Short-Term Research Experiences Advancing Medical Students (STREAMS)

促进医学生发展的短期研究经验（STREAMS）

• 批准号: 10377979
• 负责人: HERBERT CHEN
• 金额: $ 3.93万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10377979
• 关键词: Accreditation; Address; Alabama; Area; Award; Career Choice; Deep South; Environment; Exposure to; Fellowship; Funding; Future; Goals; Health Disparities Research; Home; Institution; Leadership; Medical Students; Medicine; Mentors; Mentorship; Mission; Mississippi; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Physicians; Research; Scientist; Students; Surgeon; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; career; experience; interest; medical schools; programs; role model; summer research

PROJECT SUMMARY The diminishing pipeline of physician scientists is a well-established concern and the National Institutes of Health has established that medical students not pursuing a dual degree were more likely to choose a research career as a result of exposure to research during medical school. Therefore, by providing mentored short-term research experiences for medical students, and aligning students with a physician/surgeon-scientist role model, opportunity exists to influence the career choices of medical students and address the deficit in the number of physician/surgeon-scientists entering the workforce. The Short-Term Research Experiences Advancing Medical Students (STREAMS) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) offers summer research fellowships with the goal of encouraging medical students to pursue research careers, particularly in research areas related to the mission of NIDDK. This proposal seeks support to provide a formal program with stipend support to promising medical students engaged in an 8-12 week, mentored research experience with the goal of encouraging students to seriously consider careers in academic medicine and enhance the pipeline of physicians and surgeons with potential to pursue academic careers with NIDDK-related research interests. UAB is ideally suited for this program; the program boasts outstanding leadership, an environment that promotes engagement of medical students in research, a well-funded group of trainers with extensive commitment to medical student mentorship, a diverse pool of potential trainees, a wide breadth of research opportunities including health disparities research, and matching institutional support. UAB is also home to 5 NIDDK funded research centers. Furthermore, while there are thirteen AAMC accredited medical schools in the Deep South, only three T35s targeting short-term experiences for medical students have been awarded to these institutions. There are no NIDDK-funded T35s held by institutions in Alabama or the neighboring states of Mississippi and Georgia. By partnering medical students with successful physician/surgeon scientists who will serve as research role models, we aim to increase the future pool of physician/surgeon scientists in the southeast.

项目概要 医师科学家队伍的不断减少是一个众所周知的问题，国家研究院 卫生局已经确定，不攻读双学位的医学生更有可能选择 研究生涯是在医学院期间接触研究的结果。因此，通过提供指导 为医学生提供短期研究经验，并使学生与内科医生/外科医生科学家保持一致 榜样，有机会影响医学生的职业选择并解决医学生的缺陷 进入劳动力市场的内科医生/外科医生科学家数量。短期研究经历 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校 (UAB) 的高级医学生 (STREAMS) 提供暑期课程 研究奖学金，旨在鼓励医学生从事研究职业，特别是在 与 NIDDK 使命相关的研究领域。该提案寻求支持以提供正式计划 为有前途的医学生提供津贴支持，参与为期 8 至 12 周的指导研究经验 鼓励学生认真考虑学术医学职业并加强渠道的目标 有潜力从事与 NIDDK 相关研究兴趣的学术职业的内科医生和外科医生。 UAB 非常适合该项目；该计划拥有杰出的领导力和环境 促进医学生参与研究，这是一个资金雄厚的培训师小组，具有广泛的 对医学生指导的承诺、多样化的潜在学员库、广泛的研究 机会包括健康差异研究和匹配的机构支持。 UAB 还拥有 5 NIDDK 资助的研究中心。此外，虽然有 13 所 AAMC 认可的医学院 在南方腹地，只有 3 个针对医学生短期体验的 T35 获得了 这些机构。阿拉巴马州或邻近州的机构没有持有 NIDDK 资助的 T35 密西西比州和佐治亚州。通过将医学生与成功的内科医生/外科医生科学家合作， 将作为研究榜样，我们的目标是增加未来内科医生/外科医生科学家的数量 东南。