Global Health Partnership at UCSD and SDSU

描述(由申请人提供)：建议的是一个多学科全球健康计划的框架，代表加州大学圣地亚哥分校(UCSD)医学院、UCSD国际关系和太平洋研究学院(IR/PS)和圣地亚哥州立大学(SDSU)公共卫生研究生院之间的合作伙伴关系。美墨边境地区是空气、水和其他环境污染物、药物滥用和卖淫等造成的其他健康问题的纽带，这些问题催生了大量关于这些主题的研究项目。该地区是来自墨西哥和南美的大量移民的家园。出于这些原因，我们的团队处于独特的地位，可以提供专注于边境卫生和拉丁美洲的全球卫生研究和培训计划。我们的参与教师拥有横跨全球卫生的广泛学科的专业知识，包括流行病学、公共卫生、健康促进、行为科学、生物恐怖主义、人类学、经济学、政治学、地理学、社会学、毒理学、病毒学、寄生虫学和分子生物学。我们大学的研究团队有合作的历史。我们的具体目标是：1)建立一个基础设施，作为加州大学圣地亚哥分校和SDSU全球卫生计划的一部分，以边境卫生为主题，维持研究、教学和推广活动；2)通过在UCSD/SDSU公共卫生、公共卫生公共卫生和预防医学联合博士计划内创建全球卫生轨道，鼓励来自UCSD和SDSU不同院系和学科的新研究人员从事全球卫生事业；3)开发教育和外联机会，通过促进本科生、研究生、研究员、医学生和居民在发展中国家的实习，吸引下一代科学家和卫生工作者考虑在全球卫生领域从事职业；4)通过建立访问学者计划、全球健康领导力研讨会系列、教师交流和招聘具有全球健康意义领域的专业知识的教师，在加州大学圣地亚哥分校和圣地亚哥州立大学之间增加已经从事全球健康教学和研究的研究人员之间的互动和联合活动。如果获奖，这一奖项将为我们大学的教职员工创造在全球卫生研究领域开展新合作的机会，创建并扩大与拉丁美洲、亚洲和非洲机构的伙伴关系，并将为学生和研究员创造机会，让他们接触到低收入和中等收入国家的研究、临床实践和公共卫生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Proposed is a framework for developing a multidisciplinary Global Health program representing a partnership between the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, UCSD School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) and the San Diego State University (SDSU) Graduate School of Public Health. The US-Mexico border region is a nexus for other health problems caused by air, water and other environmental contaminants, drug abuse and prostitution which has spawned a large number of research projects on these topics. The region is home to a large number of migrants from Mexico and South America. For these reasons, our team is uniquely positioned to offer a Global Health research and training program that is focused on border health and Latin America. Our participating faculty has expertise spanning a broad range of disciplines in Global Health, including epidemiology, public health, health promotion, behavioral science, bioterrorism, anthropology, economics, political science, geography, sociology, toxicology, virology, parasitology and molecular biology. Teams of researchers at our universities have a history of working together. Our specific aims are: 1) To establish an infrastructure for maintaining research, teaching and outreach activities as part of a Global Health Program at UCSD and SDSU, with a thematic emphasis on border health; 2) To encourage new investigators from diverse faculties and disciplines at UCSD and SDSU to pursue careers in Global Health by creating global health tracks within the UCSD/SDSU joint doctoral programs in public health, MPH program and preventive medicine residency program; 3) To develop educational and outreach opportunities that will engage the next generation of scientists and health workers to consider careers in Global Health, by facilitating internships in developing country settings for undergraduates, graduate students, fellows, medical students and residents; 4) To increase interactions and joint activities among investigators already engaged in Global Health teaching and research within and between UCSD and SDSU through the establishment of a Visiting Scholars program, Leadership Seminar Series in Global Health, faculty exchanges and recruitment of faculty with expertise in areas of global health significance. If granted, this award would foster opportunities for new collaborations in global health research for faculty at our universities, create and expand upon partnerships with institutions in Latin America, Asia and Africa, and would create opportunities for students and fellows to be exposed to research, clinical practice and public health in low and middle-income countries.