Howard University Summer Research Education Experience Program in Oral Health

霍华德大学口腔健康暑期研究教育体验项目

基本信息

批准号：
10594263
负责人：
XINBIN GU
金额：
$ 13.38万
依托单位：
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2023-01-01 至 2027-12-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10594263
关键词：
Address Advisory Committees African American population Area Biomedical Research Caring Clinic Clinical Communities Dental Dental Schools Dentistry Diagnosis Discipline Disparity Disparity population Doctor of Philosophy Education Educational Activities Environment Ethnic Population Evaluation Event Financial Support Foundations Funding Goals Health Disparities Research Health Occupations Health Professional Healthcare Historically Black Colleges and Universities Improve Access Infrastructure Interdisciplinary Study Knowledge Laboratories Low Income Population Medicine Mentors Minority Minority Groups Mouth Diseases National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Oral Oral health Postdoctoral Fellow Privatization Qualifying Research Research Activity Research Personnel Research Project Grants Research Training Resources Science Enrichment Scientist Secure Series Students System Tail Time Training Training Programs Training and Education Training and Infrastructure Underrepresented Minority Underrepresented Populations Underrepresented Students Underserved Population United States Universities Vulnerable Populations Washington Writing academic program career career development college community based research craniofacial cultural competence design disparity reduction education research experience health care delivery health care service health disparity improved lectures member minority healthcare minority investigator pre-doctoral programs public health research racial disparity recruit research and development role model skills student mentoring student participation summer research undergraduate student underrepresented minority student underserved minority

项目摘要

Howard University Summer Research Education Experience Program in Oral Health Abstract Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, significant racial disparities in oral health persist, particularly between African Americans and other ethnic groups. Increasing diversity in the oral health research and care workforce is critical to improve the Nation's capacity to address and eliminate oral health disparities. Howard University is a comprehensive, research-oriented, historically black private university. The student body has traditionally been predominantly black (currently approximately 67%) and other underserved minorities. The College of Dentistry is one of the two dental schools at a historically black college or university in the United States and the only dental school in the Washington, DC, area providing dental health care to primarily low-income populations. Since 2016, the College and Johns Hopkins University have jointly led a summer research education experience program (SREEP), funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research under PAR-13-104. During this time, 45 underrepresented minority undergraduate students from Howard participated in the program. Thirteen of these students ultimately pursued postgraduate training in the health science professions (5 in dentistry, 6 in medicine, 1 in a MD/Ph.D. program, and 1 in a Ph.D. program) after graduating from their undergraduate programs. The PAR-13-104 program was not renewable; therefore, we seek new funding to support and expand the SREEP. We propose a SREEP at Howard University to engage, recruit, promote, and train Howard undergraduate students from underrepresented minorities into oral health and health disparity research. The SREEP will be a specialized didactic and mentored academic program with a series of formal and informal research and education activities tailored to recruiting and training undergraduate students. Through the SREEP, we will provide full-time eight-week-long summer research training for ten highly qualified students every year over the 5-year funding period. To provide effective mentoring for the students, we will 1) develop a highly networked team of motivated and skilled mentors from various disciplines by establishing a strong partnership between Howard and Johns Hopkins Universities; and 2) develop an effective and sustainable research training and education infrastructure by establishing a three-tiered mentoring system and executive, advising, and evaluation committees. The three-tiered mentoring system involves matching each participating undergraduate to a primary mentor with a basic, translational, clinical, community-based, or public health research focus at Howard, a secondary senior mentor at Hopkins, and a career development mentor. By participating in multi-disciplinary research projects and education events with experienced investigators who will serve as mentors and role models, the students will gain valuable research experience and knowledge in oral health and promote them into advanced education in oral health. Successful completion of this program will have significantly impacted the dental, oral and craniofacial research and training environment at Howard University College of Dentistry.

霍华德大学口腔健康暑期研究教育体验项目抽象的尽管诊断和治疗取得了进步，但口腔健康方面的显着种族差异仍然存在，特别是非裔美国人和其他族裔群体之间。口腔健康研究和护理的多样性不断增加劳动力对于提高国家解决和消除口腔健康差异的能力至关重要。霍华德大学是一所综合性、研究型、历史悠久的黑人私立大学。学生传统上，黑人群体主要是黑人（目前约占 67%），而其他群体则服务不足少数民族。牙科学院是历史上黑人学院或大学的两所牙科学院之一美国的牙科学校，也是华盛顿特区唯一一所为学生提供牙科保健服务的牙科学校主要是低收入人群。自2016年以来，学院与约翰·霍普金斯大学联合领导了暑期研究教育体验计划 (SREEP)，由国家牙科研究所资助 PAR-13-104 下的颅面研究。在此期间，45 名少数族裔本科生霍华德大学的学生参加了该项目。其中 13 名学生最终攻读研究生健康科学专业培训（牙科 5 人，医学 6 人，医学博士/博士项目 1 人，医学博士 1 人）博士计划）从本科课程毕业后。 PAR-13-104 计划不是可再生；因此，我们寻求新的资金来支持和扩大 SREEP。我们提议在霍华德大学设立 SREEP，以吸引、招募、晋升和培训霍华德本科生来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生参与口腔健康和健康差异研究。 SREEP 将是专门的教学和指导学术计划，包括一系列正式和非正式的研究和专门针对招收和培养本科生的教育活动。通过 SREEP，我们将每年为十名高素质学生提供为期八周的全日制暑期研究培训资助期限5年。为了给学生提供有效的指导，我们将 1) 建立一个高度网络化的团队，由积极进取、积极进取的团队组成。通过在霍华德和约翰斯之间建立牢固的伙伴关系，来自各个学科的熟练导师霍普金斯大学； 2）制定有效且可持续的研究培训和教育通过建立执行、建议和评估三层指导体系来构建基础设施委员会。三级指导系统包括为每个参与的本科生匹配一个基础、转化、临床、社区或公共卫生研究重点的主要导师霍华德，霍普金斯大学的二级高级导师，也是职业发展导师。通过与经验丰富的研究人员一起参与多学科研究项目和教育活动作为导师和榜样，学生将获得宝贵的研究经验和知识口腔健康并促进他们进入口腔健康的高级教育。顺利完成本次计划将对霍华德大学的牙科、口腔和颅面研究和培训环境产生重大影响大学牙科学院。