度内的MPH计划和国际研究伦理浓度内的硕士课程医学人文，3）利用UTMB在远程医疗方面的专业知识，开发全球大型视频会议，4）促进以全球健康为重点的会议和研讨会，5）为医学、护理、专职医疗及研究生提供短期海外研究生奖学金，以吸纳学员投身全球健康范畴，并培养他们的兴趣。在实现这些目标，我们将开发新的学位课程，重点是全球健康，开发正在进行的会议系列，无论是本地和通过远程医疗，并提供了一代实习生在全球健康的实践经验。在此过程中，我们预计将招募和培养一批聪明的年轻领导人进入全球卫生研究领域。这些计划还将为UTMB的持续全球健康计划提供额外筹款平台。公共卫生相关性：加尔维斯顿全球健康联盟是由位于加尔维斯顿的得克萨斯大学医学分部的医学、护理、联合健康和生物医学科学学院共同努力的结果。它将招募和培养全球卫生方面的受训人员，办法是在公共卫生和伦理学研究生学位课程中发展全球卫生专业;提供讲座、个案会议和关于全球卫生的会议;并为发展中国家的研究培训提供资金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As global commerce and immigration have increased, there is an acute need for training programs focused on global health. Galveston is a natural site for such as training program. Galveston is a major port and international trade was the main impetus for the development of the city. Texas is also a major center for immigration with 26% of the population of the metropolitan area born in foreign countries, including large populations born in Mexico, Central and South America, Asia, and Africa. Thus, health care in Galveston is forced to have an international focus. The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) was the first continuously operating medical school west of the Mississippi. It is composed of 4 schools (biomedical sciences, medicine, nursing, and allied health). Each of the schools has been heavily involved internationally. UTMB is the site of WHO/PAHO collaborating centers in Tropical Diseases, Training in International Health, and Aging. UTMB student groups have also been active in global health. UTMB has recently recruited several faculty focused on global health with a goal of becoming the pre-eminent center for global health for the Southwest. The specific aims of this proposal are: 1) To develop an administrative framework to coordinate global health activities on the UTMB campus, 2) To develop graduate programs in global health including a global health concentration within the MPH program and an international research ethics concentration within the masters program in medical humanities, 3) To leverage UTMB's expertise in telemedicine to develop a global grand rounds video conference, 4) To foster conferences and seminars focused on global health, 5) To recruit trainees into the field of global health and nurture their interest by funding short-term overseas fellowships for medical, nursing, allied health and graduate students. In accomplishing these objectives, we will develop new degree programs focused on global health, develop ongoing conference series, both locally and via telemedicine, and provide a generation of trainees with hands-on experience in global health. In the process, we anticipate recruiting and nurturing a cadre of bright young leaders into the field of global health research. These programs will also provide a platform for additional fundraising for a sustained global health program at UTMB. Public Health Relevance: The Galveston Global Health Consortium is a coordinated effort by the schools of Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. It will recruit and nurture trainees in global health by developing global health concentrations in public health and ethics graduate degree programs; providing lectures; case conferences; and conferences on global health; and by providing funding for research training in developing countries.