Brown NIMHD Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training

描述(由申请人提供)：布朗大学全球卫生倡议请求支持布朗大学少数民族健康和健康差距国际研究培训补助金(布朗MHIRT)。这项拟议计划的目标是通过提供在全球卫生项目和全球卫生研究方面的接触和培训，指导来自代表性不足社区的本科生和研究生从事生物医学科学事业。目前，布朗大学全球卫生倡议(GHI)资助20名本科生和研究生在世界各地医疗服务不足的社区参与全球卫生研究。HHI包括一个指导计划，在全球范围内审查文化能力、临床研究、安全性、国际研究合作的性质和生物医学伦理。GHI还赞助了一年一度的全球卫生研究日，为学生提供展示他们的全球卫生研究的场所。这一拟议方案将使全球卫生倡议能够支持另外10名来自代表性不足社区的受训人员(8名本科生和2名研究生)，他们已经完成了与医学、公共卫生或社会和行为卫生科学相关的至少两年的课程。这一拟议项目还将支持在夏季沉浸于全球卫生之前编写一门完整的全球卫生课程，并在夏季沉浸于全球卫生之后指导与健康有关的研究。这10名学员将与目前通过全球卫生倡议得到支持的20名学生一起参加。12名在全球健康研究方面有良好记录的布朗教职员工将在七个全球地点指导这些学生，包括肯尼亚、加纳、印度、菲律宾、中国和乌克兰。他们还将有来自这些国家的现场导师。这一机会还将使布朗扩大与历史悠久的黑人学院，密西西比州杰克逊的Tougaloo学院长达49年的合作伙伴关系。Tougaloo学院和布朗大学合作了40多年，以增加来自代表性不足背景的本科生，特别是非裔美国人的教育机会。(1)两名Tougaloo学员每年将参加这一培训的所有方面，包括使用远程学习的完全认可的课程、10周的全球健康体验以及实地体验后为期一年的强化导师期。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Brown University Global Health Initiative requests support for the Brown University Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Grant (Brown MHIRT). The goal of this proposed program is to mentor undergraduates and graduate students from underrepresented communities to pursue careers in biomedical sciences by providing exposure and training in global health programs and global health research. Currently, the Brown University Global Health Initiative (GHI) sponsors 20 undergraduate and graduate students to participate in global health research in medically underserved communities around the world. GHI includes an orientation program that reviews cultural competence, clinical research, safety, the nature of international research collaborations, and biomedical ethics in global context. GHI also sponsors a yearly global health research day to provide a venue for students to present their global health research. This proposed program will allow the Global Health Initiative to support an additional 10 trainees from underrepresented communities (8 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students) who have completed at least two years of coursework in a major related to medicine, public health or social and behavioral health sciences. This proposed project will also support development of a full course in global health prior to the summer immersion in global health and mentoring in health-related research after the summer immersion in global health. These 10 trainees will participate with the 20 students who are currently supported through the Global Health Initiative. 12 Brown faculty members with strong track records in global health research will mentor these students at seven global sites, including Kenya, Ghana, India, the Philippines, China and Ukraine. They will also have on site mentors from these countries. This opportunity will also allow Brown to expand its 49-year partnership with the Historically Black College, Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi. Tougaloo College and Brown University have worked collaboratively for over four decades to enhance the educational opportunities for undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds, particularly African Americans. (1) Two Tougaloo trainees will participate in all aspects of this training each year, including the fully accredited course using distance learning, the 10 week global health experience, and the year-long intensive mentoring period after the field experience.