REU Site: Injury Science Research Experience for Undergraduates

伤害和暴力仍然是美国和世界各地儿童、青年和年轻人死亡和后天残疾的主要原因。位于费城儿童医院伤害研究和预防中心(CHRP)的本科生伤害科学研究体验(REU)网站为各种有才华的实习生提供个性化的实习体验，旨在激励他们在科学、技术和工程领域的职业追求。这个网站让实习生沉浸在一个为期10周的严格的跨学科项目中，该项目包括有指导的学术研究、专业发展和研究生院准备，从而扩大了对STEM职业机会的认识。主要目标是提供研究培训，旨在鼓励和使STEM有限学校的学生和STEM中代表性不足的学生攻读更高的学位，并最终在科学和工程领域从事职业。学生从知识的增长中受益，培养对科学和工程的兴趣，获得专业发展，发展解决现实世界问题的能力，并准备通过以用户为中心的参与式设计和人的因素研究来优化安全解决方案的技术。在社会变化和大流行的推动下，交通伤害和暴力事件大幅增加。这需要创新的想法和更多专注于伤害科学的工作人员，以有效地制定和实施新的预防战略。位于费城儿童医院伤害研究和预防中心(CHRP)的本科生伤害科学研究体验(REU)网站为各种有才华的实习生提供个性化的实习体验，旨在激励他们在科学、技术和工程领域的职业追求。该REU网站更新项目重点关注儿童的主要伤害风险-交通事故、与运动有关的伤害和暴力。学生将有机会接触并参与教师通过数据科学使用大型、独特的数据集的研究项目；利用人类因素工程的大量临床暴露(以优化危机期间的安全驾驶和护理提供)；利用神经科学的卓越地位进行板凳到床边的翻译科学(动物模型、虚拟现实和脑磁图评估、头部撞击传感器)；并与大量和多样化的临床人口互动，以促进儿科康复。每年将有8名实习生从事伤害科学，以推动阐明伤害机制的研究和培训创新，并开发新的预防战略和技术，作为未来的伤害科学劳动力。这次更新的新内容是提高了种族/少数民族从STEM有限的学校招募的水平，并通过全国黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的现场招聘访问和针对HBCU学生的专门职位增加了来自历史上黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的参与。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Injuries and violence remain the leading causes of death and acquired disability for children, youth, and young adults in the U.S. and worldwide. The Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CHRP) provides a personalized internship experience for a diverse pool of talented interns with the aim of inspiring the pursuit of careers in science, technology, and engineering. This Site immerses interns in a 10-week rigorous, interdisciplinary program of mentored scholarly research, professional development, and graduate school preparation that results in a broadened awareness of STEM career opportunities. The overarching goal is to provide research training designed to encourage and enable students from STEM-limited schools and those who are underrepresented in STEM to pursue advanced degrees, and ultimately, careers in science and engineering. Students benefit from an increase in knowledge, develop interest in science and engineering, gain professional development, develop the ability to solve real-world problems, and prepare to optimize technology for safety solutions through user-centered, participatory design and human factors research. Traffic injuries and violence have substantially increased, fueled by societal changes and the pandemic. This requires innovative ideas and an expanded workforce focused on injury science to effectively develop and implement novel prevention strategies. The Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CHRP) provides a personalized internship experience for a diverse pool of talented interns with the aim of inspiring the pursuit of careers in science, technology, and engineering. This REU site renewal project focuses on the leading injury risks to children – traffic crashes, sports-related injury, and violence. Students will have access to and engage in research projects with faculty using large, unique datasets through data science; leverage large clinical exposure of human factors engineering (to optimize safe driving and care delivery during crises); employ neuroscience preeminence for bench-to-bedside translational science (animal models, virtual reality and magnetoencephalographic assessments, and head impact sensors); and interact with a large and diverse clinical population to advance pediatric rehabilitation. A cohort of 8 interns each year will engage in Injury Science to advance research and training innovations that elucidate injury mechanisms and develop novel prevention strategies and technologies as the future injury science workforce. New for this renewal are increased recruitment levels of racial/ethnic minorities from STEM-limited schools and increased participation from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through nationwide on-site HBCU recruitment visits and dedicated positions for HBCU students.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.