Native American Research Internship (NARI) Summer Program in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

美洲原住民研究实习 (NARI) 夏季糖尿病、肥胖和代谢项目

• 批准号: 9149612
• 负责人: SIMON J FISHER
• 金额: $ 10.6万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-04 至 2021-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9149612
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Alaska Native; American Indians; Bachelor' s Degree; Biomedical Research; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cellular biology; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Communities; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Diagnosis; Disease; Drops; Education; Effectiveness; Engineering; Epidemic; Ethnic group; Faculty; Family; Family member; Goals; Grant; Health; Health Sciences; Hematological Disease; High Prevalence; Home environment; Individual; Institution; Internships; Lung diseases; Maternal and Child Health; Medical; Medical Care Costs; Medical Students; Mentors; Mentorship; Metabolism; Minority; Molecular Biology; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Native Americans; Not Hispanic or Latino; Obesity; Participant; Physicians; Plague; Population; Positioning Attribute; Race; Recruitment Activity; Reporting; Research; Research Assistant; Research Personnel; Science; Scientist; Students; Surveys; Talents; Training; Training and Education; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Universities; Utah; Work; career; career networking; college; community partnership; cost; education research; experience; health disparity; interest; medical schools; member; native elder; pediatric department; peer coaching; programs; success; summer program; summer research; tribal Nation

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT In the United States, 29 million people (9.3% of the US population) have diabetes and underrepresented minorities, such as American Indian and Alaskan Natives (AI/AN), have a disproportionally high prevalence of diabetes (15.9% for AI/AN compared to 7.6% for non-Hispanic and whites). Eliminating health disparities such as diabetes and obesity among AI/AN requires the identification, recruitment, education, and training of a diverse group of talented scientists in the US. At the University of Utah, we have established a Native American Research Internship (NARI) program that uses the principles of community engagement and Native elders, faculty, and student guidance with the goal of increasing AI/AN representation in the biomedical sciences and thus reducing health disparities. NARI undergraduate participants receive research, cultural, and professional mentorship and training with committed community members and renowned scientists. To date, 58 participants representing 24 tribal nations, 29 colleges/universities, and 19 home states, have participated in the program. All have successfully completed the program requirements with 28 participating for 2 summers. Of the 58 participants, 14 (24%) are currently undergraduates working towards a science degree, and 44 (76%) have completed a bachelor’s degree in science. No one has dropped out of college. Ten (17%) participants have worked in the biomedical sciences as research assistants following the NARI program. Upon obtaining their undergraduate degree, 19 (33%) of the participants are continuing their education in the health/science fields: 10 were accepted into a biomedical graduate program; 8 were accepted into medical school; and 1 was accepted to both (he obtained his MS in Cell and Molecular Biology and is now a 3rd year medical student). The current research experiences for NARI trainees is limited to the fields of maternal and child health, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic disease, but not in the field of diabetes or obesity- related research. In a recent survey, our current NARI participants reported that diabetes and obesity were the top health concerns of their families and the majority of participants have family members affected by diabetes (63%) or obesity (76%). Through this proposal, we will expand the existing NARI program to include research experiences and educational training in diabetes and obesity research (NARI-NIDDK), two major health concerns that plague AI/AN populations.

项目摘要/摘要 在美国，有2900万人（占美国人口的9.3％）患有糖尿病，代表性不足 少数民族，例如美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN），患病率很高 糖尿病（AI/A的糖尿病为15.9％，而非西班牙裔和白人为7.6％）。消除这样的健康差异 由于AI/A的糖尿病和肥胖需要识别，招聘，教育和培训 美国多样化的才华横溢的科学家。在犹他大学，我们建立了一个本地人 美国研究实习（NARI）计划，该计划使用社区参与原则和本地 长者，教职员工和学生指导，目的是增加生物医学中的AI/A代表 科学，从而降低了健康差异。 NARI本科参与者接受研究，文化和 与坚定的社区成员和著名科学家的职业心态和培训。迄今为止， 58名代表24个部落国家，29所大学/大学和19个本国的参与者参加了 在程序中。所有人都成功完成了计划的要求，有28个参加了2个夏天。 在58名参与者中，有14名（24％）目前是攻读科学学位的大学生，44位 （76％）已经完成了科学学士学位。没有人辍学。十（17％） 参与者在生物医学科学工作中担任NARI计划之后的研究助理。之上 获得本科学位，有19名（33％）的参与者正在继续接受教育 卫生/科学领域：10名被接受为生物医学研究生课程； 8人被接受为医疗 学校; 1都接受了1（他在细胞和分子生物学方面获得了MS，现在是第三年 医学生）。 NARI学员的当前研究经验仅限于孕产妇和 儿童健康，心血管，肺部和血液学疾病，但在糖尿病或肥胖症领域却没有 相关研究。在最近的一项调查中，我们目前的NARI参与者报告说糖尿病和肥胖是 家人和大多数参与者的最高健康问题患有糖尿病的家庭成员 （63％）或肥胖（76％）。通过此建议，我们将扩展现有的NARI计划以包括研究 糖尿病和肥胖研究（NARI-NIDDK）的经验和教育培训，两个主要健康 担心困扰AI/A的人群。