Houston Initiative for Global Health Education &Research

描述(申请人提供)：随着全球旅游、商业和移民的增加，美国和其他发达国家迫切需要增加专注于全球健康问题的多学科研究和培训。休斯顿是国际商业和移民的主要中心，是此类培训项目的天然地点。贝勒医学院(BCM)和德克萨斯大学公共卫生学院(UTSPH)是德克萨斯医疗中心的牵头机构。这两家公司都在生物医学研究领域拥有长期的国际领导地位。BCM在NIH资助的前10所医学院中名列前茅，UTSPH在公共卫生学院中排名第7。BCM的主要国际努力集中在传染病、艾滋病、初级保健和营养方面。国际健康一直是UTSPH的重点，教职员工致力于健康、母婴健康和全球传染病中的行为、环境和职业因素的研究项目。BCM最近为医科学生组织了一次备受推崇的国际健康轨道。同样，最近的一个特别工作组为UTSPH的学生制定了跨部门的全球卫生集中。BCM和UTSPH在一系列研究、教育和培训项目上进行合作。目前的提案旨在通过成立一个全球健康教育和研究联合休斯顿倡议(Higher)来加强这两个机构的优势。高等教育的目标是促进部门间和机构间参与全球卫生教育和研究，并招募和装备全球卫生研究领域的新一代领导人。其具体目标是：1)组织一个机构间论坛，突出全球卫生研究，让该领域的领导者接触受训人员，并促进全球卫生研究人员之间的互动；2)招募受训人员进入全球卫生研究领域，并通过短期国际奖学金资助他们参与国际研究项目，培养他们的兴趣；3)将全球卫生领域的国内和国际领导人作为客座教授带到休斯顿；4)发展以全球卫生研究为重点的MD/公共卫生硕士联合学位课程；以及5)提供一个行政结构，促进部门间和机构间在全球卫生教育和研究方面的合作。为了实现这些目标，我们预计将招募和培养一批聪明的年轻领导人进入全球卫生研究领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As global travel, commerce and immigration have increased, there is an acute need for US and other developed countries to increase multidisciplinary research and training focused on global health problems. Houston, a major center for international commerce and immigration, is a natural site for such a training program. Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and The University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH) are lead institutions in the Texas Medical Center. Both have long histories of international leadership in biomedical research. BCM ranks among the top 10 medical schools in NIH funding and UTSPH 7th among schools of public health. Major BCM international efforts have focused on infectious diseases, AIDS, primary care, and nutrition. International health has always been an emphasis at UTSPH with faculty engaged in research projects focusing on behavioral, environmental, and occupational factors in health, maternal-child health, and global infectious diseases. BCM recently organized a highly-regarded International Health track for medical students. Similarly, a recent task force developed an interdivisional Global Health Concentration for UTSPH students. BCM and UTSPH collaborate on a number of research, education and training programs. The current proposal aims to build on the strengths of the two institutions by forming a joint Houston Initiative for Global Health Education and Research (HIGHER). The goal of HIGHER is to facilitate interdepartmental and interinstitutional involvement in global health education and research and to recruit and equip a new generation of leaders in global health research. The specific aims are to: 1) organize an interinstitutional forum to highlight global health research, bringing leaders in the field into contact with trainees and promoting interactions between researchers in global health; 2) recruit trainees into the field of global health research and nurture their interest by funding their involvement in international research projects through short-term International Fellowships; 3) bring national and international leaders in global health to Houston as visiting professors; 4) to develop a joint MD/MPH degree program with a concentration in global health research; and 5) provide an administrative structure that fosters interdepartmental and interinstitutional collaborations in global health education and research. In accomplishing these objectives, we anticipate recruiting and nurturing a cadre of bright young leaders into the field of global health research.