The Old Westbury Neuroscience Inernational Program

描述（由申请人提供）：Old Westbury神经科学国际研究计划（OWNIP）旨在鼓励来自健康差异人群的本科生在基础科学，生物医学，临床和行为健康研究领域从事职业。在这方面，科学培训包括解决国际健康问题，因为国家少数民族健康和健康差异中心和老韦斯特伯里的福格蒂国际中心拟议的少数民族健康和健康差异国际研究培训（MHIRT）方案将把这些学生安置在外国研究实验室。这一目标将通过与老韦斯特伯里神经科学研究所（NRI）教师共同研究兴趣的国际科学家团队合作实现，为我们的学生提供更广阔的科学视野。这次合作将给学生一个关于科学和不同文化的全球视角，同时丰富他们的学术经验。老韦斯特伯里学院非常适合实现这一目标，因为它有20多年成功培养少数民族学生从事科学研究的经验。该学院拥有多民族的教师和多元化的学生群体，其中选择科学作为专业的少数民族学生比例很高。OWNIP的活动将包括教师和学生的国际旅行，外国科学家的国际访问和在国外实验室的研究经验。所有这些活动都是在神经科学研究所的保护下进行的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Old Westbury Neuroscience International Research Program (OWNIP) is designed to encourage undergraduate students from health disparities populations to pursue careers in basic science, biomedical, clinical and behavioral health research fields. In this regard, the scientific training includes addressing international health problems since the proposed Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) program of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) and the Fogarty International Center (FIC) at Old Westbury will place these students in foreign research laboratories. This goal will be achieved by working with a team of international scientists that share joint research interests with the Old Westbury Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI) faculty providing our students with a broader vision of science. This collaboration will give the students a global perspective regarding science and different cultures while simultaneously enriching their academic experience. The College at Old Westbury is ideally suited to carry out this objective since it has over twenty years experience successfully training minority students in scientific research. The College has a multi-ethnic faculty and a diverse student population with a high percentage of minority students who choose science as a major. The OWNIP activities will include international travel for faculty and students, international visits by foreign scientists and research experience in foreign laboratories. All of these activities are programmed under the umbrella of the Neuroscience Research Institute. RELEVANCE: The OWNIP purpose is to increase the minority representation in research by offering research training opportunities abroad in the biomedical and behavioral fields to minority science students. The objective is to increase the number and quality of these students who will pursue a career in basic science, biomedical and behavioral health research fields. Attaining this goal will also help affect a reduction in the health disparities gap.