Minority Predoctoral NHLBI Research Training at UT Southwestern

UT 西南大学少数族裔博士前 NHLBI 研究培训

• 批准号: 7797597
• 负责人: MICHAEL J MCPHAUL
• 金额: $ 11.84万
• 依托单位: UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7797597
• 关键词: Area; Awareness; Basic Science; Biomedical Research; Clinical; Development; Disadvantaged; Enrollment; Ensure; Environment; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Individual; Institution; Instruction; Medical Students; Medical center; Mentors; Minority; Minority Groups; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Participant; Physicians; Publications; Research; Research Activity; Research Training; Resources; Students; Training; Training Support; United States; abstracting; base; career; career development; experience; interest; medical schools; pre-doctoral; programs; success; tool

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to establish at UT Southwestern Medical Center a program to enhance minority predoctoral research training at UT Southwestern. This program will center on the provision of short-term training opportunities for undergraduate students in basic and clinical biomedical research focused in areas supported by the NHLBI. Medical student research at UT Southwestern Medical Center has a long and rich tradition. Since its inception in the late 1950's, these activities have encompassed a wide range of research opportunities that have been funded by state, private, and federal funds. Research activities that have been supported have included basic, clinical and applied areas. This program has increased substantially in the past decade, commensurate with the emergence and development of facilities and faculty available on the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus. At present, the funds available can only be used to support training of students enrolled at UT Southwestern Medical Center and selected undergraduates via competitive programs. It has become clear that the limited resources available to support these competitive programs do not permit the inclusion of groups of individuals that could benefit enormously from the early opportunities that such programs provide. This application seeks to establish a mechanism for the establishment of a program that will focus on the exposure and development of undergraduate students to formal training in clinical and basic research in areas of NHLBI focus. Based on experiences derived from the existing summer research programs at UT Southwestern, we envisage the establishment of a competitive program that would serve to provide opportunities to a range of students from underrepresented groups and minorities from undergraduate campuses throughout the United States. Building upon the experience that we have amassed in the identification and pairing of students and mentors, we anticipate that these experiences will serve to greatly enrich the research backgrounds of participating students. Furthermore, we believe that this program will serve to make the training environment accessible to a broader group of students. We anticipate that these activities will serve to enhance the opportunities for matriculation (at Southwestern, other medical schools, and other research focused institutions), heighten the awareness of the opportunities that are available for students that become interested in research, as well as providing the tools and mentoring support needed to take advantage of these opportunities. Numerous publications have noted the declining percentage of physicians pursuing a career in biomedical research. This need is particularly obvious when viewed from the perspective of minorities engaged in biomedical research. Our experience in engaging students at early periods of their careers have demonstrated to us the powerful effect that such experiences can have on the subsequent career development of individual students. The program outlined here will enlarge the range of opportunities for minority students to participate in NHLBI-sponsored research at UT Southwestern. (End of Abstract)

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请是在UT西南医学中心建立一个计划，以增强UT西南部的少数族裔研究培训。该计划将以基础和临床生物医学研究的本科生提供的短期培训机会为中心，该研究集中在NHLBI支持的领域。 UT西南医学中心的医学生研究具有悠久而丰富的传统。自1950年代后期成立以来，这些活动涵盖了由州，私人和联邦资金资助的广泛研究机会。支持的研究活动包括基本，临床和应用领域。在过去的十年中，该计划已大大增加，与UT西南医学中心校园可用的设施和教职员工的出现和开发相称。目前，可用的资金只能用于支持在UT西南医学中心招收的学生以及通过竞争计划中选择的本科生的培训。很明显，可用于支持这些竞争计划的有限资源不允许包括可以从这些计划提供的早期机会中受益的个人群体。该申请旨在建立一个计划的机制，该计划将重点介绍本科生在NHLBI COVOUS领域的临床和基础研究方面进行正式培训。根据UT西南部现有的夏季研究计划获得的经验，我们设想建立一个竞争计划，该计划将为来自美国各地的本科校园中代表性不足的团体和少数群体的学生提供机会。基于我们在学生和导师配对中积累的经验，我们预计这些经验将极大地丰富参与学生的研究背景。此外，我们认为该计划将使一群更广泛的学生能够使培训环境访问。我们预计，这些活动将有助于增加入学的机会（在西南，其他医学院和其他研究的机构），提高对对研究感兴趣的学生的机会的认识，并提供利用这些机会的工具和指导支持所需的工具和指导支持。许多出版物指出，从事生物医学研究职业的医生比例下降。从从事生物医学研究的少数群体的角度看，这种需求尤其明显。我们在职业生涯早期吸引学生的经验向我们证明了这种经验对随后的个人学生的职业发展产生的强大影响。此处概述的计划将扩大少数族裔学生参加UT西南部NHLBI赞助的研究的机会。 （抽象的结尾）