Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART)

夏季多元文化高级研究培训（SMART）

• 批准号: 7821246
• 负责人: Thomas Yorio
• 金额: $ 15.31万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-10 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7821246
• 关键词: Affect; Alzheimer' s Disease; Animal Rights; Animals; Biomedical Research; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cardiovascular system; Chronic Disease; Communities; Computers; Data Analyses; Diabetes Mellitus; Disadvantaged; Disease; Educational workshop; Electronic Mail; Environment; Faculty; Glaucoma; Goals; Health Sciences; Home environment; Hour; Hypertension; Institution; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Learning; Mails; Measures; Mentors; Minority; Obesity; Oral; Outcome; Participant; Plagiarism; Population; Process; Questionnaires; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Methodology; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Retinal Diseases; Safety; Schools; Science; Scientific Misconduct; Sleep Disorders; Stroke; Students; Techniques; Testing; Time; Traineeship; Training; Training Programs; United States National Institutes of Health; Writing; abstracting; career; career development; design; experience; falls; health disparity; human subject; interdisciplinary approach; lectures; meetings; member; programs; responsible research conduct; role model; safety practice; skills; success; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competitive renewal of the Short-Term Research Training for Increasing Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25) that we entitled, }Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART)}. This proposal continues a highly successful effort to encourage and recruit underrepresented and disadvantaged undergraduate students to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences by providing a ten week summer traineeship in a research environment that focuses on health disparities and chronic diseases that affect minority populations (e.g. cardiovascular disease, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, stroke, Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma). This program involves a multidisciplinary approach incorporating faculty from among the biomedical science division of the health science center. Trainees attend workshops and lectures on: Responsible Conduct of Research including issues on scientific misconduct, plagiarism, laboratory safety and practice, Animal handling and Animal Rights. Students will take a class on }Introduction to Cardiovascular Science} and receive two hours of credit toward their degrees at their home institutions. Each student selects a research mentor from the participating faculty after reviewing their research programs and listening to faculty presentations. Students and faculty design and plan a research project that can be accomplished within the ten-week period. All students must complete an abstract suitable for submission and presentation at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) that is held each Fall. Students gain experience in: 1) generating a hypothesis; 2) testing their hypothesis through research experimentation; 3) using new research methodology; 4) evaluating and analyzing data using computer techniques, and 5) presenting their findings in a written abstract and oral presentation at the end of the training period. The overall effect of these activities is to create a sense of becoming a member of the scientific research community. This sense is furthered by student participation in their mentor's research group and departmental weekly seminar meetings. A Role Model Seminar is also presented as a part of this summer experience. Students and faculty mentors each evaluate the program and each other at the end of the program. An external evaluator is used to help assess the program process as well as program outcomes. Students will be tracked throughout their participation in the program and after by formal mailed questionnaires, email follow- ups and the use of a list serve. Students will be recruited to return to the McNair summer program, if still eligible, and for entry into graduate school. Program success will ultimately be measured by the numbers of students who enter biomedical science graduate programs and research as a career. RESEARCH & RELATED Other Project Information 7. Project Narrative This program entitled, "Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training" or SMART is part of an overall effort by our institution to increase the numbers of underrepresented and disadvantaged students into masters and doctoral programs in biomedical sciences. It is a ten week summer research training experience with specific emphasis on research career development in cardiovascular and related disorders. They will be in research laboratories most of their time, attend workshops on responsible conduct of research and attend a weekly course on cardiovascular science. (End of Abstract)

描述（由申请人提供）： 这是对增加健康相关研究多样性的短期研究培训 (R25) 的竞争性更新，我们将其命名为“夏季多元文化高级研究培训 (SMART)}。该提案继续非常成功地鼓励和招募代表性不足和处境不利的本科生从事生物医学科学职业，在研究环境中提供为期十周的夏季实习，重点关注影响少数群体的健康差异和慢性疾病（例如心血管疾病） 、高血压、肥胖、糖尿病、中风、阿尔茨海默病和青光眼）。该计划涉及多学科方法，包括健康科学中心生物医学科学部门的教师。学员参加以下主题的研讨会和讲座：负责任的研究行为，包括科学不端行为、剽窃、实验室安全和实践、动物处理和动物权利等问题。学生将参加“心血管科学概论”课程，并在其所在院校获得两个小时的学位学分。每个学生在审查了他们的研究项目并听取了教师的演讲后，从参与的教师中选择了一名研究导师。学生和教师设计并计划一个可以在十周内完成的研究项目。所有学生必须完成一份适合在每年秋季举行的少数民族学生年度生物医学研究会议 (ABRCMS) 上提交和展示的摘要。学生获得以下方面的经验：1）提出假设； 2）通过研究实验检验他们的假设； 3）采用新的研究方法； 4) 使用计算机技术评估和分析数据，以及 5) 在培训期结束时以书面摘要和口头陈述的形式展示他们的发现。这些活动的总体效果是营造一种成为科学研究界一员的感觉。学生参与导师的研究小组和部门每周研讨会会议进一步增强了这种意识。作为今年夏季体验的一部分，还举办了榜样研讨会。学生和教师导师各自对项目进行评估，并在项目结束时相互评估。外部评估员用于帮助评估项目流程和项目结果。学生参与该计划的整个过程以及之后将通过正式邮寄调查问卷、电子邮件跟进和使用列表服务进行跟踪。如果仍然符合资格，学生将被招募返回麦克奈尔暑期项目，并进入研究生院。项目的成功最终将取决于进入生物医学科学研究生项目并以研究为职业的学生数量。研究与相关 其他项目信息 7. 项目叙述 该项目名为“夏季多元文化高级研究培训”或 SMART，是我们机构总体努力的一部分，旨在增加代表性不足和弱势学生进入生物医学科学硕士和博士项目的数量。这是为期十周的夏季研究培训体验，特别强调心血管及相关疾病的研究职业发展。他们大部分时间都在研究实验室，参加关于负责任的研究行为的研讨会，并参加每周一次的心血管科学课程。 （摘要完）