UVa MHIRT: Training Future Leaders to Address Global Rural Health Disparities

UVa MHIRT：培训未来领导者以解决全球农村健康差异

• 批准号: 8639777
• 负责人: Rebecca A. Dillingham
• 金额: $ 26.92万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-25 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8639777
• 关键词: Address; Award; Bahamas; Biological Sciences; Caring; Collaborations; Communities; Data; Diabetes Mellitus; Disease; Educational workshop; Faculty; Future; Generations; Goals; HIV; Health; Health Occupations; Health Sciences; Health Services Accessibility; International; Internships; Island; Knowledge; Manuscripts; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training; Modeling; Nevis; Research; Research Design; Rotation; Rural; Rural Community; Rural Health; Science; Seasons; Site; Social Sciences; South Africa; Students; Technology; Training; Training Programs; Uganda; Universities; Virginia; Water; Work; Writing; base; career; disorder prevention; experience; global health; health disparity; interdisciplinary approach; lens; physical science; population health; programs; research in practice; skills; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Virginia (UVa) MHIRT Program: Training Future Leaders to Address Global Rural Health Disparities will provide 8 outstanding students (6 undergraduate and 2 graduate) with the opportunity to participate in an intensive, international, mentored research experience that extends the analysis of global rural health disparities beyond assessments of disparate access to care between rural and urban communities and uses instead the lens of population health and an interdisciplinary approach in order to appreciate more completely the complexity of global rural health and disease. The awards will be offered for 5 years. The UVa MHIRT Program will attract outstanding applicants through a network of organizations at UVa and regionally that reach out to students from groups under-represented in the health sciences. Through participation in the UVa MHIRT program, the participation of the trainees in careers in health-related biological, physical and social sciences and the health professions will increase. This goal will be achieved by building the following capacities in the UVa MHIRT Scholars. First, the Scholars will gain knowledge, skills, and experience in research design, conduct, and presentation. Second, they will develop and apply culturally respectful practices in research. Thirdly, they will participate on inter-disciplinary tams and recognize the importance of multiple perspectives when addressing rural global health challenges. Finally, the students will identify and pursue professional and academic opportunities based on the mentorship and networking opportunities provided. The internship will include an 8 week research experience at one of our 4 collaborating international sites: the University of Venda in Thohoyandou, South Africa; Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Mbarara, Uganda; St Kitts and Nevis; and Grand Bahama Island. Experienced faculty and practitioners from UVa and the collaborating sites who maintain close ties to each other and to the rural communities they serve will mentor the students. Two sites will host students each year in a regular rotation. Research topics will relate to issues prioritized in the rural communities where the MHIRT Scholars will work such as: HIV management; water borne disease prevention; and new models for diabetes care. In addition to the 8 week research period, the students will benefit from individualized mentoring beginning with selection in February of the year of their internship, a one week Pre-Departure workshop and Cultural Orientation Training at UVa in the last week of May, and a one week Post-Research Season Workshop and Debrief in the first week of August. In October of the year of the award, the students will return to UVa to present their work at the UVa Center for Global Health Student Research Symposium. This comprehensive program will support students from hypothesis generation, through data gathering and analysis, and all the way to manuscript writing and presentation. In addition, the UVa MHIRT program will provide students with the opportunity to develop critical "soft" skills necessary for community-based or community-inspired health-related research and inter-disciplinary collaboration.

描述（由申请人提供）：弗吉尼亚大学 (UVa) MHIRT 计划：培训未来领导者以解决全球农村健康差异问题将为 8 名优秀学生（6 名本科生和 2 名研究生）提供参加强化、国际化、辅导的机会研究经验将全球农村卫生差异的分析扩展到对农村和城市社区之间获得医疗服务的差异的评估之外，而是使用人口健康的视角和跨学科方法，以便更全面地认识全球农村卫生和卫生问题的复杂性 疾病。该奖项为期5年。弗吉尼亚大学 MHIRT 项目将通过弗吉尼亚大学和地区组织网络吸引优秀的申请者，该网络覆盖健康科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生。通过参加弗吉尼亚大学 MHIRT 项目，学员可以参与与健康相关的生物、物理和社会科学领域的职业生涯 卫生专业将会增加。这一目标将通过在弗吉尼亚大学 MHIRT 学者中培养以下能力来实现。首先，学者们将获得研究设计、实施和演示方面的知识、技能和经验。其次，他们将在研究中发展和应用尊重文化的做法。第三，他们将参与跨学科研究，并认识到在应对农村全球健康挑战时多种视角的重要性。最后，学生将根据所提供的指导和社交机会确定并寻求专业和学术机会。实习将包括在我们的 4 个国际合作地点之一进行为期 8 周的研究经验：南非 Thohoyandou 的 Venda 大学；乌干达姆巴拉拉科技大学；圣基茨和尼维斯；和大巴哈马岛。来自弗吉尼亚大学和合作地点的经验丰富的教师和从业者彼此之间以及与他们所服务的农村社区保持着密切的联系，他们将为学生提供指导。每年有两个地点定期轮流接待学生。研究主题将涉及 MHIRT 学者将工作的农村社区的优先问题，例如：艾滋病毒管理；水传播疾病的预防；以及糖尿病护理的新模式。除了 8 周的研究期外，学生还将受益于个性化指导，从实习当年 2 月的筛选开始，5 月最后一周在弗吉尼亚大学进行为期一周的行前研讨会和文化定向培训，以及八月第一周为期一周的研究季后研讨会和汇报。获奖当年的 10 月，学生们将返回弗吉尼亚大学，在弗吉尼亚大学全球健康学生研究研讨会中心展示他们的作品。这个综合项目将为学生提供从假设生成、数据收集和分析，一直到手稿写作和演示的支持。此外，弗吉尼亚大学 MHIRT 项目将为学生提供发展基于社区或受社区启发的健康相关研究和跨学科合作所需的关键“软”技能的机会。