Mid-South Coalition for Minority Health International Research Training

中南少数族裔健康国际研究培训联盟

• 批准号: 7680460
• 负责人: MALINDA E C FITZGERALD
• 金额: $ 24.22万
• 依托单位: CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-30 至 2013-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7680460
• 关键词: Address; Adolescent; Affect; Anxiety Disorders; Area; Arts; Behavioral Research; Behavioral Sciences; Brazil; Brothers; Child; Childhood; Clinic; Clinical; Communities; Country; Data; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Development; Education; Environment; Environmental Pollution; Faculty; Family; Fostering; Funding; Health; Health Services Accessibility; Healthcare; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Home environment; Immersion Investigative Technique; Individual; Institution; International; International Health Problems; Laboratory Research; Lead; Link; Malaria; Minority; Mission; Newborn Infant; Public Health Education; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Rural Population; Saint Jude Children' s Research Hospital; Schools; Scientist; Screening procedure; Students; Tennessee; Thailand; Training; Uganda; Underrepresented Minority; Underserved Population; Universities; Vision; War; career; college; experience; interest; language training; meetings; member; minority health; novel strategies; programs; psychosocial; skills; transmission process; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Mid-South Coalition for Minority Health International Research Training (the Coalition) was established in 2000 to provide international research training opportunities to qualified minority students underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research careers. This is a competing renewal application from Christian Brothers University (CBU) in Memphis, TN, the lead institution of the Coalition. The Mid-South Coalition includes faculty at CBU, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH), and three other Memphis universities: LeMoyne-Owen College, a Historically Black College; Rhodes College, a private liberal arts college; and the University of Memphis, a state institution. Tennessee State University (TSU), a Historically Black University in Nashville, TN, also has a participating faculty member. The Coalition primarily recruits trainees from its member institutions and other schools in the Mid-South area, but also solicits applicants nationwide through the program's web site. Through academic programs in their home institutions, students acquire the basic skills needed to conduct research and become eligible to participate in a research project in Brazil or Uganda. Research addresses problems inherent to health care in minority and rural populations in the U.S. and in developing countries. Depending on their interests, students participate in clinical, qualitative, or laboratory research settings. Previously funded projects in Uganda have investigated the educational programs on malaria transmission, access to health care and psychosocial treatment for children affected by the war in Northern Uganda. Projects in Brazil have included research on anxiety disorders, visual function, environmental pollution/and pediatric screening for adrenocarcinoma. The program's primary mission is to provide minority students with an opportunity to participate in international research that potentially impacts the health care of underserved populations in those countries, with an application to health care in the U.S. This program enhances the educational experience of and expands the perceived career options for minority students. This program also encourages dissemination of acquired research data at national meetings, and fosters continuation in graduate programs. The students are provided with specialized training that allows them to be competitive in today's global community. RELEVANCE: This program has a direct impact on the health of individuals through: education on malaria, data that assisted the formation of a clinic in Uganda, expansion of health care for adolescents in Mae Sot, Thailand, giving children in Northern Uganda hope through art, providing health care linked with carnivore conservation in Brazil and assisting in screening and thereby potentially curing adrenocarcinoma in newborns in Curitiba.

描述（由申请人提供）：中南少数民族健康国际研究培训联盟（以下简称联盟）成立于 2000 年，旨在为生物医学和行为研究职业中代表性不足的合格少数民族学生提供国际研究培训机会。这是来自位于田纳西州孟菲斯市的基督教兄弟大学 (CBU) 的竞争性续签申请，该大学是该联盟的领导机构。中南联盟包括来自 CBU、圣裘德儿童研究医院 (SJCRH) 和孟菲斯其他三所大学的教员：勒莫恩-欧文学院 (LeMoyne-Owen College)，一所历史悠久的黑人学院；罗德学院，一所私立文理学院；和孟菲斯大学，一所州立机构。田纳西州立大学 (TSU) 是一所位于田纳西州纳什维尔的历史悠久的黑人大学，也有一名参与其中的教职人员。该联盟主要从中南地区的成员机构和其他学校招募学员，但也通过该计划的网站在全国范围内招募申请者。通过本国机构的学术课程，学生获得进行研究所需的基本技能，并有资格参加巴西或乌干达的研究项目。研究解决了美国和发展中国家少数民族和农村人口医疗保健固有的问题。根据他们的兴趣，学生参与临床、定性或实验室研究环境。此前在乌干达资助的项目调查了有关疟疾传播的教育计划、乌干达北部受战争影响的儿童获得医疗保健和心理社会治疗的机会。巴西的项目包括焦虑症、视觉功能、环境污染/和儿科肾上腺癌筛查的研究。该计划的主要任务是为少数族裔学生提供参与国际研究的机会，这些研究可能会影响这些国家服务欠缺人群的医疗保健，并应用于美国的医疗保健。该计划增强了少数族裔学生的教育经验，并扩大了他们的职业选择。该计划还鼓励在全国会议上传播所获得的研究数据，并促进研究生课程的延续。为学生提供专门的培训，使他们能够在当今的全球社会中具有竞争力。 相关性：该计划通过以下方式对个人健康产生直接影响：疟疾教育、协助乌干达建立诊所的数据、扩大泰国湄索青少年的医疗保健、通过艺术给乌干达北部的儿童带来希望、在巴西提供与食肉动物保护相关的医疗保健以及协助筛查并从而可能治愈库里蒂巴新生儿的肾上腺癌。