Tulane-Xavier Minority Training in International Health

描述（由申请人提供）：杜兰大学公共卫生和热带医学学院（SPHTM）与路易斯安那州泽维尔大学合作，于2005年在新奥尔良建立了MHIRT培训计划。七个海外网站提供相关的健康差距人口在美国的几个研究领域的培训该计划提供合格的本科生，研究生和健康专业的学生谁是在基础科学，生物医学，临床或行为健康研究职业领域代表性不足的健康差距人口的国际研究培训机会。杜兰/泽维尔合作建立在两个机构的优势和传统，即，杜兰SPHTM作为国际公共卫生和热带疾病研究领导者的调查能力，以及泽维尔大学作为健康差异群体少数民族学生先进科学教育领导者的传统。每年，两所大学的项目主任和研究导师都会从两所大学挑选10名学生，包括7名本科生和3名研究生或医学生，参加海外研究体验。海外网站与参与杜兰大学教师导师领导的正在进行的合作研究项目有关。研究机会包括在秘鲁进行的儿童结核病研究、在阿根廷进行的降低孕产妇和围产期发病率和死亡率的干预措施、在墨西哥进行的恰加斯病研究、在马里进行的抗疟新药临床试验、在塞拉利昂进行的拉沙热和热带疾病研究、在中国进行的心血管疾病研究以及在泰国进行的移民健康行为研究。参与者在旅行前接受研究方法、道德和生物安全方面的强化培训，该项目提供旅行前医疗服务和基本语言培训。受训人员在美国和外国教师导师的联合指导下工作，他们的研究结果将在返回美国时进行口头和书面陈述，鼓励学生探索疾病对海外人口的影响之间的相似性和差异，及其对美国健康差距人口的影响。我们希望，这个机会将刺激学生看到健康差距问题，从更广泛的角度将美国视为全球问题，并能够将从一个群体中吸取的经验教训应用于另一个群体。尽管在2005年由于卡特里娜飓风的重大障碍，我们已经完成了2年成功的计划，现在正在培训第三批，许多早期的学员进入生物医学专业培训（和一个是继续她的MHIRT研究在阿根廷作为富布赖特学者）。 相关性：Tulane-Xavier MHIRT计划为来自服务不足的健康差距人群的学生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们参加一个完全资助的国际研究体验，这可能会将他们的专业运营商重新定向到国际研究和服务，从而与公共卫生高度相关。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM), in collaboration with Xavier University of Louisiana, established a MHIRT Training Program in New Orleans in 2005. Seven overseas sites provide training in several research areas relevant to health disparities populations in the U.S. The program provides international research training opportunities for qualified undergraduate, graduate and health professions students from health disparities populations who are underrepresented in basic science, biomedical, clinical or behavioral health research career fields. The Tulane/Xavier collaboration builds on the strengths and traditions of both institutions, i.e., the investigative capacity of the Tulane SPHTM as a leader in international public health and tropical disease research, and the tradition of Xavier University as a leader in advanced scientific education for minority students from health disparities groups. Each year, program directors and research mentors from both universities select 10 students from both universities, including 7 undergraduates and 3 graduate or medical students, to participate in overseas research experiences. The overseas sites are linked to ongoing collaborative research projects led by participating Tulane faculty mentors. Research opportunities include studies of pediatric tuberculosis in Peru, interventions to reduce maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in Argentina, Chagas disease in Mexico, clinical trials of new antimalarial drugs in Mali, Lassa Fever and tropical diseases in Sierra Leone, cardiovascular diseases in China, and health behaviors of migrants in Thailand. Participants receive intensive training in research methodology, ethics, and biosafety prior to travel, and the project provides pretravel medical services and basic language training. Trainees work under the joint tutelage of U.S. and foreign faculty mentors, and their research findings are organized for oral and written presentation on return to the U.S. Students are encouraged to explore similarities and differences between the disease impact on the overseas population, and its impact on health disparities populations in the U.S. Our hope is that this opportunity will stimulate students to see health disparity issues in the U.S. in a broader perspective as global problems and be able to apply lessons learned from one group to the other. In spite of significant obstacles in 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina, we have completed 2 successful years of the program and are now training a third cohort, with many early trainees going into biomedical professional training (and one is continuing her MHIRT research in Argentina as a Fulbright scholar). RELEVANCE: The Tulane-Xavier MHIRT program provides a unique opportunity for students from underserved health disparities populations to participate in a fully funded international research experience that may redirect their professional carriers toward international research and service and thus is highly relevant to public health.