Tulane-Xavier Minority Training in International Health

描述（由申请人提供）：杜兰大学公共卫生与热带医学学院（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。七个海外站点提供与美国健康差异人群相关的几个研究领域的培训。该计划为来自基础科学，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异人群的合格本科生，研究生和健康专业学生提供国际研究培训机会。杜兰大学和泽维尔大学的合作建立在两所大学的优势和传统之上，即杜兰大学SPHTM作为国际公共卫生和热带病研究的领导者的调查能力，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的领导者的传统。每年，两校的项目主任和研究导师从两校选出10名学生，其中包括7名本科生和3名研究生或医学院学生，参加海外研究经历。海外网站与正在进行的合作研究项目相关联，这些合作研究项目由参与的杜兰大学教师导师领导。研究机会包括秘鲁的儿童结核病研究、阿根廷降低孕产妇和围产期发病率和死亡率的干预措施、墨西哥的恰加斯病、马里的新型抗疟疾药物临床试验、塞拉利昂的拉沙热和热带疾病、中国的心血管疾病以及泰国移民的健康行为。参与者在旅行前接受研究方法、伦理和生物安全方面的强化培训，该项目还提供旅行前医疗服务和基本语言培训。学员在美国和外国教师导师的共同指导下工作，他们的研究成果在返回美国时被组织口头和书面报告。鼓励学生探索疾病对海外人口影响的异同。以及它对美国健康差异人口的影响。我们希望这个机会能激励学生从更广阔的角度看待美国的健康差异问题，并将从一个群体中吸取的经验教训应用到另一个群体中。尽管2005年卡特里娜飓风造成了重大障碍，但我们已经成功地完成了两年的项目，现在正在培训第三批学员，许多早期的学员将接受生物医学专业培训（其中一位作为富布赖特学者在阿根廷继续她的MHIRT研究）。

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.