MT INBRE II: A Multidisciplinary Research Network

描述(由申请人提供)： Mt INBRE III有两个主要目标：1)维护和进一步发展蒙大拿州的网络和学生管道，并利用这一网络解决蒙大拿州农村和土著社区在健康差距方面面临的独特问题；2)利用其网络加强蒙大拿州农村和土著社区、TCS和其他学术机构之间的合作，并使TCS成为部落卫生研究的渠道，包括保留地和农村卫生研究的渠道。该计划将通过旨在解决蒙大拿州农村和部落社区健康差距的社区参与项目，支持和指导主要来自本科生机构(PUI)、研究型大学和部落学院(TCS)的调查人员。Mt INBRE III将扩大与蒙大拿州和西部IDEA区域网络中的其他项目和机构的合作伙伴关系，以最大限度地扩大蒙大拿州研究人员和学生可用的资源、合作和机会。该计划的具体目标包括1)通过继续发展共享设施、研究合作、重点工作组和培训机会，加强蒙大拿州的生物医学和生物信息学基础设施，通过继续支持蒙大拿州州立大学(MSU)的社区参与和生物信息学核心，为全州MT INBRE III网络的研究人员提供服务；2)为蒙大拿州的原住民和非原住民学生发展通往卫生研究职业的持续管道，并增加该州劳动力的科学和技术知识；3)指导和发展社会和行为科学领域的健康差距研究人员，并与传染病和环境健康研究人员合作，以维持和发展跨学科的生物医学研究网络；目标4：发展和支持MT INBRE III网络研究人员的可持续研究倡议，以缩小蒙大拿州农村和美洲原住民社区的健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): MT INBRE III has two main goals: 1) maintain and further develop the Montana network and student pipeline and utilize this network to address the unique problems Montana's rural and Native communities face in health disparities and 2) utilize its network to strengthen collaborations among Montana's rural and Native communities, TCs and other academic institutions and to make TCs a conduit for tribal health research on the reservations and PUIs conduits for rural health research. The program will support and mentor investigators from primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs), research universities, and tribal colleges (TCs) through community engagement projects designed to address health disparities in Montana's rural and tribal communities. MT INBRE III will expand its partnerships with other programs and institutions in Montana and in the Western IDeA Regional Network to maximize the resources, collaborations, and opportunities available to Montana's researchers and students. The program's Specific Aims include 1) strengthening Montana's biomedical and bioinformatics infrastructure through continued development of shared facilities, research collaborations, focused working groups, and training opportunities, accomplished by continuing to support at Montana State University (MSU) the Community Engagement and Bioinformatics Cores that will serve investigators in the statewide MT INBRE III network; 2) developing a continuous pipeline for Montana's Native and non-Native students to careers in health research and increasing the scientific and technological knowledge of the state's workforce; 3) mentoring and developing health disparities investigators in the social and behavioral sciences and partnering them with infectious disease and environmental health investigators to sustain and grow an interdisciplinary biomedical research network; and Aim 4: developing and supporting sustainable research initiatives by MT INBRE III network investigators that will mitigate health disparities in Montana's rural and Native American communities.