Funded under the NIMHD’s Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) mechanism, the ultimate goal of this initiative is to help create a culturally competent healthcare workforce. This is crucial because of the current dearth of Hispanic, Black, and Native American researchers in the health professions.
Dr. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, the study’s Principal Investigator, explains, “The Global Health Disparities Research Experience will give undergraduates from underrepresented populations exciting opportunities to assist internationally renowned researchers with their grant projects. It will enable these students to see the concepts they are learning in class come alive, and expose them to how science is conducted in different cultures and with populations other than their own. Most importantly, it will allow them to see themselves as tomorrow’s health disparities scientists.”
“We are proud that with the support of the NIH/NIMHD we are engaging future researchers at the undergraduate level,” said Dean Nilda (Nena) Peragallo. “It is central to the mission of our school to help talented students from diverse backgrounds advance within the education and research pipeline. We are developing the scientists whose work will decrease and ultimately eliminate health disparities.”
Established in 1948 as South Florida’s first collegiate nursing program, the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Miami has a distinguished tradition of preparing nurses to provide compassionate quality care to local, national and international communities. Nursing students at the undergraduate and graduate levels are educated by renowned scholars, and exposed to a broad range of clinical experiences and cutting-edge research. Since its inception, the program has provided diverse educational opportunities for over 6,000 nursing professionals at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels. The curriculum includes degree programs leading to the BSN, the MSN, the Ph.D. and DNP degrees, as well as the BSHS (Bachelor of Science in Health Science) and BSPH (Bachelor of Science in Public Health). For more information, please visit the school website at http://www.miami.edu/sonhs.
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1 National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health
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