LA Basin CSU MHIRT Program

描述(由申请人提供)：一个由六个加州州立大学校区组成的联盟计划继续在英国的剑桥大学、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以及阿根廷的基础和临床研究所开展国际研究培训计划。目标是：1.增加在基础科学、生物医学或临床研究领域攻读高级学位的有健康差距或代表性不足的少数群体的学生人数。这些学生将成为在这些领域建立一支彻底了解健康差距人群的研究队伍的努力的一部分，2.让这些学生意识到少数群体和国际健康问题，并为他们寻找解决这些问题的新方法做好准备，3.向这些学生灌输国际合作的重要性和机会，以从全球健康的角度解决健康差距问题，以及4.为减少健康差距，为实现这些目标，8-10名学生将参加为期10-12周的暑期研究体验，其中他们将接受关于实验研究设计、原始数据收集、数据分析和解释以及使用当前科学文献的培训，b)熟悉影响外国科学家的文化特征，c)提供机会以出版物和摘要的形式交流他们的研究成果，以及在科学会议上以海报和口头陈述的形式交流他们的研究成果。他们还将有机会在外国地点讨论他们的科学研究经验，以及d)接受指导，以确保完成当前的学术学位并攻读更高的学位。选择外籍教师导师和地点是为了在NCMHD的目标范围内为学生提供最高质量的学科和系统研究培训，并让他们接触到与美国相似的种族、民族和贫困人口之间存在健康差距的环境。典型的实习生将在合适的专业完成两年的课程学习，GPA为3或更高，对科学研究事业有很高的兴趣，以及以前的研究经验。

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.