Minority Health and Health Disparties International Research and Training (MHIRT)

少数族裔健康与健康差异国际研究与培训 (MHIRT)

• 批准号: 7798639
• 负责人: THOMAS M COOK
• 金额: $ 24.19万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-07-08 至 2013-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7798639
• 关键词: Address; Basic Science; Behavioral Research; China; Clinical; Communication; Country; Disease; Eastern Europe; Environmental Health; Faculty; Gambia; General Population; Health; Health Occupations; Health Services Research; Health Status; Incidence; Individual; Institution; International; Iowa; Learning; Minority; Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training; Monitor; Morbidity - disease rate; Poland; Population; Prevalence; Program Development; Qualifying; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Resources; Romania; Rural; Scientist; Slovakia; Students; Survival Rate; Technology; Training; Universities; behavioral health; career; experience; health disparity; innovation; international center; minority health; mortality; programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The specific aims of this project are to: (1.) Encourage ten undergraduate, graduate and health professions students who are from health disparities populations to pursue careers in basic science, biomedical, clinical, and behavioral health research fields; (2) Broaden the training of these students from health disparities populations to encompass international health issues; (3) Assist these students to participate in collaborative research initiatives with U.S. and international faculty; and, (4) Seek innovative approaches to address problems and/or hindrances associated with closing health disparities gaps. Using the combined resources of the University of Iowa's Initiative for Minority Student Development Program (Iowa Biosciences Advantage program) and the university's Center for International Rural and Environmental Health we will offer a program of 10-12-week short-term international research training opportunities for qualified eligible students each summer for five years. The Iowa Biosciences Advantage program will be a feeder program to identify eligible undergraduate students. Eight trainees will be undergraduate students and two will be graduate or professional students and all will be from populations that are underrepresented in the basic sciences, biomedical, clinical or behavioral research career Fields. MHIRT trainees will be offered research training opportunities at foreign institutions in Poland, Slovakia, Romania, China, and The Gambia, where we have collaborative relationships that have been developed over the last thirteen years through a Fogarty International Center training and research grant. These countries in Central/Eastern Europe present excellent opportunities to learn about issues related to health disparities populations. We will use new capabilities in Information and Communications Technology to assist in matching, monitoring, and evaluating trainees' international research training experiences in these countries. In this proposed program, MHIRT training is viewed as part of a comprehensive program of nurturing and developing individuals from health disparities populations to become productive biomedical and behavioral health researchers. RELEVANCE: Because of significant disparities in disease incidence, disease prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and survival rates in health disparities populations, as compared to the health status of the general population, there is a national need to increase the number of well-trained scientists from health disparities and underrepresented populations in the fields of biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and health services research.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的具体目标是： (1.) 鼓励来自健康差异人群的 10 名本科生、研究生和健康专业学生在基础科学、生物医学、临床和行为健康研究领域从事职业； (2) 扩大对来自健康差异人群的学生的培训，以涵盖国际健康问题； (3) 协助这些学生参与与美国和国际教师的合作研究活动； (4) 寻​​求创新方法来解决与缩小健康差距相关的问题和/或障碍。利用爱荷华大学少数族裔学生发展计划（爱荷华生物科学优势计划）和该大学国际农村与环境健康中心的综合资源，我们将为符合资格的学生提供为期五年的每年夏天 10-12 周的短期国际研究培训机会。爱荷华州生物科学优势计划将是一个培养计划，旨在识别符合条件的本科生。八名学员将是本科生，两名将是研究生或专业学生，所有学员都来自基础科学、生物医学、临床或行为研究职业领域代表性不足的人群。 MHIRT 学员将获得在波兰、斯洛伐克、罗马尼亚、中国和冈比亚的外国机构进行研究培训的机会，我们在过去 13 年中通过福格蒂国际中心的培训和研究资助建立了合作关系。这些中欧/东欧国家提供了了解人口健康差异相关问题的绝佳机会。我们将利用信息和通信技术的新能力来协助匹配、监控和评估学员在这些国家的国际研究培训经验。在这个拟议的计划中，MHIRT 培训被视为培养和发展健康差异人群中的个人成为富有成效的生物医学和行为健康研究人员的综合计划的一部分。 相关性：由于健康差异人群的发病率、患病率、发病率、死亡率和生存率与一般人群的健康状况相比存在显着差异，因此国家需要在生物医学、临床、行为和卫生服务研究领域增加来自健康差异和代表性不足人群的训练有素的科学家数量。