The Research Education/ Training Core of the proposed P20 Center of Excellence is designed to increasethe number of researchers and professionals from minority and medically underserved populations trained inbehavioral research as well as the quality of the training provided to behavioral researchers conductingresearch on health disparities.
Its specific aims i nclude: (1) to develop a cadre of student researchers (bothundergraduate and graduate) at Florida International University (FIU) conducting behavioral research on thenature and extent of the HIV/AIDS and substance abuse epidemic among the Latino population; and (2) tosupport the career development of junior faculty at FIU conducting behavioral research on health disparitiesin HIV/AIDS and substance use. Florida International University (FIU) is the largest four-year HispanicServing Institution (HSI) in the United States. HSIs educate close to half of all Latino college students in theU.S., thereby contributing to the reduction of educational disparities between Latinos and other ethnic/racialgroups. FIU awards the most bachelor's and master's degrees to Latinos among all the colleges in thecontinental United States. It is also dedicated to the education of other minorities. Black Issues in HigherEducation and Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education have ranked FIU among all American universities firstin granting baccalaureate and graduate degrees to Latinos and African Americans combined. Since amajority of students and junior faculty who will receive training from the proposed Center at FIU will be fromminorities, they are likely to have a special and long-term interest in and motivation to understand healthdisparities that affect their communities, thereby enhancing chances of increasing a scientific understandingof health disparity issues as well as developing effective culturally-relevant prevention and treatmentprograms.
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