Mid-South Coalition for Minority Health International Research Training

中南少数民族健康联盟国际研究培训

• 批准号: 9081255
• 负责人: MALINDA E C FITZGERALD
• 金额: $ 18.15万
• 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 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9081255
• 关键词: Address; Adenocarcinoma; Affect; Anxiety Disorders; Area; Arts; Behavioral Sciences; Brazil; Brothers; Childhood; Clinical; Clinical Sciences; Community Health; Cross Presentation; Data Analyses; Environmental Pollution; Epidemiology; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Health; Health Personnel; Health Sciences; Healthcare; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Institution; International; Intervention; Kenya; Knowledge; Laboratory Research; Lead; Literature; Malaria prevention; Maps; Medical; Minority; Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training; Mission; Neurotransmitter Receptor; Participant; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Design; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Rural Population; Safety; Site; System; Tennessee; Thailand; Training; Uganda; Underserved Population; Universities; Vision; War; Work; Writing; base; career; college; cultural competence; disadvantaged student; experience; health care availability; health disparity; health seeking behavior; medical schools; member; minority health; minority student; population health; programs; psychosocial; receptor expression; receptor function; social science research; training opportunity; underrepresented minority student

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, behavioral, clinical and social science research careers. This is a competing renewal application from Christian Brothers University (CBU) in Memphis, TN, the lead institution of the Coalition. The Coalition includes faculty at CBU 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. Additionally, the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK), the flagship institution of the statewide UT system, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), the medical school in Memphis, has participating faculty members that assist in recruitment. While the Coalition recruits trainees from its member institutions, this program also accepts participants nationwide. This program typically accepts 12-14 participants annually, of which at least 75% are undergraduates. Research projects through the Coalition address pervasive health care problems among minority and rural populations in the U.S. and abroad. For 10-12 weeks every summer, the Coalition places trainees in clinical, qualitative, field-based, or laboratory research settings. This research is primarily conducted in Brazil and Uganda, but sites in Kenya and Thailand have also been available, depending on safety and stability in those areas. Previously funded projects in Uganda have investigated malaria prevention, access to health care and psychosocial interventions for war-affected communities, health-seeking behaviors and health perspectives in the context of medical pluralism, and cultural competence among health care providers. Projects in Brazil have included research on anxiety disorders, visual function, environmental pollution, neurotransmitter receptor expression and function, pediatric screenings for adenocarcinoma, and epidemiological mapping of population health. MHIRT trainees gain valuable knowledge of current scientific literature, research design and responsible implementation, data analysis, research write-up and presentation, and cross- cultural competence. The primary mission of the Coalition is to provide disadvantaged students with the opportunity to participate in international research that positively impacts the health care of underserved populations abroad, with an application to health care in the U.S. This program enhances educational experiences, fosters graduate program acceptance and completion, expands career options, and provides specialized training that enables minority students to join the growing cadre of professionals working to reduce health disparities.

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、行为、临床和社会科学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。该联盟包括CBU和其他三所孟菲斯大学的教师：历史悠久的黑人学院LeMoyne-Owen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）。此外，田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校（UTK）是全州德克萨斯大学系统的旗舰机构，田纳西大学健康科学中心（UTHSC）是孟菲斯医学院，有参与的教职员工协助招聘。虽然联盟从其成员机构招募学员，但该计划也接受全国范围内的参与者。该项目通常每年接受12-14名参与者，其中至少75%是本科生。该联盟的研究项目致力于解决美国和国外少数民族和农村人口普遍存在的医疗保健问题。每年夏天，该联盟将学员安排在临床、定性、实地或实验室研究环境中，为期10-12周。这项研究主要在巴西和乌干达进行，但也可以在肯尼亚和泰国进行，这取决于这些地区的安全和稳定。以前在乌干达资助的项目调查了疟疾预防、受战争影响社区获得保健和心理社会干预、医疗多元化背景下的求医行为和保健观点以及保健提供者的文化能力。巴西的项目包括研究焦虑症、视觉功能、环境污染、神经递质受体表达和功能、儿科腺癌筛查和人口健康流行病学制图。MHIRT学员将获得有关当前科学文献、研究设计和负责实施、数据分析、研究报告撰写和演示以及跨文化能力的宝贵知识。该联盟的主要任务是为弱势学生提供参与国际研究的机会，这些研究对国外服务不足人群的医疗保健产生积极影响，并应用于美国的医疗保健。该计划增强了教育经验，促进了研究生课程的接受和完成，扩大了职业选择，并提供专门培训，使少数族裔学生能够加入不断壮大的致力于缩小健康差距的专业队伍。