International Exchange Program for Minority Students

少数民族学生国际交流项目

• 批准号: 8010643
• 负责人: Luz Claudio
• 金额: $ 24.16万
• 依托单位: ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
• 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 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8010643
• 关键词: Address; Brazil; Chile; Collaborations; Cultural Backgrounds; Disadvantaged; Ensure; Environment; Environmental Health; Evaluation; Fostering; Future; Goals; Grant; Health; Health Occupations; Institution; International; Knowledge; Latin America; Linguistics; Medicine; Mentors; Mexico; Minority; Multinational Perspectives; Occupational Health; Participant; Peer Review; Preparation; Publishing; Race; Recording of previous events; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Science; Societies; Solutions; South Africa; Spain; Students; Time; Training; Underrepresented Minority; career; experience; global health; health disparity; interest; international center; medical schools; minority trainee; operation; planetary Atmosphere; programs; skills; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Lack of diversity in science and health professions contributes to health disparities. Yet, the number of minority students entering careers in the science and health professions continues to be small, at a time when the gap in health between the races has widened. The Division of International Health of Mount Sinai School of Medicine has created the International Exchange Program for Minority Students. The goal of the Program is to nurture minority students' interests in science and medicine by enhancing their research capacity in a way that validates their unique cultural and linguistic abilities. This is done by providing minority students with intense training and research opportunities in a global health environment that validates the skills and cultural backgrounds that the students already have. This approach focuses on the students' strengths and abilities rather than seeing minority students as "disadvantaged". Specific aims are: 1) To select, train and nurture a cadre of underrepresented minority students at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels in basic concepts of health disparities research in order to motivate them to become important participants in its solution. 2) To establish a mechanism for collaboration between minority trainees and research mentors in partner institutions around the globe, especially in Latin America, that is mutually beneficial, validates the trainees' potential contribution to science, and increases their capacity for research in health disparities. Students are matched with mentors in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Spain or South Africa. Mentors have a history of collaboration with Mount Sinai researchers through an existing International Training Research Program in Environmental and Occupational Health (supported by the Fogarty International Center) that has been successful over the last 14years. Training within this established network ensures that students are paired with mentors who have productive research programs. An ongoing independent evaluation allows implementation of improvements during the course of the grant. Over the three training cycles that the program has been in operation, 17 students completed the program and 10 are in progress during the time of preparation of this application. Of the 17 students who have completed the program, 4 published or submitted peer-reviewed articles and 5 presented at international scientific conferences with their international mentors. This program fosters lasting bi-directional collaboration between trainees and their international mentors in a way that emphasizes exchange of scientific and cultural knowledge in an atmosphere of support for diversity. RELEVANCE: Health disparities continue to be a major national concern. The lack of minorities in the health professions contributes to health disparities. In an increasingly global society, students should gain an international perspective in order to effectively address future challenges in health. This program provides opportunities for minority students to gain international research experiences that focus on solutions to health disparities.

描述（由申请人提供）：科学和健康专业缺乏多样性导致健康差异。然而，在种族之间的健康差距扩大之际，进入科学和健康专业的少数族裔学生数量仍然很少。西奈山医学院国际健康部为少数民族学生创建了国际交流项目。该计划的目标是通过验证少数族裔学生独特的文化和语言能力的方式提高他们的研究能力，从而培养他们对科学和医学的兴趣。这是通过在全球健康环境中为少数族裔学生提供密集的培训和研究机会来实现的，以验证学生已有的技能和文化背景。这种方法注重学生的优势和能力，而不是将少数族裔学生视为“弱势群体”。具体目标是： 1）在本科、硕士和博士层次选拔、培养和培养一支健康差异研究基本概念的弱势少数民族学生骨干队伍，激励他们成为解决健康差异问题的重要参与者。 2) 建立少数族裔受训者与全球（尤其是拉丁美洲）伙伴机构的研究导师之间的合作机制，该机制是互惠互利的，验证受训者对科学的潜在贡献，并提高他们对健康差异的研究能力。学生会与墨西哥、巴西、智利、西班牙或南非的导师相匹配。导师们通过现有的环境和职业健康国际培训研究计划（由福格蒂国际中心支持）与西奈山研究人员有着合作的历史，该计划在过去 14 年中取得了成功。在这个已建立的网络内进行培训可确保学生与拥有富有成效的研究项目的导师配对。持续的独立评估允许在拨款期间实施改进。在该计划实施的三个培训周期中，有 17 名学生完成了该计划，另有 10 名学生在准备本申请期间正在进行中。在完成该项目的 17 名学生中，4 名发表或提交了同行评审的文章，5 名与国际导师一起在国际科学会议上发表了演讲。该计划强调在支持多样性的氛围中交流科学和文化知识，从而促进学员与其国际导师之间持久的双向合作。 相关性：健康差异仍然是全国关注的主要问题。卫生行业中少数群体的缺乏导致了健康差距。在日益全球化的社会中，学生应该获得国际视野，以便有效应对未来的健康挑战。该项目为少数族裔学生提供了获得国际研究经验的机会，这些经验专注于解决健康差异问题。