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.

项目概要/摘要 在美国，有 2,900 万人（占美国人口的 9.3%）患有糖尿病且代表性不足 美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民 (AI/AN) 等少数族裔的患病率异常高 糖尿病（AI/AN 为 15.9%，而非西班牙裔和白人为 7.6%）。消除健康差距，例如 由于 AI/AN 中的糖尿病和肥胖症需要识别、招募、教育和培训 美国拥有一群才华横溢的科学家。在犹他大学，我们建立了一个 Native 美国研究实习 (NARI) 计划采用社区参与和本土原则 长辈、教师和学生的指导，目标是提高 AI/AN 在生物医学领域的代表性 科学，从而减少健康差距。 NARI 本科生参与者接受研究、文化和 与忠诚的社区成员和知名科学家一起进行专业指导和培训。迄今为止， 代表 24 个部落国家、29 所学院/大学和 19 个家乡州的 58 名参与者参加了 在节目中。共有 28 名学生参加了 2 个暑期课程，全部成功完成了项目要求。 在 58 名参与者中，14 名 (24%) 目前是正在攻读科学学位的本科生，44 名是 (76%) 已完成科学学士学位。没有人从大学退学。十 (17%) 参与者在 NARI 项目之后在生物医学科学领域担任研究助理。之上 获得本科学位后，19 名（33%）参与者正在继续深造 健康/科学领域：10人被生物医学研究生课程录取； 8人被医学录取 学校; 1 人同时被这两所大学录取（他获得了细胞和分子生物学硕士学位，现在是三年级学生） 医学生）。目前 NARI 学员的研究经验仅限于孕产妇和 儿童健康、心血管、肺和血液疾病，但不包括糖尿病或肥胖症领域- 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 他们的家人最关心的健康问题，并且大多数参与者的家庭成员患有糖尿病 (63%) 或肥胖 (76%)。通过这项提案，我们将扩大现有的 NARI 计划，将研究纳入其中 糖尿病和肥胖研究（NARI-NIDDK）的经验和教育培训，两大健康 困扰 AI/AN 人群的担忧。