REU Site: BME Community of Undergraduate Research Scholars for Cancer (BME CUReS Cancer)

BME社区的本科生研究学者癌症（BME CURES癌症）REU网站在得克萨斯大学（UT）奥斯汀将提供机会，为一个多元化的有才华的本科生传统上在工程中代表性不足作出贡献对癌症的发展，预防和治疗的物理原理的基本理解在为期十周的夏季研究经验。这种研究经验的目的是，学者们将受到启发，继续在他们的职业生涯中发挥作用，在工程，医学，生物科学，物理科学和医疗保健领域的不同领域的研究人员的多学科团队，以促进人类健康。该网站与UT医学院和德克萨斯4000（一个培养学生领袖和社区参与抗癌斗争的非营利组织）的合作将有助于提高公众对癌症研究的认识，特别是物理科学和工程学如何积极影响医疗保健。癌症是一种复杂的疾病，特别是工程学原理被开发用于研究，建模和解决复杂问题。BME CURES癌症网站的科学主题是利用生物医学工程开辟肿瘤学的新前沿。BME CURES癌症学者将与来自35个不同实验室的适当范围的项目相匹配，这些实验室代表了与癌症研究相关的广泛研究主题，如生物材料，药物输送，光学成像，医学成像和医学人工智能。这些主题是针对国家癌症研究所确定的癌症研究取得进展的障碍而选择的。现在人们普遍认识到，了解支配所有物质行为的物理定律和原理的范围如何在各个尺度上对癌症起作用，对于理解和控制癌症至关重要。癌症是一种复杂的疾病，工程原理特别是用于研究，建模和解决复杂问题。生物医学工程是唯一准备作出重大的智力贡献，以解决这些关键的挑战，在癌症研究中使用的工程方法。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得的支持，通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

The BME Community of Undergraduate Research Scholars for Cancer (BME CUReS Cancer) REU Site at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin will provide opportunities for a diverse group of talented undergraduates traditionally underrepresented in engineering to make contributions towards the fundamental understanding of the physical principles of cancer development, prevention, and treatment during a ten-week summer research experience. An aim of this research experience is that the Scholars will be inspired to go on in their careers to function in multi-disciplinary teams of researchers from disparate fields in engineering, medicine, biological science, physical science, and healthcare fields to advance human health. The Site's partnership with the UT Medical School and Texas 4000, a non-profit organization that cultivates student leaders and engages communities in the fight against cancer, will help to increase public awareness of cancer research, in particular how physical science and engineering positively impact healthcare.Cancer is a disease of complexity and engineering principles in particular are developed to study, model, and solve complex problems. The scientific theme of the BME CUReS Cancer Site is leveraging Biomedical Engineering to Open a New Frontier in Oncology. BME CUReS Cancer Scholars will be matched with a project of appropriate scope from 35 different laboratories representing a wide range of research topics pertinent to cancer research, such as biomaterials, drug delivery, optical imaging, medical imaging, and artificial intelligence in medicine. These topics were selected in response to the barriers to achieving progress in cancer research that have been identified by the National Cancer Institute. It is now broadly recognized that understanding how the range of physical laws and principles governing the behavior of all matter are operative in cancer at every scale will be critical to understanding and controlling cancer. Cancer is a disease of complexity and engineering principles in particular are developed to study, model, and solve complex problems. Biomedical Engineering is uniquely poised to make a significant intellectual contribution to addressing these key challenges in cancerresearch using an engineering approach.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.