Minority Predoctoral NHLBI Research Training at UT Southwestern

UT 西南大学少数族裔博士前 NHLBI 研究培训

• 批准号: 8244464
• 负责人: Byron Cryer
• 金额: $ 11.84万
• 依托单位: UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8244464
• 关键词: Area; Awareness; Basic Science; Biomedical Research; Clinical; Clinical Research; Development; Disadvantaged; Enrollment; Ensure; Environment; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Individual; Institution; Instruction; Medical Students; Medical center; Mentors; Minority; Minority Groups; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Participant; Physicians; Publications; Research; Research Activity; Research Training; Resources; Students; Training; Training Support; United States; abstracting; base; career; career development; experience; interest; medical schools; pre-doctoral; programs; success; tool; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to establish at UT Southwestern Medical Center a program to enhance minority predoctoral research training at UT Southwestern. This program will center on the provision of short-term training opportunities for undergraduate students in basic and clinical biomedical research focused in areas supported by the NHLBI. Medical student research at UT Southwestern Medical Center has a long and rich tradition. Since its inception in the late 1950's, these activities have encompassed a wide range of research opportunities that have been funded by state, private, and federal funds. Research activities that have been supported have included basic, clinical and applied areas. This program has increased substantially in the past decade, commensurate with the emergence and development of facilities and faculty available on the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus. At present, the funds available can only be used to support training of students enrolled at UT Southwestern Medical Center and selected undergraduates via competitive programs. It has become clear that the limited resources available to support these competitive programs do not permit the inclusion of groups of individuals that could benefit enormously from the early opportunities that such programs provide. This application seeks to establish a mechanism for the establishment of a program that will focus on the exposure and development of undergraduate students to formal training in clinical and basic research in areas of NHLBI focus. Based on experiences derived from the existing summer research programs at UT Southwestern, we envisage the establishment of a competitive program that would serve to provide opportunities to a range of students from underrepresented groups and minorities from undergraduate campuses throughout the United States. Building upon the experience that we have amassed in the identification and pairing of students and mentors, we anticipate that these experiences will serve to greatly enrich the research backgrounds of participating students. Furthermore, we believe that this program will serve to make the training environment accessible to a broader group of students. We anticipate that these activities will serve to enhance the opportunities for matriculation (at Southwestern, other medical schools, and other research focused institutions), heighten the awareness of the opportunities that are available for students that become interested in research, as well as providing the tools and mentoring support needed to take advantage of these opportunities. Numerous publications have noted the declining percentage of physicians pursuing a career in biomedical research. This need is particularly obvious when viewed from the perspective of minorities engaged in biomedical research. Our experience in engaging students at early periods of their careers have demonstrated to us the powerful effect that such experiences can have on the subsequent career development of individual students. The program outlined here will enlarge the range of opportunities for minority students to participate in NHLBI-sponsored research at UT Southwestern. (End of Abstract)

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请旨在在 UT 西南医学中心建立一个项目，以加强 UT 西南医学中心的少数族裔博士前研究培训。该计划的重点是为本科生提供短期培训机会，重点关注 NHLBI 支持领域的基础和临床生物医学研究。德克萨斯大学西南医学中心的医学生研究有着悠久而丰富的传统。自 20 世纪 50 年代末启动以来，这些活动涵盖了由州、私人和联邦基金资助的广泛研究机会。所支持的研究活动包括基础、临床和应用领域。该项目在过去十年中大幅增加，与 UT 西南医学中心校园内设施和师资的出现和发展相称。目前，可用资金只能用于支持在德州大学西南医学中心就读的学生和通过竞争性项目选拔的本科生的培训。很明显，可用于支持这些竞争性计划的资源有限，不允许将可以从此类计划提供的早期机会中获得巨大利益的个人群体纳入其中。该申请旨在建立一种机制，以建立一个项目，重点关注本科生在 NHLBI 重点领域的临床和基础研究的正式培训的接触和发展。根据德州大学西南分校现有夏季研究项目的经验，我们设想建立一个竞争性项目，为美国各地本科校园中代表性不足的群体和少数族裔的学生提供机会。基于我们在学生和导师的识别和配对方面积累的经验，我们预计这些经验将极大地丰富参与学生的研究背景。此外，我们相信该计划将有助于为更广泛的学生群体提供培训环境。我们预计这些活动将有助于增加入学机会（在西南大学、其他医学院和其他以研究为重点的机构），提高对研究感兴趣的学生的机会意识，并提供利用这些机会所需的工具和指导支持。许多出版物都指出，从事生物医学研究的医生比例正在下降。从从事生物医学研究的少数群体的角度来看，这种需求尤其明显。我们在学生职业生涯早期吸引学生的经验向我们证明了这种经历可以对学生个人随后的职业发展产生强大的影响。这里概述的计划将扩大少数族裔学生参与 UT 西南大学 NHLBI 资助的研究的机会范围。 （摘要完）