2/2 Global Environmental and Occupational Health Hub for Research Training in the Middle East and North Africa Region (GEOHealth MENA)

2/2 中东和北非地区全球环境和职业健康研究培训中心 (GEOHealth MENA)

• 批准号: 10448057
• 负责人: Rima Habib
• 金额: $ 28.91万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10448057
• 关键词: Agricultural Workers; Agriculture; American; Collaborations; Communities; Country; Doctor of Philosophy; Egypt; Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Exposure to; Face; Faculty; Fellowship; Health; Health Sciences; Institution; Interdisciplinary Study; Investments; Iowa; Lebanon; Medicine; Middle East; Migrant; Northern Africa; Occupational Health; Occupational Medicine; Outcome; Pathway interactions; Performance; Pesticides; Policies; Politics; Population; Practice Guidelines; Refugees; Regulation; Research; Research Training; Role; Safety; Scholarship; Sister; Sudan; Translating; Universities; disadvantaged population; displaced person; global environment; health training; improved; low and middle-income countries; neurobehavioral; pesticide exposure; social factors

7. Project Summary/Abstract The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially its LMIC countries, faces a myriad of environmental and occupational health (EOH) challenges in a context of dynamic political changes, multiple concurrent humanitarian crises, weak regulations, and limited investment in EOH research and research capacity building. The American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon (U01 application) is partnering with Yale University (U2R application) in collaboration with the University of Iowa in the US to establish a Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the MENA region (GEOHealth MENA), where AUB serves as the Hub Institution and one university in each of Egypt and Sudan will serve as Spoke Institutions. The aim of GEOHealth MENA is to build and strengthen EOH research capacity in the context of disadvantaged populations, at AUB, sister institutions, and relevant NGOs in Lebanon and the MENA region. The focus of the current project will be agricultural health and safety with an emphasis on exposure to pesticide among refugee populations. The MENA region hosts more than 50% of the world's total population of internally displaced persons and refugees. The U01 application proposes to evaluate the pathways of pesticide exposure among Syrian refugee agricultural workers, investigate the association of such exposure with neurobehavioral outcomes, and explore the role of social factors in this association. Findings will inform policy and practice guidelines that can improve the health of all agricultural workers. The multidisciplinary research team at AUB will build on a strong track record of studying refugee and migrant populations and translating evidence into policy. Yale and the University of Iowa will provide support to the AUB team in exposure assessment and the assessment of neurobehavioral performance. The U2R will provide full scholarships to 3 highly qualified and committed applicants (one from each of Egypt, Lebanon, and Sudan) to pursue a PhD in Epidemiology at AUB's Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) focusing on EOH issues. The U2R will also provide full scholarships to 4 highly qualified and committed MDs (two from Lebanon and one from each of Egypt and Sudan) to pursue an MPH at AUB's FHS and a fellowship in Occupational Medicine at AUB's Faculty of Medicine. The 7 trainees will spend 3 months (MD/MPH) or 6 months (PhD) during their study period at Yale and Iowa for advanced and relevant research training and training on agricultural safety and health (AgS&H). Additionally, the U01/U2R applications will offer short-term research and AgS&H training to the community.

7. 项目总结/摘要 中东和北非 (MENA) 地区，尤其是中低收入国家，面临着无数的挑战。 动态政治变化背景下的环境和职业健康（EOH）挑战，多重 人道主义危机同时发生、监管薄弱以及对 EOH 研究的投资有限 能力建设。黎巴嫩贝鲁特美国大学 (AUB)（U01 申请）与耶鲁大学合作 大学（U2R申请）与美国爱荷华大学合作建立全球 中东和北非地区环境和职业健康研究与培训中心（GEOHealth MENA）， 其中 AUB 作为枢纽机构，埃及和苏丹各一所大学将作为辐条机构 机构。 GEOHealth MENA 的目标是在以下背景下建立和加强 EOH 研究能力： 弱势群体、AUB、姐妹机构以及黎巴嫩和中东和北非地区的相关非政府组织。 当前项目的重点是农业健康和安全，重点是农药的接触 在难民人口中。中东和北非地区拥有全球 50% 以上的国内人口 流离失所者和难民。 U01申请建议评估农药暴露途径 在叙利亚难民农业工人中，调查此类暴露与神经行为的关联 结果，并探讨社会因素在这种关联中的作用。研究结果将为政策和实践提供信息 可以改善所有农业工人健康的指南。 AUB 的多学科研究团队 将建立在研究难民和移民人口并将证据转化为良好记录的基础上 政策。耶鲁大学和爱荷华大学将为 AUB 团队提供暴露评估和 神经行为表现的评估。 U2R将为3名高素质且 致力于攻读流行病学博士学位的申请人（埃及、黎巴嫩和苏丹各一名） AUB 健康科学学院 (FHS) 专注于 EOH 问题。 U2R还将提供全额奖学金 4 名高素质且忠诚的 MD（黎巴嫩两名，埃及和苏丹各一名）来追求 在 AUB 的 FHS 获得公共卫生硕士学位，并在 AUB 医学院获得职业医学奖学金。 7名练习生 在耶鲁大学和爱荷华州学习期间将花费 3 个月（MD/MPH）或 6 个月（PhD）攻读高级和 相关研究培训和农业安全与健康（AgS&H）培训。此外，U01/U2R 应用程序将为社区提供短期研究和 AgS&H 培训。