The Native American Research Internship (NARI) Summer Program in Child Health

项目摘要/摘要 与普通美国人相比，美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民(AI/AN)人口很年轻 而且还在不断增长。三分之一的人工智能/AN人口年龄在18岁以下。爱/安年轻人面对健康 从子宫开始一直持续到成年期的差异。人工智能/人工智能约占美国的1% 但只有0.3%的医生和医学院教职员工，0.05%的科学和工程人员 劳动力。虽然人工智能/人工智能在教育上有很多缺点，但美国社区调查报告称 9.6%的人工智能/人工智能人群确实获得了学士或更高学位。这些是学生们- 在高等教育和生物科学职业领域的任职人数和服务不足--我们与这些领域合作 通过我们的美国原住民研究实习(NARI)计划参与进来。奈里是一个为期10周的夏天 通过犹他大学儿科系提供的研究实习机会。Nari提供 与知名科学家一起实践基础或临床研究机会，专业技能培训，以及 来自土著长老、教师和学生的文化指导。到目前为止，代表38个部落的92名参与者 已有32个国家、32所学院/大学和22个州参加了这项计划。在92名参与者中， 22名(24%)目前正在攻读理科学位的本科生，19名已被录取 进入研究生院(21%)，17名学生(18%)被医学院录取，70名(76%)被医学院录取 获得了理科学士学位。帮助我们创造奈瑞的部落长老告诉我们 儿童健康对人工智能/AN社区很重要。我们建议将现有的NARI计划扩展到 包括在儿童健康和人类发展方面的研究经验和教育培训 NICHD)。通过支持有兴趣从事以儿童为重点的生物医学职业的AI/AN本科生 健康和人类发展通过拟议的Nari-NICHD计划，我们将增加人工智能/AN 在生物医学科学中的代表性和领导力，并实现我们的最终目标，缩小 人工智能/人工智能社区儿童之间的健康差距。

Project Summary / Abstract Compared to the general U.S. population, the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations are young and growing. One-third of the AI/AN population is younger than 18 years. AI/AN young people face health disparities which start in utero and continue into adulthood. AI/AN represent ~1% of the United States population but only 0.3% of physicians and medical school faculty, and 0.05% of the science and engineering workforce. While AI/AN have many educational disadvantages, the American Community Survey reports that 9.6% of the AI/AN population do achieve a bachelor's degree or higher. These are the students - underrepresented and underserved in higher education and in bioscience career fields – with whom we work to engage though our Native American Research Internship (NARI) program. NARI is a 10-week summer research internship offered through the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. NARI provides hands-on basic or clinical research opportunities with established scientists, professional skills training, and cultural mentoring from Native elders, faculty, and students. To date, 92 participants representing 38 tribal nations, 32 colleges/universities, and 22 home states, have participated in the program. Of the 92 participants, 22 (24%) are currently undergraduates working towards a science degree, 19 students have been accepted into graduate school (21%), 17 students have been accepted into medical school (18%), and 70 (76%) have completed a bachelor's degree in science. Tribal elders, who have helped us create NARI, have told us that child health is important to the AI/AN community. We propose to expand the existing NARI program to include research experiences and educational training in child health and human development (NARI- NICHD). By supporting AI/AN undergraduates interested in pursuing biomedical careers focused on child health and human development with the proposed NARI-NICHD program, we will increase AI/AN representation and leadership in the biomedical sciences and fulfill our ultimate goal of narrowing the gap of health disparities among children in AI/AN communities.