Training LEADers to Accelerate Global Mental Health Disparities in Research (LEAD)

项目摘要 拟议的培训计划题为“培训领导者以加速全球心理健康差距” 研究“(牵头)，将提供少数群体健康和健康差距研究方面的培训，重点突出 关于全球心理健康差距的。Lead是为高级博士后设计的两阶段培训计划 来自美国不同背景的学生和博士后实习生，包括在 生物医学、行为、临床和社会科学研究，对全球心理健康差异感兴趣 研究。受训者将从美国各地的大学招聘，并将接受为期12年的强化培训- 一周计划。具体地说，Lead将利用丰富的资源来解决美国当地和全球的健康差距 (包括心理健康)，为学员提供领导所需的技能和经验 多学科、协作的研究团队专注于低资源地区的健康差距研究 社区。Lead以以下具体目标为指导：1.招聘5名高级医学博士和 来自美国代表性不足群体的博士生(每个队列7名)和博士后研究员(每个队列1名) 致力于开展健康差距研究，特别关注全球心理健康预防， 在资源有限的情况下进行干预、服务和实施研究；2：提供 研究培训计划，为学员提供基本的全球研究技能和知识 通过体验式学习、辅导，“动手”沉浸在国内外心理健康中 研究、个性化咨询、反馈、目标设定和监测以及基于网络的支持； 3：促进美国大学、导师和实习生之间的研究伙伴关系 撒哈拉以南非洲地区与全球南部大学和实习生的心理健康差距(SSA) 侧重于类似的问题；以及4：评估领导培训的短期和纵向成果 程序。具体地说，第一阶段将在密苏里州圣路易斯市的华盛顿大学(WU)为期4周 有针对性的技能和知识建设教学研讨会，以及圣彼得堡大学的实地研究经验 路易斯社区。第二阶段将在撒哈拉以南八个国家之一的选定全球地点进行为期8周的活动 (SSA)拥有国家卫生研究院资助的研究，以满足受训者的研究兴趣。每年，都会有一个 博士后首席研究员将经历上述阶段1和2，并立即过渡到9个月 在吴的团契。每个实习生(博士前和博士后)将与一名美国人和一名美国人配对 基于SSA的导师，两人都将提供以研究为重点的技术支持，以及持续的职业生涯 发展导向和支持。Lead直接与NIMHD支持研究培训的目标保持一致 为来自不同背景的个人开展的少数群体健康和健康差距研究活动 培育和扩大少数群体健康和健康差距的研究人员和倡导者。

PROJECT ABSTRACT The proposed training program, entitled “Training LEADers to Accelerate Global Mental Health Disparities Research” (LEAD), will provide training in minority health and health disparities research, with a strong focus on global mental health disparities. LEAD is a 2-Phase Training Program designed for advanced predoctoral students and postdoctoral trainees from diverse backgrounds in the US, including groups underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research, interested in global mental health disparities research. Trainees will be recruited from Universities across the US and will be trained over an intensive 12- week program. Specifically, LEAD will capitalize on the rich resources for US local and global health disparities (including mental health) available at WU, to provide trainees with the skills and experiences needed to lead multi-disciplinary, collaborative research teams focused on health disparities research in low-resource communities. LEAD is guided by the following specific aims: 1: To recruit five cohorts of advanced MD and PhD students (7 per cohort) and postdoctoral fellows (1 per cohort) from underrepresented groups in the US committed to conducting health disparities research, with a specific focus on global mental health prevention, intervention, services and implementation research within resource constrained settings; 2: To provide a research training program which equips trainees with foundational global research skills and knowledge through experiential learning, mentoring, “hands-on” immersion in domestic and international mental health studies, individualized consultation, feedback, goal setting and monitoring and web-based support across time; 3: To advance research partnerships between US-universities, mentors and trainees interested in global mental health disparities with the Global South universities and trainees across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) focused on similar issues; and 4: To evaluate the short-term and longitudinal outcomes of LEAD training program. Specifically, Phase 1 will consist of 4 weeks at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri (WU) for targeted skills and knowledge-building didactic seminars plus field-based research experiences within the St. Louis community. Phase 2 will consist of 8 weeks in a selected global site in one of the eight sub-Saharan (SSA) countries with NIH funded research that meets a trainee's research interest. Each year, one postdoctoral LEAD fellow will experience Phases 1 and 2 above and immediately transition into a 9-month fellowship at WU. Each trainee (predoctoral and postdoctoral) will be matched with one US-based and one SSA-based mentor, both of whom will provide technical, research-focused support, plus ongoing career development guidance and support. LEAD directly aligns with NIMHD's goal of supporting research training activities in minority health and health disparities research for individuals from diverse backgrounds as well as cultivating and expanding the community of minority health and health disparities researchers and advocates.