The Meharry Cancer Summer Research Program (SuRP)

梅哈里癌症夏季研究计划 (SuRP)

• 批准号: 10715291
• 负责人: LaMonica Vanette Stewart
• 金额: $ 23.81万
• 依托单位: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10715291
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Meharry Medical College seeks funding to support the continuation and expansion of the Meharry Cancer Summer Research Program (SuRP), a research experiences program that has trained several students from racial and ethnic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in health related sciences. This program will address the issue of cancer health disparities by increasing student awareness of this issue and implementing strategies designed to increase the diversity of the oncology and cancer research workforce. Meharry Medical College is one of the largest historically black academic health science centers in the United States. It has a proven commitment to training minority physicians, dentists and scientists, and is a leading producer of African Americans with PhDs in biomedical sciences. The proposed summer program will provide an intensive, hands-on cancer focused research experience for undergraduate and medical students through the lens of cancer health disparities. A diverse faculty of experienced cancer investigators from Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center will serve as research mentors for the program. A nationwide search will be conducted to identify and select 10 undergraduate students and 5 rising second year medical students per year who are interested in careers in medicine and biomedical science. Students will complete short-term 9-week (medical) or 10-week (undergraduate) research projects that focus on cancers which disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities. Projects will include multiple types of cancer research, such as basic science research, translational research, bioinformatics, epidemiological and community based studies. Additional program enrichment activities will include a cancer biology mini-course to teach participants fundamental concepts common to all cancers. Students will gain exposure to clinical cancer research via molecular tumor boards and simulation- based education. A weekly cancer health disparities research seminar will allow students to interact with oncologists and cancer researchers from groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical science and learn about career opportunities within the areas of cancer research, oncology and cancer health disparities. Sessions on the responsible conduct of research will be held on a weekly basis. Students will also participate in career and professional development workshops that will 1) allow undergraduate students to explore career options and obtain information needed to apply and successfully gain entrance into M.D. and Ph.D. training programs and 2) allow medical students to successfully complete medical training and apply for residency programs. At the end of the summer, participants will share their research findings through oral and poster presentations. Program directors and staff will track participants through the remainder of their undergraduate/medical training and post graduate experiences to evaluate whether program goals were met, and identify areas for improvement. Data from participant and research mentors will also be used to evaluate and enhance the program.

项目概要/摘要 梅哈里医学院寻求资金支持梅哈里癌症研究的继续和扩大 暑期研究计划 (SuRP)，一项研究体验计划，培训了来自以下国家的多名学生： 传统上在健康相关科学领域代表性不足的种族和族裔群体。该计划将 通过提高学生对癌症健康差异的认识并实施 旨在增加肿瘤学和癌症研究队伍多样性的战略。梅哈里医疗 学院是美国历史上最大的黑人学术健康科学中心之一。它有一个 对培训少数民族的承诺 医生、牙医和科学家，是非洲的领先生产商 拥有生物医学博士学位的美国人。 拟议的夏季项目将为以下学生提供密集的、以癌症为重点的实践研究经验 本科生和医学生通过癌症健康差异的视角。多元化的师资队伍 来自梅哈里医学院和范德比尔特英格拉姆癌症中心的经验丰富的癌症研究人员将服务 作为该计划的研究导师。将在全国范围内进行搜索，以确定并选择 10 每年有 5 名对以下职业感兴趣的本科生和二年级医学生 医学和生物医学科学。学生将完成为期 9 周（医学）或 10 周的短期课程 （本科）研究项目，重点关注对种族和民族影响不成比例的癌症 少数民族。项目将包括多种类型的癌症研究，例如基础科学研究、转化研究 研究、生物信息学、流行病学和社区研究。额外的计划丰富 活动将包括癌症生物学迷你课程，向参与者传授所有人共同的基本概念 癌症。学生将通过分子肿瘤板和模拟接触临床癌症研究 基础教育。每周一次的癌症健康差异研究研讨会将使学生能够与 来自传统上在生物医学科学和学习领域代表性不足的群体的肿瘤学家和癌症研究人员 关于癌症研究、肿瘤学和癌症健康差异领域的职业机会。会议 将每周举行一次关于负责任地开展研究的活动。学生还将参与职业生涯 和专业发展研讨会将 1) 让本科生探索职业选择 并获取申请并成功获得医学博士和博士学位所需的信息。培训计划 2）允许医学生成功完成医学培训并申请住院医师计划。 夏季结束时，参与者将通过口头和海报展示分享他们的研究成果。 项目主管和工作人员将跟踪参与者完成剩余的本科/医学培训 和研究生经验来评估项目目标是否达到，并确定需要改进的领域。 来自参与者和研究导师的数据也将用于评估和加强该计划。