Louisiana SURE Program

路易斯安那州 SURE 计划

• 批准号: 8650246
• 负责人: Paula Elizabeth Gregory
• 金额: $ 8.69万
• 依托单位: LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-05 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8650246
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program will train the next generation of scientists by supporting ten students to work with researchers within the Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center (CARC) and is designed to cultivate their interest in research careers. We have identified many faculty mentors who are working in the area alcohol abuse and alcohol-related diseases. Students will conduct intensive, hands-on clinical or basic science research for 8 weeks in the summer, working with CARC faculty. The goals of the SURE program include: 1) to provide the best and brightest undergraduate students with research experiences; 2) to provide students with strong career and research mentoring; 3) to increase the participation in research by women and minority students. In addition to their research experience, we have created a tiered mentoring system that includes the research mentor, medical students and more experienced undergraduate researchers. This mentoring system helps build students' confidence in their ability to conduct research, which correlates with the likelihood they will choose a career in this field. Students wil also receive didactic training on: lab safety, responsible conduct of research, HIPPA, use of animals in research, skill development in writing abstracts and presenting research results. At the end of the summer, students will present their data in the Summer Research Poster Session. We will work to recruit 20% underrepresented minority participants. In order to determine the impact the program has on participants, summer interns will complete Goals Attainment Scales (GAS) as well as Research Self Efficacy (RSE) surveys. GAS has been shown to be a valuable and flexible technique for the evaluation of summer research training programs. RSE is a major predictor of career choice and performance. We will also conduct formative and summative evaluations concerning the entire program, in order to determine what programmatic changes may be needed and to tailor the program to better meet the needs of the students. Lastly, working with the Office of Student Affairs, we will implement a career tracking system which will measure the long-term impact of their summer experience on career choices and research participation, thus quantifying the long-term impact of this program. This program will not only help to create the next generation of alcohol researchers but also will provide students with a better understanding of the diversity of alcohol-related diseases.

描述（由申请人提供）：暑期本科生研究体验（SURE）计划将通过支持十名学生与综合酒精研究中心（CARC）的研究人员合作来培训下一代科学家，旨在培养他们对研究职业的兴趣。我们已经确定了许多在酗酒和酒精相关疾病领域工作的教师导师。夏季，学生将与 CARC 教师一起进行为期 8 周的密集实践临床或基础科学研究。 SURE 项目的目标包括： 1) 为最优秀、最聪明的本科生提供研究经验； 2）为学生提供强有力的职业和研究指导； 3）增加女性和少数民族学生对研究的参与。除了他们的研究经验之外，我们还创建了一个分层的指导体系，包括研究导师、医学生和更有经验的本科研究人员。这种指导系统有助于建立学生对自己进行研究能力的信心，这与他们选择该领域职业的可能性相关。学生还将接受以下方面的教学培训：实验室安全、负责任的研究行为、HIPPA、在研究中使用动物、撰写摘要和展示研究结果的技能发展。夏季结束时，学生将在夏季研究海报会议上展示他们的数据。我们将努力招募 20% 代表性不足的少数族裔参与者。为了确定该计划对参与者的影响，暑期实习生将完成目标达成量表（GAS）以及研究自我效能（RSE）调查。 GAS 已被证明是评估夏季研究培训项目的一种有价值且灵活的技术。 RSE 是职业选择和绩效的主要预测指标。我们还将对整个项目进行形成性和总结性评估，以确定可能需要进行哪些项目更改，并调整项目以更好地满足学生的需求。最后，我们将与学生事务办公室合作，实施职业跟踪系统，衡量他们的暑期经历对职业选择和研究参与的长期影响，从而量化该项目的长期影响。该计划不仅有助于培养下一代酒精研究人员，而且还将帮助学生更好地了解酒精相关疾病的多样性。