Interdisciplinary Framework in Global Health at Brown University

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议中的全球健康跨学科框架计划将整合来自布朗大学的多学科教师，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、传染病和几个研究机构，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。多学科和跨学科的新教育方案将强调，较不发达国家（最不发达国家）的卫生研究和提供需要来自多个学科的广泛观点和方法。该提案的目标是：1)为布朗大学的本科生、研究生和/或研究生水平开发新的多学科和跨学科的全球卫生课程和教育机会。这将通过制定全球卫生学者方案来实现；2)协调一套基础课程，涉及与全球卫生有关的广泛研究的适当主题，可供所有学校、机构、系、司用于培训和准备学生从事国际工作；3)为最不发达国家的学生和临床实习生建立有组织、有指导的全球卫生实习；4)协调布朗大学及其附属医院为本科生、研究生和/或研究生提供全球卫生教育机会的活动；5)创建一个可持续的多学科社区，由研究人员、从业者和学者组成，他们将能够通过参与全球卫生计划框架，将新的观点和方法整合到各自的专业学科中。布朗大学的全球卫生学者方案将由四个互补部分组成：a)一系列关于全球卫生的三门大学必修课程；b)由执行委员会和其他教员对全球卫生学者的兴趣进行深入探索和指导，然后为这些学者安排一至两名教员进行密集指导；(c)布朗大学教员在全球卫生活动方面的外国经验；d)每位全球健康学者在国外实地考察后编写一份书面报告。公共卫生相关性：概要：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，由多学科教师授课，使学生为在欠发达国家工作做好准备，以帮助改善人类健康。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。该提案还包括一项全球卫生实习，并得到教员的密切指导。

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.