Subaward Project

This project seeks to make accessible for students, their families, and members of the larger community health information by creating a robust educational learning experience across grade levels. This project will have an in-depth focus on different aspects of biomedical clinical research. We will host for students and parents a module-based curriculum that focuses on the following four target areas:M1 - Health LiteracyHuman Immune systemRole of immunizationInfectious diseases and how to fight themM2 - Clinical ResearchBasics of clinical human subject researchDrug development processRole of NIH and FDAM3 - Health Information AccessCDC, WHO, FDA and other authentic sites and how to navigate themClintrails.gov - searching for and participating in clinical trialsM4 - Health InequitiesLeading health mortalities and morbidities in context of race andethnicities access barriers and health disparitiesMiddle School Students will create health informational materials including brochures, videos, and presentations in English, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, and other languages to disseminate health information on the related topics listed in the modules above. The seeks to create and provide rigorous and multi-faceted programing to its students. It then utilizes student engagement to provide information to the larger underrepresented community. Each of the four modules will have a deliverable component produced by students for the community. The project will help familiarize students with digital health literacy and facilitate the same for the larger community through the utilization of technology.