LA Basin CSU MHIRT Program

描述（由申请人提供）：七个加州州立大学校区的财团建议继续在泰国，阿根廷和英国的著名大学和研究机构的国际研究培训计划。不同的地点为公共卫生，临床和基础研究提供了与健康差距和全球健康相关的培训机会，重点是与癌症，艾滋病毒/艾滋病，心血管疾病或多重耐药感染有关的问题。该计划的目标是：1。增加属于在生物医学、行为、临床和社会科学研究中代表性不足的群体的学生人数，这些学生在基础科学、生物医学或临床研究领域攻读高级学位。我们的培训计划致力于培养一批研究人员，他们对健康差异问题有着深刻的理解和热情，这可能会产生该领域未来的领导者; 2.使这些学生认识到少数民族和国际健康问题，并使他们做好准备，寻求新的方法来解决这些问题; 3.向这些学生灌输国际合作研究的重要性和机会，以从全球角度解决健康问题和健康差距;以及为减少和最终消除美国种族和少数民族群体之间的健康差距做出贡献为了实现这些目标，8至10名学生/年将参加10-12周的夏季研究体验，他们将：接受实验研究、设计、数据收集、数据分析和解释、使用现有文献和不同地点发表结果方面的培训; B.熟悉影响外国科学家和人口的文化特点; c.有机会以出版物或向科学会议提交材料（口头或海报展示）的形式交流其研究成果，以及在国外地点和联合体校园的实验室会议上口头介绍其研究成果; d.接受指导，以确保他们完成他们在培训时正在追求的学位，并追求更高的学位或其他与健康有关的职业。这些外国实验室经过精心挑选，以确保在与国家营养和卫生研究所的目标有关的课题上提供最高质量的研究培训，并将它们置于存在不同健康差异和族裔和种族混合的环境中。典型的受训者将在适当的专业完成至少2年的课程，GPA为3或更高，对科学研究事业有很高的兴趣，并且不会完成最终学位。至少75%的学生将是本科生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A consortium of seven California State University campuses proposes to continue an international research training program at prestigious Universities and Research Institutes in Thailand, Argentina and Great Britain. The different locations provide outstanding opportunities for training in public health, clinical, and basic research on subjects relevant to health disparities and global health, focusing on issues related to cancer, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, or multi-resistant infections. The objectives of this program are: 1. To increase the numbers of students belonging to groups underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research that pursue advanced degrees in basic sciences, biomedical or clinical research fields. Our training program is committed to developing a cadre of researchers that develop deep understanding and a passion for health disparities issues which could potentially produce future leaders in this field; 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 issues and health disparities from a global 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 to 10 students/year will participate in 10-12 weeks summer research experiences in which they will: a. receive training in experimental research, design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of data, use of current literature and the different venues to publish results; b. become familiar with the cultural characteristics affecting the scientists and population in the foreign location; c. be provided with opportunities to communicate their research results in the form of publications or submissions to scientific conferences (oral or poster presentations), as well as to orally present their research in laboratory meetings at the foreign site and the consortium campuses; d. be mentored to ensure that they complete the degree they are pursuing at the time the training takes place and pursue advanced degrees or other health-related careers. The foreign laboratories have been carefully selected to ensure the highest quality research training in subjects relevant to the goals of NIMHD, and to place them in environments with different kinds of health disparities and ethnic and racial mixes. The typical trainee will have completed at least 2 years of coursework in an appropriate major, a GPA of 3 or higher, high interest in a scientific research career, and will not have completed a terminal degree. At least 75 percent of the students selected will be undergraduates.