A Scientific Program in Regenerative Engineering (ASPIRE): A Prospective Program Aimed at Tackling Health Disparities in the USA.

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI:10.1007/s40615-024-02140-8

Kevin W-H Lo, Marsha Murray, Cato T Laurencin

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Abstract

The continued low numbers of Blacks in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) represent an American crisis that threatens growing awareness and efforts to effectively address health disparities that affect the Black population. Regenerative engineering is an emerging STEMM field that seeks to combine principles from engineering, life sciences, physics, and medicine to develop new technologies for repairing and regenerating damaged tissues and organs. We believe that regenerative engineering has the potential to address some of the root causes of health disparities by developing new approaches that are more accessible and affordable, particularly for low-income communities and people living in rural areas. We have developed a new education program targeting to K-12 groups "A Scientific Program in Regenerative Engineering (ASPIRE)" that supports the mentoring and education of Black K-12 students to enter successfully and thrive as professionals in STEMM particularly in the area of regenerative engineering. We have been collaborating with several public-school systems in Connecticut, especially among the regions with health disparities to implement the program. We believe our new educational K-12 program would serve as a vehicle to reduce health disparities in the region.

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再生工程科学计划（ASPIRE）：旨在消除美国健康差距的前瞻性计划。

黑人在 STEMM（科学、技术、工程、数学和医学）领域的人数持续偏低是美国的一个危机，它威胁着人们日益增长的意识和为有效解决影响黑人健康的不均衡问题所做的努力。再生工程是一个新兴的 STEMM 领域，旨在结合工程学、生命科学、物理学和医学的原理，开发修复和再生受损组织和器官的新技术。我们相信，再生工程有可能通过开发更容易获得、更负担得起的新方法来解决健康差距的一些根本原因，尤其是对低收入社区和农村地区的居民而言。我们针对 K-12 群体制定了一项新的教育计划 "再生工程科学计划 (ASPIRE)"，支持对 K-12 黑人学生进行指导和教育，帮助他们成功进入 STEMM（尤其是再生工程领域）并成为专业人士。我们一直在与康涅狄格州的几个公立学校系统合作实施该计划，尤其是在存在健康差异的地区。我们相信，我们新的 K-12 教育计划将成为减少该地区健康差距的工具。

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Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

7.30

自引率

5.10%

发文量

263

期刊介绍： Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities reports on the scholarly progress of work to understand, address, and ultimately eliminate health disparities based on race and ethnicity. Efforts to explore underlying causes of health disparities and to describe interventions that have been undertaken to address racial and ethnic health disparities are featured. Promising studies that are ongoing or studies that have longer term data are welcome, as are studies that serve as lessons for best practices in eliminating health disparities. Original research, systematic reviews, and commentaries presenting the state-of-the-art thinking on problems centered on health disparities will be considered for publication. We particularly encourage review articles that generate innovative and testable ideas, and constructive discussions and/or critiques of health disparities.Because the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities receives a large number of submissions, about 30% of submissions to the Journal are sent out for full peer review.