The Native American Research Internship (NARI) Summer Program in Child Health

项目总结/摘要 与一般美国人口相比，美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）人口年轻 还在成长三分之一的AI/AN人口年龄小于18岁。AI/AN年轻人面对健康 这种差异从子宫内开始，一直持续到成年。AI/AN约占美国的1% 人口，但只有0.3%的医生和医学院教师，和0.05%的科学和工程 劳动力虽然AI/AN有许多教育上的缺点，但美国社区调查报告说， 9.6%的AI/AN人口获得学士学位或更高学位。他们是学生- 在高等教育和生物科学职业领域中代表性不足和服务不足-我们与他们合作， 美国原住民研究实习计划（NARI）纳瑞是一个为期10周的夏季 犹他州大学儿科系提供的研究实习。NARI提供 与知名科学家一起进行基础或临床研究的机会，专业技能培训，以及 来自土著长者、教师和学生的文化指导。迄今为止，代表38个部落的92名参与者 32所学院/大学和22个州参加了该方案。在92名参与者中， 22名（24%）目前是攻读理科学位的本科生，19名学生已被录取 进入研究生院（21%），17名学生被医学院录取（18%），70名（76%） 完成了理科学士学位。帮助我们创建NARI的部落长老告诉我们， 儿童健康对AI/AN社区很重要。我们建议扩大现有的NARI计划， 包括儿童健康和人类发展方面研究经验和教育培训（NARI- NICHD）。通过支持有兴趣从事儿童生物医学职业的AI/AN本科生， 通过拟议的NARI-NICHD计划，我们将增加AI/AN 在生物医学科学的代表性和领导地位，并实现我们的最终目标，缩小差距的差距 在印第安人/印第安人社区儿童的健康差距。

Project Summary / Abstract Compared to the general U.S. population, the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations are young and growing. One-third of the AI/AN population is younger than 18 years. AI/AN young people face health disparities which start in utero and continue into adulthood. AI/AN represent ~1% of the United States population but only 0.3% of physicians and medical school faculty, and 0.05% of the science and engineering workforce. While AI/AN have many educational disadvantages, the American Community Survey reports that 9.6% of the AI/AN population do achieve a bachelor's degree or higher. These are the students - underrepresented and underserved in higher education and in bioscience career fields – with whom we work to engage though our Native American Research Internship (NARI) program. NARI is a 10-week summer research internship offered through the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. NARI provides hands-on basic or clinical research opportunities with established scientists, professional skills training, and cultural mentoring from Native elders, faculty, and students. To date, 92 participants representing 38 tribal nations, 32 colleges/universities, and 22 home states, have participated in the program. Of the 92 participants, 22 (24%) are currently undergraduates working towards a science degree, 19 students have been accepted into graduate school (21%), 17 students have been accepted into medical school (18%), and 70 (76%) have completed a bachelor's degree in science. Tribal elders, who have helped us create NARI, have told us that child health is important to the AI/AN community. We propose to expand the existing NARI program to include research experiences and educational training in child health and human development (NARI- NICHD). By supporting AI/AN undergraduates interested in pursuing biomedical careers focused on child health and human development with the proposed NARI-NICHD program, we will increase AI/AN representation and leadership in the biomedical sciences and fulfill our ultimate goal of narrowing the gap of health disparities among children in AI/AN communities.