Targeted Research Training: Developing Minority Psychiatric Investigators

Collaborative HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities Program: a model for developing investigators of color.

The Collaborative HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities Program was developed to address the simultaneous overrepresentation of communities of color among those with HIV and under-representation of researchers of color at the National Institutes of Health. The program is designed to help scientists develop their programs of research and obtain significant research funding. The 27-mont...

Guide for investigators conducting international cancer research involving developing nations.

International medical collaborations, previously known as ‘‘medical missionary work,’’ have existed for centuries. As aptly described by Panosian and Coates, historical motivations for this type of outreach included the desire to spread ‘‘religion as well as compassionate care.’’ The term ‘‘medical missionary’’ has endured over the years because of this history, and is therefore used in this co...

Collaborating with developing countries in psychiatric research.

have drawn attention to the huge burden have drawn attention to the huge burden of illness and severe disability that of illness and severe disability that accompanies mental illness in people living accompanies mental illness in people living in low-income countries – the majority of in low-income countries – the majority of the world's population. the world's population. The challenges of con...

Nih Short-term Research Training for Minority Students

The Pharmacogenomics of Cisplatin-Induced Pediatric Ototoxicity: A Meta-Analysis Daniella Badal, Philip Arlen, Ph.D Pandora Genomics Background: Cisplatin is a common chemotherapeutic drug used in the pediatric population for treating neuroblastomas, osteosarcomas, brain and solid tumors. However, in treating such malignancies, patients are also faced with cisplatin’s most debilitating side eff...

Conducting psychiatric research in the developing world: challenges and rewards.