Minority Health and Health Disparties International Research and Training (MHIRT)

说明(申请人提供)：本项目的具体目标是：(1)鼓励十名来自健康差距人群的本科生、研究生和卫生专业学生从事基础科学、生物医学、临床和行为健康研究领域的职业生涯；(2)扩大对这些来自健康差距人群的学生的培训，使其涵盖国际健康问题；(3)帮助这些学生参与与美国和国际教职员工合作的研究活动；以及(4)寻求创新方法，以解决与缩小健康差距相关的问题和/或障碍。利用爱荷华大学少数民族学生发展计划(爱荷华州生物科学优势计划)和大学国际农村与环境健康中心的综合资源，我们将在五年内每年夏天为符合条件的学生提供为期10-12周的短期国际研究培训机会。爱荷华州生物科学优势计划将是一个支线计划，以确定符合条件的本科生。八名实习生将是本科生，两名将是研究生或专业学生，所有人都将来自基础科学、生物医学、临床或行为研究职业领域代表性不足的人群。 MHIRT学员将在波兰、斯洛伐克、罗马尼亚、中国和冈比亚的外国机构获得研究培训机会，我们在这些国家通过福格蒂国际中心的培训和研究资助建立了过去13年的合作关系。这些中东欧国家为了解与人口健康差距有关的问题提供了极好的机会。我们将利用信息和通信技术方面的新能力，帮助匹配、监测和评估学员在这些国家的国际研究培训经验。在这项拟议的计划中，MHIRT培训被视为一个综合计划的一部分，该计划旨在培养和发展健康差距人群中的个人，使其成为富有成效的生物医学和行为健康研究人员。 相关性：由于与普通人群的健康状况相比，健康差距人群的发病率、患病率、发病率、死亡率和存活率存在显著差异，因此有必要在生物医学、临床、行为和卫生服务研究领域增加训练有素的科学家数量，以应对健康差距和代表性不足的人群。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The specific aims of this project are to: (1.) Encourage ten undergraduate, graduate and health professions students who are from health disparities populations to pursue careers in basic science, biomedical, clinical, and behavioral health research fields; (2) Broaden the training of these students from health disparities populations to encompass international health issues; (3) Assist these students to participate in collaborative research initiatives with U.S. and international faculty; and, (4) Seek innovative approaches to address problems and/or hindrances associated with closing health disparities gaps. Using the combined resources of the University of Iowa's Initiative for Minority Student Development Program (Iowa Biosciences Advantage program) and the university's Center for International Rural and Environmental Health we will offer a program of 10-12-week short-term international research training opportunities for qualified eligible students each summer for five years. The Iowa Biosciences Advantage program will be a feeder program to identify eligible undergraduate students. Eight trainees will be undergraduate students and two will be graduate or professional students and all will be from populations that are underrepresented in the basic sciences, biomedical, clinical or behavioral research career Fields. MHIRT trainees will be offered research training opportunities at foreign institutions in Poland, Slovakia, Romania, China, and The Gambia, where we have collaborative relationships that have been developed over the last thirteen years through a Fogarty International Center training and research grant. These countries in Central/Eastern Europe present excellent opportunities to learn about issues related to health disparities populations. We will use new capabilities in Information and Communications Technology to assist in matching, monitoring, and evaluating trainees' international research training experiences in these countries. In this proposed program, MHIRT training is viewed as part of a comprehensive program of nurturing and developing individuals from health disparities populations to become productive biomedical and behavioral health researchers. RELEVANCE: Because of significant disparities in disease incidence, disease prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and survival rates in health disparities populations, as compared to the health status of the general population, there is a national need to increase the number of well-trained scientists from health disparities and underrepresented populations in the fields of biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and health services research.