UVa MHIRT: Training Future Leaders to Address Global Rural Health Disparities

UVa MHIRT：培训未来领导者以解决全球农村健康差异

• 批准号: 9084274
• 负责人: Rebecca A. Dillingham
• 金额: $ 26.92万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-25 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9084274
• 关键词: Address; Award; Bahamas; Biological Sciences; Caring; Collaborations; Communities; Data; Diabetes Mellitus; Disease; Educational workshop; Faculty; Future; Generations; Goals; HIV; Health; Health Occupations; Health Sciences; Health Services Accessibility; International; Internships; Island; Knowledge; Manuscripts; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training; Modeling; Nevis; Research; Research Design; Rotation; Rural; Rural Community; Rural Health; Science; Seasons; Site; Social Sciences; South Africa; Students; Technology; Training; Training Programs; Uganda; Universities; Virginia; Water; Work; Writing; base; career; disorder prevention; experience; global health; health disparity; interdisciplinary approach; lens; physical science; population health; programs; research in practice; skills; student mentoring; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Virginia (UVa) MHIRT Program: Training Future Leaders to Address Global Rural Health Disparities will provide 8 outstanding students (6 undergraduate and 2 graduate) with the opportunity to participate in an intensive, international, mentored research experience that extends the analysis of global rural health disparities beyond assessments of disparate access to care between rural and urban communities and uses instead the lens of population health and an interdisciplinary approach in order to appreciate more completely the complexity of global rural health and disease. The awards will be offered for 5 years. The UVa MHIRT Program will attract outstanding applicants through a network of organizations at UVa and regionally that reach out to students from groups under-represented in the health sciences. Through participation in the UVa MHIRT program, the participation of the trainees in careers in health-related biological, physical and social sciences and the health professions will increase. This goal will be achieved by building the following capacities in the UVa MHIRT Scholars. First, the Scholars will gain knowledge, skills, and experience in research design, conduct, and presentation. Second, they will develop and apply culturally respectful practices in research. Thirdly, they will participate on inter-disciplinary tams and recognize the importance of multiple perspectives when addressing rural global health challenges. Finally, the students will identify and pursue professional and academic opportunities based on the mentorship and networking opportunities provided. The internship will include an 8 week research experience at one of our 4 collaborating international sites: the University of Venda in Thohoyandou, South Africa; Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Mbarara, Uganda; St Kitts and Nevis; and Grand Bahama Island. Experienced faculty and practitioners from UVa and the collaborating sites who maintain close ties to each other and to the rural communities they serve will mentor the students. Two sites will host students each year in a regular rotation. Research topics will relate to issues prioritized in the rural communities where the MHIRT Scholars will work such as: HIV management; water borne disease prevention; and new models for diabetes care. In addition to the 8 week research period, the students will benefit from individualized mentoring beginning with selection in February of the year of their internship, a one week Pre-Departure workshop and Cultural Orientation Training at UVa in the last week of May, and a one week Post-Research Season Workshop and Debrief in the first week of August. In October of the year of the award, the students will return to UVa to present their work at the UVa Center for Global Health Student Research Symposium. This comprehensive program will support students from hypothesis generation, through data gathering and analysis, and all the way to manuscript writing and presentation. In addition, the UVa MHIRT program will provide students with the opportunity to develop critical "soft" skills necessary for community-based or community-inspired health-related research and inter-disciplinary collaboration.

描述（由申请人提供）：弗吉尼亚大学（UVa）MHIRT计划：培训未来领导者以解决全球农村健康差距将提供8名优秀学生（6名本科生和2名研究生）有机会参加一个密集的，国际的，有指导的研究经验，将对全球农村健康差距的分析扩展到对农村和城市之间获得医疗服务的差距的评估之外因此，本报告采用的是一种以社区为中心的研究方法，而是从人口健康的透镜和跨学科的方法，以便更全面地了解全球农村健康和疾病的复杂性。该奖项将提供5年。UVa MHIRT计划将通过UVa和区域组织网络吸引优秀的申请人，这些组织网络覆盖健康科学领域代表性不足的群体。通过参加UVa MHIRT计划，受训人员参与与健康有关的生物，物理和社会科学的职业 医疗行业也会增加。这一目标将通过在UVa MHIRT学者中建立以下能力来实现。首先，学者将获得知识，技能和研究设计，进行和演示的经验。其次，他们将在研究中发展和应用尊重文化的做法。第三，他们将参与跨学科tams，并认识到在应对农村全球卫生挑战时多视角的重要性。最后，学生将根据所提供的导师和网络机会来确定和追求专业和学术机会。实习将包括在我们的4个合作国际网站之一的8周的研究经验：在Thohoyandou，南非文达大学;在乌干达姆巴拉拉的姆巴拉拉科技大学;圣基茨和尼维斯;和大巴哈马岛。经验丰富的教师和从业人员从UVa和谁保持密切联系，彼此和他们所服务的农村社区的合作网站将指导学生。两个网站将主办学生每年定期轮换。研究主题将涉及在农村社区的MHIRT学者将工作，如优先问题：艾滋病毒管理;水传播疾病的预防;和糖尿病护理的新模式。除了为期8周的研究期，学生将受益于个性化的指导，从他们实习的一年的2月开始选择，在5月的最后一周在UVa进行为期一周的出发前研讨会和文化导向培训，并在8月的第一周进行为期一周的研究后研讨会和汇报。在获奖的一年的10月，学生将返回UVa在UVa中心全球健康学生研究研讨会上展示他们的工作。这个综合性的课程将支持学生从假设生成，通过数据收集和分析，并一直到手稿写作和演示。此外，UVa MHIRT计划将为学生提供机会，培养基于社区或社区启发的健康相关研究和跨学科合作所需的关键“软”技能。