High School Students STEP-UP To Biomedical Research

高中生加强生物医学研究

• 批准号: 7269078
• 负责人: George S Hui
• 金额: $ 18.26万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7269078
• 关键词: Alaska; Area; Biomedical Research; Commit; Country; Disadvantaged; Education; Effectiveness; Faculty; Fostering; Geographic state; Goals; Hand; Hawaii; Individual; Internships; Laboratories; Learning; Mentors; Minority; Mission; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Outcome Measure; Participant; Process; Puerto Rico; Qualifying; Recruitment Activity; Research; Social Sciences; Staging; Structure; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Week; career; design; ethnic minority population; experience; high school; interest; medical schools; programs; sound

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The broad long-term goal of this proposal is to increase the representation of individuals, who are underrepresented ethnic minority or of socio-economically disadvantaged background, in biomedical and social sciences research. To this end, the University of Hawaii proposes to develop and administer a STEP- UP program for high school students with the objective to ignite, stimulate and foster biomedical research interests in highly qualified students in order to effectively create a steady pipeline of underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students who are likely to commit to a career in research in the NIDDK mission areas. The proposed program "High School Students STEP-UP to Biomedical Research" will target minority and disadvantaged students in the two US States outside of the continental US, i.e. Hawaii and Alaska; and the territory of Puerto Rico. The consolidation of these regions will essentially provide, in significant proportion, one of the most diverse underrepresented ethnic minority populations in the US, and will set the stage for involvement of students from other US affiliated countries and territories in the Pacific. Accordingly, the proposed STEP-UP program focuses on four aims to achieve the stated objectives. These are: Specific Aim 1. To recruit and select 25 highly qualified high school students (Grades 10-12) of ethnic minority or socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds from the States of Hawaii and Alaska, and the US territory of Puerto Rico to participate in the NIDDK's STEP-UP Program. Specific Aim 2. To provide a 10-week research internship experience for 25 high school student participants that will include hands-on laboratory training and learning of related research principles, as well as a well designed and structured research educational program. Specific Aim 3. To recruit faculty mentors for the STEP-UP program in order to provide research experiences in areas responsive to NIDDK's research mission; and to devise a sound mentoring plan that will include long term education and career planning assistance. Specific Aim 4. To evaluate the proposed STEP-UP program in terms of process and outcome measures in order to determine its effectiveness at providing a steady pipeline of students that will pursue a career in research related to NIDDK's mission.

描述（由申请人提供）： 该提案的广泛长期目标是增加少数族裔或社会经济弱势群体在生物医学和社会科学研究中的代表性。为此，夏威夷大学提议为高中生制定和管理一项 STEP-UP 计划，其目标是激发、激发和培养高素质学生的生物医学研究兴趣，从而有效地为代表性不足的少数族裔和可能致力于 NIDDK 任务领域研究事业的弱势学生。拟议的“高中生生物医学研究升级”计划将针对美国大陆以外的两个美国州（即夏威夷和阿拉斯加）的少数族裔和弱势学生；和波多黎各的领土。这些地区的整合基本上将在很大程度上提供美国最多样化的代表性不足的少数族裔人口之一，并将为来自其他美国附属国家和太平洋地区的学生的参与奠定基础。因此，拟议的 STEP-UP 计划重点关注四个目标，以实现既定目标。具体目标 1. 从夏威夷州、阿拉斯加州以及美国领土波多黎各招募和选拔 25 名少数民族或社会经济弱势背景的高素质高中生（10-12 年级）参加NIDDK 的 STEP-UP 计划。具体目标 2. 为 25 名高中生参与者提供为期 10 周的研究实习经历，其中包括实验室实践培训和相关研究原理的学习，以及精心设计和结构化的研究教育计划。具体目标 3. 为 STEP-UP 项目招募导师，以便提供响应 NIDDK 研究使命的领域的研究经验；并制定完善的指导计划，其中包括长期教育和职业规划援助。具体目标 4. 从过程和结果衡量方面评估拟议的 STEP-UP 计划，以确定其在提供稳定的学生渠道方面的有效性，这些学生将从事与 NIDDK 使命相关的研究职业。