Enhancing Virology Training of Underrepresented Minority Students through Summer Research

通过暑期研究加强对代表性不足的少数民族学生的病毒学培训

• 批准号: 10313298
• 负责人: Chandravanu Dash
• 金额: $ 35.1万
• 依托单位: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10313298
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ABSTRACT Diversifying the biomedical workforce is a priority of the US government scientific funding agencies. To fulfill these priorities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority serving institutions have continued to play an outsized role in training underrepresented minority (URM) students. Specifically, Meharry Medical College (MMC) has been a leader in training URM students in basic, translational, and clinical research. Our graduate, medical and dental students are often first-generation college students, and first from their community to pursue training in biomedical research. Importantly, our trainees are role models for the next generation and often mentor and educate URM students post-graduation. Consistent with our history of providing care to the underserved since 1876, MMC is playing a vital role in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. As evident with other infectious diseases, COVID-19 disproportionally affects minority health, specifically African Americans and Hispanics. A key strategy to combat these evolving pathogens is to train the next generation of virologists from diverse backgrounds. The urgent need for a diverse workforce in virology is acutely felt during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has ravaged the World and disproportionately affected the minority population in the US. Furthermore, increasing the number of virologists from URM backgrounds is also critical to fight against deadly diseases caused by viruses such as HIV, Influenza, Ebola, and others. To address this unmet need, we propose the “Enhancing Virology Training (ENVIT) through Summer Research” program. The goal of this program is to prepare and increase the number of URM students in virology-focused careers. This 10-week program will provide an intensive research experience for graduate, medical and dental students. A local, regional, and nationwide recruitment strategy will be employed to attract URM students. We will provide classroom teaching and hands-on laboratory training in basic virology, lectures/seminars on career- development, scientific writing, communications skills and networking. Each student will work under the mentorship of a faculty mentor from Meharry Medical College (MMC) and/or Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) on a research project that focused on virology. The participants will attend seminars that allow interactions with virologists and expose students to career opportunities in virology. The program will end with a one-day Virology Mini-Symposium where students will showcase their research. This mini-symposium will also feature a keynote lecture from a national/international leader from the virology field. Finally, the ENVIT program will track the career path of participants to evaluate the extent to which program goals were met, and identify areas for improvement. Evaluations from research mentors will also be used to assess and improve the program. These focused research experiences and career development activities will meaningfully increase engagement of URM students in the area of virology and diversify the biomedical workforce specifically needed to fight the existing and emerging viral pathogens.

抽象的 使生物医学劳动力多样化是美国政府科学资助机构的优先事项。到 履行这些优先事项，历史上的黑人学院（HBCU）和其他少数派服务机构 在培训代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生中，继续发挥了重要作用。具体来说， Meharry医学院（MMC）一直是培训URM学生基础，翻译和临床的领导者 研究。我们的毕业生，医学和牙科学生通常是第一代大学生，首先是 他们的社区接受生物医学研究培训。重要的是，我们的学员是下一个的榜样 毕业后产生，经常是心理和教育的URM学生。与我们提供的历史一致 自1876年以来，MMC照顾服务欠缺的人，在打击Covid-19的大流行中起着至关重要的作用。作为 与其他传染病的证据，Covid-19不成比例地影响少数民族健康，特别是非洲人 美国人和西班牙裔。打击这些不断发展的病原体的关键策略是训练下一代 来自潜水员背景的病毒学家。在 正在进行的共同19-19大流行使世界破坏并不成比例地影响了少数 在美国的人口。此外，增加URM背景病毒学家的数量也很重要 与艾滋病毒，流感，埃博拉病毒等病毒引起的致命疾病作斗争。解决这个问题 未满足的需求，我们建议“通过夏季研究增强病毒学培训（Envit）”计划。 该计划的目标是准备和增加以病毒学为中心的URM学生的数量 职业。这个为期10周的计划将为研究生，医学和牙科提供深入的研究经验 学生。将聘请一项本地，地区和国家招聘战略来吸引URM学生。我们 将提供课堂教学和基本病毒学实验室培训，职业讲座/研讨会 - 发展，科学写作，沟通技巧和网络。每个学生将在 梅哈里医学院（MMC）和/或范德比尔特大学医学中心的载体 （vumc）在一个关注病毒学的研究项目中。参与者将参加允许 与病毒学家的互动，使学生获得病毒学的职业机会。该程序将以一个 为期一天的病毒学迷你群岛，学生将展示他们的研究。这个迷你群也将 主题演讲来自病毒学领域的国家/国际领导人。最后，Envit计划 将跟踪参与者的职业道路，以评估实现计划目标的程度，并确定 改进领域。研究导师的评估也将用于评估和改进计划。 这些集中的研究经验和职业发展活动将有意义地增加参与度 在病毒学领域的URM学生，并多样化的生物医学劳动力专门为与之抗争 现有的和新兴的病毒病原体。