LA Basin CSU MHIRT Program

简介（由申请人提供）：由六个加州州立大学校区组成的联盟提议在英国的剑桥大学、牛津大学、约克大学和伦敦大学、泰国的清迈大学、布宜诺斯艾利斯大学和阿根廷的基础和临床研究所继续开展国际研究培训计划。目标是：1。在基础科学、生物医学或临床研究领域，增加属于健康差距人口或代表性不足的少数群体的学生人数。这些学生将努力在这些领域建立一个彻底了解人口健康差异的研究骨干。2 .使这些学生认识到少数民族和国际健康问题，并使他们准备寻求解决这些问题的新方法；3 .向这些学生灌输国际合作研究的重要性和机会，以便从全球健康的角度解决健康差异问题；为了减少并最终消除美国种族和少数民族群体之间的健康差异，为了实现这些目标，8-10名学生将参加10-12周的暑期研究经历，其中他们将：A)接受实验研究设计、原始数据收集、数据分析和解释以及当前科学文献使用方面的培训；b)熟悉影响外国科学家的文化特征；c)有机会以出版物和摘要的形式交流他们的研究成果，以及在科学会议上做海报和口头报告。他们还将有机会讨论他们在国外的科研经验，d)得到指导，以确保完成当前的学位，并继续攻读更高的学位。选择外国教师导师和地点是为了在NCMHD目标范围内为学生提供最高质量的学科和系统研究培训，并使他们接触到类似于美国的种族、民族和贫困人口之间存在健康差异的环境。典型的实习生将在合适的专业完成2年的课程，GPA达到3分或更高，对科研事业有很高的兴趣，并且有研究经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A consortium of six California State University campuses proposes to continue an international research training program at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, York, and London in Great Britain, the Chiang Mai University in Thailand, the University of Buenos Aires, and Institutes of basic and clinical research in Argentina. The objectives are: 1. To increase the numbers of students belonging to populations with health disparities or underrepresented minorities that pursue advanced degrees in basic sciences, biomedical or clinical research fields. These students will be part of the effort to establish a cadre of researchers in these fields that thoroughly understand health disparities populations, 2. To make these students aware of minority and international health problems and to prepare them to seek novel approaches to address them, 3. To inculcate in these students the importance and opportunities of international collaboration in research to address health disparities from a global health perspective, and 4. To contribute to the reduction, and eventual elimination of health disparities among racial and ethnic minority groups in the U.S. To achieve these objectives 8-10 students will participate in 10-12 weeks summer research experiences in which they will: a) receive training in experimental research design, original data collection, analysis and interpretation of data, and the use of current scientific literature, b) become familiar with the cultural characteristics affecting the scientists in the foreign location, c) be provided opportunities to communicate their research results in the form of publications and abstracts as well as poster and oral presentations at scientific meetings. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their scientific research experience at the foreign site, and d) be mentored to ensure the completion of the current academic degree as well as pursue advanced degrees. The foreign faculty mentors and locations have been chosen to provide the students with the highest quality research training in subjects and systems within the goals of the NCMHD, and to expose them to environments with health disparities among racial, ethnic, and poor populations similar to those found in the United States. The typical trainee will have had completed 2 years of coursework in an appropriate major, a GPA of 3 or higher, high interest in a scientific research career as well as previous research experience. RELEVANCE: The NIH has proposed a multi pronged approach to address the problem of health disparities experienced by a number of communities. This training program fits within this approach by contributing to the establishment of a group of researchers that understand and are interested in working on issues that contribute to the reduction of health disparities. This program covers an array of relevant training opportunities to help understand biological, socioeconomic, public health, and behavioral factors related to health disparities.