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: 7993583
• 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/7993583
• 关键词: Address; Adolescent; Affect; Anxiety Disorders; Area; Arts; Behavioral Research; Biomedical Research; Brazil; Brothers; Child; Childhood; Clinic; Clinical Research; Communities; Country; Data; Developing Countries; Education; Environmental Pollution; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Health; Health Services Accessibility; Healthcare; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Home environment; Individual; Institution; International; Laboratory Research; Lead; Link; Malaria; Minority; Mission; Newborn Infant; Qualifying; Qualitative Research; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Rural Population; Saint Jude Children' s Research Hospital; Schools; Screening procedure; Students; Tennessee; Thailand; Training; Uganda; Underserved Population; Universities; Vision; War; career; college; experience; interest; meetings; member; minority health; 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（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。这是来自田纳西州孟菲斯的基督教兄弟大学（CBU）的竞争更新申请，该大学是联盟的主要机构。中南部联盟包括CBU，圣裘德儿童研究医院（SJCRH）和其他三所孟菲斯大学的教师：LeMoyne-Owen学院，一所历史悠久的黑人学院；私立文理学院罗德学院（Rhodes College）；以及孟菲斯大学（一所州立大学）。田纳西州纳什维尔的田纳西州立大学（TSU）是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，也有一名参与的教员。该联盟主要从其成员机构和中南部地区的其他学校招募学员，但也通过该计划的网站在全国范围内征求申请者。通过在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，定性或实验室研究设置。以前在乌干达资助的项目调查了乌干达北部受战争影响的儿童在疟疾传播、获得保健和心理社会治疗方面的教育方案。巴西的项目包括对焦虑症、视觉功能、环境污染和小儿肾上腺癌筛查的研究。该项目的主要任务是为少数民族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不足人群的医疗保健，并应用于美国的医疗保健。该项目增强了少数民族学生的教育经验，扩大了他们的职业选择。该项目还鼓励在国家会议上传播获得的研究数据，并促进研究生项目的继续。为学生提供专业培训，使他们能够在当今的全球社会中具有竞争力。