Meharry summer undergraduate research experiences in cancer program

梅哈里暑期本科生癌症项目研究经验

• 批准号: 10004574
• 负责人: LaMonica Vanette Stewart
• 金额: $ 15.23万
• 依托单位: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-20 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10004574
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Meharry Medical College seeks funding to establish a Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences in Cancer Program that primarily trains undergraduate students from racial and ethnic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in health related sciences. Meharry Medical College is one of the largest historically black academic health science centers in the United States that is dedicated to educating physicians and biomedical researchers. It has a proven commitment to training underrepresented minorities, and is a leading producer of African Americans with PhDs in biomedical sciences. Meharry has received federal funding to support a U54 Cancer Partnership and other programs to support the research training and education of students traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research. The proposed 10-week summer program will provide an intensive, hands-on cancer focused research experience for undergraduate students and expose student participants to the area of cancer health disparities. Research training will be provided by a diverse faculty consisting of experienced cancer investigators from Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A nationwide search will be conducted to identify and select 12-16 undergraduate students per year who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine and biomedical science. Student research projects will focus on cancers which disproportionately affect African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities. In addition, each year student research projects will include preclinical studies, clinical research, epidemiological and community based studies as well as translational cancer research. Additional program enrichment activities will include a cancer biology mini- course to teach students fundamental concepts common to all cancers. A weekly cancer biology/cancer health disparities research seminar will allow students to interact with oncologists and cancer researchers from groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical science and to be exposed to 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 biweekly basis. Students will also participate in career development workshops that will allow students to explore career options, create individual development plans, and obtain information needed to apply and successfully gain entrance into M.D. and Ph.D. training programs. At the end of the 10-week program, students will have an opportunity to create oral and poster presentations describing their research and present their research findings internally during the Meharry Summer Cancer Research Symposium and externally at one national conference. Program directors and staff will track participants through their undergraduate and post graduate training to evaluate the extent to which program goals were met, and identify areas for improvement. Evaluations from research mentors and undergraduate program directors/chairs will also be used to assess and improve the program.

项目摘要/摘要 Meharry医学院寻求资金来建立夏季的本科研究经验 癌症计划主要培训传统上种族和族裔的本科生 与健康有关的科学的代表性不足。梅哈里医学院是历史上最大的黑人之一 美国的学术健康科学中心致力于教育医生和生物医学 研究人员。它对培训代表人数不足的少数族裔有一个公认的承诺，并且是 具有生物医学科学博士学位的非裔美国人。梅哈里（Meharry）已获得联邦资金来支持U54 癌症伙伴关系和其他计划，以支持学生的研究培训和教育传统上 生物医学研究的代表性不足。 拟议的为期10周的夏季计划将提供一项密集，动手癌症的研究 本科生的经验，并使学生参与者面临癌症健康差异的领域。 研究培训将由一位由经验丰富的癌症调查员组成的多元化教师提供 梅哈里医学院和范德比尔特大学医学中心。全国范围的搜索将进行 识别并选择有兴趣从事医学职业感兴趣的12至16名本科生 和生物医学科学。学生研究项目将重点放在影响不成比例的癌症上 非裔美国人以及其他种族和少数民族。此外，学生研究项目每年都会 包括临床前研究，临床研究，流行病学和社区研究以及 转化癌研究。其他计划丰富活动将包括癌症生物学微型 课程教学学生所有癌症常见的基本概念。每周一次的癌症生物学/癌症健康 差异研究研讨会将使学生与肿瘤学家和癌症研究人员互动 传统上，群体在生物医学科学领域的人数不足，并会遇到职业机会 癌症研究，肿瘤学和癌症健康差异的领域。负责任的会议 研究将每两周举行。学生还将参加职业发展研讨会 将允许学生探索职业选择，创建个人发展计划并获取信息 需要申请并成功进入医学博士和博士学位。培训计划。 在为期10周的课程结束时，学生将有机会创建口头和海报演示文稿 描述他们的研究并在Meharry夏季癌症中内部介绍他们的研究结果 在一个全国会议上研究研讨会和外部。计划主管和员工将跟踪 通过本科和研究生培训的参与者来评估计划的程度 实现了目标，并确定改进的领域。研究导师和本科生的评估 计划导演/椅子还将用于评估和改进程序。