MUSC Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity

MUSC 短期研究教育计划以增加多样性

基本信息

批准号：
8656734
负责人：
CYNTHIA F. WRIGHT
金额：
$ 10.91万
依托单位：
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2008-05-10 至 2018-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8656734
关键词：
Address Affect African American Area Award Basic Science Biochemistry Biology Biomedical Research Cardiac Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Physiology Cardiovascular system Career Choice Clinical Data Development Diabetes Mellitus Disadvantaged Disease Doctor of Pharmacy Doctor of Philosophy Education Education Projects Educational process of instructing Enrollment Epidemiologic Studies Evaluation Exposure to Extramural Activities Faculty Fatty Acids Feedback Fostering Funding Goals Grant Health Occupations Hematological Disease Hypertension Individual Interview Journals Laboratories Learning Lung diseases Lupus Measures Medical Mentors Meta-Analysis Methods Minority Minority Groups Modeling Molecular Biology National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Obesity Oral Outcome Paper Participant Peer Review Population Professional Education Proteomics Publications Publishing Qualifying Recruitment Activity Regenerative Medicine Reporting Request for Applications Research Research Activity Research Ethics Research Personnel Research Project Grants Research Technics Research Training Role Safety Science Series Signal Transduction Sleep Disorders Social Functioning South Carolina Staging Stem cells Structure Students Surveys Training Training Programs Translational Research Underrepresented Minority United States National Institutes of Health Universities Visit Work Writing abstracting base biological research career cohort disability experience health care quality health disparity improved insight interest lectures meetings next generation novel strategies programs responsible research conduct social therapy development undergraduate research undergraduate student

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this program is to provide a short-term (10 weeks) training experience for sixteen talented students in the area of cardiovascular function and disease. This research education opportunity will be provided to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, racial and ethnic minorities, and others who are underrepresented in biomedical research. The long-range goal is to increase the number of such students in health professions in cardiovascular biology through interest generated by exposure to a broad spectrum of research activities in this area. The 36 Program Faculty participating in the program have been selected on the basis of their active research programs in the areas of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular development, cardiac stem cells and regenerative medicine, cell signaling, and proteomics that are supported by more than $11.4 million of extramural funds from the NIH/NHLBI. Several of the faculty also conduct clinical and outcomes oriented research on diseases that disproportionately affect African Americans, notably hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. Students in the program are intimately involved in the ongoing projects in one of the participating laboratories, and are exposed to many aspects of conducting basic science and epidemiologic research. Students also participate in a lecture series that covers cutting edge topics in biological research, with a focus on topics related to cardiovascular function and disease and clinical/translational research. In addition, the lecture series covers laboratory safety and responsible conduct of research. In this application, we propose a new initiative that will give these students an opportunity to meet with visiting seminar speakers in informal settings to gain insights into careers in science. At the conclusion of the training period, the students prepare a brief written paper and give an oral presentation on their project. They are also encouraged to return in November to present their research at the university-wide annual research day. The program will be evaluated at the end of each year using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches including analysis of applicant pool data and recruitment methods, as well as exit interviews and surveys with the students, and feedback from the mentors. Additionally, students' career choices and progress will be tracked by yearly contact with each of the participants. (End of Abstract)

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划的主要目的是为心血管功能和疾病领域的16名才华横溢的学生提供短期（10周）的培训经验。该研究教育机会将向来自处境不利的背景，种族和少数民族以及其他人数不足的学生提供生物医学研究的学生。远程目标是通过暴露于该领域的各种研究活动所产生的兴趣来增加心血管生物学的卫生职业中此类学生的数量。参加该计划的36个计划教职员工是根据其在心血管疾病，心血管发育，心脏干细胞和再生医学，细胞信号传导和蛋白质组学领域的积极研究计划中选择的，这些蛋白质组学得到了超过1,140万美元的NIH/NHLBI的启用外基金的支持。一些教师还对疾病进行临床和结果研究，对非洲裔美国人，特别是高血压，糖尿病和肥胖症的疾病。该计划中的学生密切参与了其中一个参与实验室的正在进行的项目，并且暴露于进行基础科学和流行病学研究的许多方面。学生还参加了涵盖生物学研究中最前沿主题的讲座系列，重点是与心血管功能和疾病以及临床/转化研究有关的主题。此外，演讲系列涵盖了实验室安全和负责任的研究行为。在此应用程序中，我们提出了一项新计划，该计划将使这些学生有机会与访问研讨会见面在非正式环境中的演讲者可以洞悉科学职业。在培训期结束时，学生们准备了简短的书面论文，并就其项目进行口头介绍。还鼓励他们在11月返回，在大学范围的年度研究日介绍他们的研究。该计划将在每年年底使用定性和定量方法的组合进行评估，包括分析申请人池数据和招聘方法，以及与学生的退出访谈和调查以及导师的反馈。此外，学生的职业选择和进步将通过与每个参与者的年度联系来跟踪。（抽象的结尾）