Montana INBRE II: A Multidisciplinary Research Network

描述(申请人提供)：蒙大拿州INBRE建立了一个多学科、全州范围的网络，目标是将蒙大拿州定位为全国领先的传染病发病机制和与环境相关的日益严重的健康问题研究的领先者，同时发展蒙大拿州的劳动力队伍，以应对未来的生物医学研究和经济发展挑战。在过去的四年里，MT INBRE成功地在该州四所本科院校创建了新的生物医学研究文化，建立了独特的研究和教育项目，与蒙大拿州所有七所部落学院建立了牢固的关系，并支持了一个学生管道，这将支持蒙大拿州未来的生物医学研究。 MT INBRE II建立在这些成功的基础上，目标是保持和进一步发展 蒙大拿州的网络和学生管道，并利用这个网络来解决独特的 蒙大拿州面临着传染病、环境健康以及更重要的健康方面的问题 差距。INBRE II将支持和指导本科和研究型大学的研究人员解决这些问题，并将通过支持旨在解决蒙大拿州印第安人保留地健康差距的社区参与性研究(CBPR)项目，在部落学院建立专业知识和能力。INBRE II的长期目标是利用其网络加强部落学院和部落之间的联系，并使部落学院成为保留地部落健康研究的渠道。INBRE II将继续在全州范围内建立一个由极其多样化的调查人员组成的网络，其中包括来自研究密集型大学、教学学院、部落学院和保留地社区成员的个人，以更有效地解决蒙大拿州的健康问题。 公共卫生相关性(由申请者提供)：MT INBRE II将增进知识，解决对蒙大拿州和全国具有独特重要性的卫生问题。Mt INBRE II支持学生教育，以增加该州劳动力的科学和技术知识，并在蒙大拿州的印第安人保留地开展基于社区的健康研究，以最终改善美洲原住民社区的健康状况。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Montana INBRE established a multidisciplinary, statewide network with the goal of positioning Montana as a national leader in research on the pathogenesis of infectious diseases and on the increasing health issues related to the environment, while developing a Montana workforce to meet the biomedical research and economic development challenges of the future. Over the past four years, MT INBRE successfully created new biomedical research cultures at four of the state's baccalaureate institutions, established unique research and educational programs, built strong relationships with all seven of Montana's tribal colleges, and supported a student pipeline that will sustain biomedical research in Montana in the future. MT INBRE II builds on these successes with the goal of maintaining and further developing the Montana network and student pipeline, and taking advantage of this network to address the unique problems Montana faces in infectious disease, environmental health and, importantly, health disparities. INBRE II will support and mentor investigators from the baccalaureate and research universities to address these problems, and will build expertise and capabilities at the tribal colleges by supporting community-based participatory research (CBPR) projects designed to address health disparities on Montana Indian reservations. INBRE II has the long-term goal of utilizing its network to strengthen ties between tribal colleges and tribes and to make tribal colleges a conduit for tribal health research on the reservations. INBRE II will continue to build a statewide network of extremely diverse investigators, including individuals from research-intensive universities, teaching colleges, tribal colleges, and reservation-based community members to more effectively address the health problems of Montana. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): MT INBRE II will advance knowledge and address health issues of unique importance to Montana and to the nation. MT INBRE II supports student education to increase scientific and technical knowledge in the state's workforce, and develops community-based health research on Montana's Indian reservations to ultimately improve health in Native American communities.