Interdisciplinary Framework in Global Health at Brown University

描述(申请人提供)：拟议的全球卫生跨学科框架计划将包括来自布朗大学的一组多学科教员，包括社区卫生、医学、社会学、工程学、人类学、经济学、病理生物学、儿科、妇产科、传染病，以及包括国际卫生研究所、艾滋病研究中心、人口研究和培训中心、沃森国际问题研究所和谢里登教学中心在内的几个研究机构。多学科和跨学科的新教育计划将强调，欠发达国家的卫生研究和提供需要几个学科的广泛视角和方法。该提案的目标是：1)为布朗大学的本科生、研究生和/或研究生开发新的多学科和跨学科的全球卫生课程和教育机会。这将通过制定全球健康学者计划来实现；2)协调一套基础课程，这些课程涉及适合与全球健康相关的广泛研究的主题，可供所有学校、机构、系、部门在培训和准备学生参加国际工作方面使用；3)为最不发达国家的学生和临床实习生建立有组织的、有指导的全球健康实习；4)协调布朗大学及其附属医院关于本科生、研究生和/或研究生在全球健康方面的教育机会的活动；5)创建一个由研究人员、从业者和学者组成的可持续的多学科社区，他们将能够通过参与全球卫生框架计划，将新的视角和方法整合到各自的专业学科中。布朗大学的全球健康学者计划将由四个互补部分组成：a)一系列关于全球健康的三门大学必修课程；b)执行委员会和其他教职员工对全球健康学者的利益进行深入的探索和指导，然后将学者与一到两名教职员工进行密集指导；c)与布朗大学的教职员工一起学习外国在全球健康活动中的经验；以及d)每个全球健康学者在海外现场经历后编写一份书面报告。公共卫生相关性：非专业总结：布朗大学提出的全球卫生跨学科框架的目的是创建一套新的课程/研讨会，由多学科教员授课，为学生在欠发达国家工作做准备，目标是帮助改善人类健康。这种全球卫生方法不仅强调生物医学因素的重要性，而且强调影响人们健康的社会、政治和经济问题的重要性。该提案还包括在教职员工的密切指导下进行全球健康实习。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed interdisciplinary framework program for global health will integrate a group of multidisciplinary faculty from Brown University, including community health, medicine, sociology, engineering, anthropology, economics, pathobiology, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, infectious diseases and several research institutes including the International Health Institute, the Center for AIDS Research, the Population Studies and Training Center, and the Watson Institute for International Studies, and the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. The multi and interdisciplinary new education program will emphasize that health research and delivery in lesser developed countries (LDCs) requires the broad perspectives and methods from several disciplines. The objectives of the proposal are: 1)To develop new multi and interdisciplinary curricular and educational opportunities in global health for undergraduate, graduate, and/or postgraduate levels at Brown University. This will be achieved through the development of the Global Health Scholars Program; 2)To coordinate a foundational set of courses that address topics appropriate for a broad range of research related to global health that can be utilized by all schools, institutions, departments, divisions in training and preparing students for international work; 3)To establish structured, mentored, global health internships for students and clinical trainees in LDC; 4)To coordinate activities across Brown University and affiliated hospitals regarding educational opportunities in global health for undergraduate, graduate, and /or postgraduate students; 5)To create a sustainable multidisciplinary community of researchers, practitioners, and scholars who will be able to integrate new perspectives and approaches toward their respective professional disciplines through their engagement in the Framework for Global Health Program. The Global Health Scholars Program at Brown University will consist of four complementary components: a) a series of three mandatory university courses on global health; b) in-depth exploration and guidance about the interests of the Global Health Scholars by the Executive Committee and other faculty followed by matching the Scholars with one or two faculty members for intensive mentoring; c) the foreign experience in global health activities with a Brown University faculty; and d) production of a written report by each Global Health Scholar after the foreign site experience. Public Health Relevance: Lay Summary: The purpose of this proposed Interdisciplinary Framework in Global Health at Brown University is to create a new set of courses/seminars taught by a multidisciplinary faculty to prepare students to work in lesser developed countries with the goal of helping to improve the health of human populations. This approach to global health emphasizes the importance not only of biomedical factors but those of social, political, and economic issues affecting the health of people. The proposal also includes a global health internship with close mentoring from the faculty.