Research Training/Education Core

当前缩小健康差距和改善少数群体健康的挑战之一是缺乏 足够数量的调查人员、医疗保健提供者、榜样和教育工作者。的不足 这些领导人的人数使长期存在的健康差距问题更加严重。因此，总体目标 研究培训和教育的核心将是培养，培训和发展少数民族人才库 学术研究者这些目标将在2010年联合国千年发展目标的全面目标的范围内制定。 健康差异研究，参与和培训中心。解决这些问题的关键 将是校内和校外的伙伴关系。因此，我们将建立在现有的方案内， 明尼苏达大学医学院和学术健康中心。在校外，我们将包括 与传统的黑人医疗机构合作，特别是霍华德大学， 梅哈里医学院和莫尔豪斯医学院。 研究、培训和教育核心有四个具体目标： 1.与明尼苏达州未来医生计划建立新的合作伙伴关系， 非常有才华的学生从事医学博士预科/博士研究培训经验; 2.与临床研究暑期预科办公室建立新的伙伴关系 临床和转化研究奖学金计划，包括高度有才华的健康 来自霍华德大学、梅哈里医学院和莫尔豪斯学校的专业学生 夏季医学博士前健康差异研究培训经验; 3.为明尼苏达大学医学生开发文化能力课程 医学院; 4.为合格的研究人员提供准备赠款申请的经验。 我们相信，这些计划将提供一个关键的机会，扩大管道的学生谁是 来自代表性不足的少数民族背景的人，以及那些在健康差距和少数民族背景下工作的人， 健康五年后，我们将在MN未来医生中培养20名本科生 该计划和20名来自历史悠久的黑人大学的健康科学学生。

One of the current challenges in reducing health disparities and improving minority health is the lack of an adequate number of investigators, health care providers, role models, and educators. The deficiency in the number of these leaders compounds the problem of persistent health disparities. Thus the overall goal of the Research Training and Education Core will be to cultivate, train, and grow the pool of minority academic investigators. These goals will be developed in the context of the comprehensive goal of the Center for Health Disparities Research, Engagement, and Training. Critical to addressing these problems will be intramural and extramural partnerships. Thus we will build on existing programs within the University of Minnesota Medical School and Academic Health Center. Extramurally we will include partnerships with the traditional historically black medical institutions, specifically Howard University, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine. The Research Training and Education Core has four specific aims: 1. Develop a new partnership with the Minnesota Future Doctors Program to select four of their highly talented students to engage in a pre-M.D./Ph.D. research training experience; 2. Develop a new partnership with the Office of Clinical Research Summer Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program in Clinical and Translational Research to include highly talented health profession students from Howard University, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine for a summer pre-doctoral health disparities research training experience; 3. Develop a cultural competency curriculum for medical students at the University of Minnesota Medical School; 4. Provide qualified investigators with the experience of preparing grant applications. We believe these programs will provide a critical opportunity to expand the pipeline for students who are from underrepresented minority backgrounds and for those working in health disparities and minority health. At the end of five years, we will have trained 20 undergraduate students in the MN Future Doctors program and 20 health science students from historically black universities.