GEMS, a Short-Term Summer Internship Program for Diverse Students

这是一个短期研究教育项目的竞争性续签申请，最初是作为T35资助的 2000年成为R25,2010年成为R25。我们的主要目标是继续提供年度短期研究 为来自代表性不足背景的高积极性学生提供教育经验，以揭露 他们致力于肺病和心血管疾病领域的生物医学研究。在当地被称为宝石 (多元文化学生的研究生经历)，在过去的10年里，&gt；138名本科生(UG)和29名 卫生专业学生(HPS)；&GT；125由R25资助，其余由其他计划支持。 这些学生总共发表了93篇手稿；70%的学生已经获得了期末学位，正在工作 在科学或与健康相关的领域，或仍在学校就读。超过70%的学生参与者是 代表不足的少数民族。该计划建立在我们已建立的基础设施之上，并使用 全国最顶尖的肺部医学项目之一的显著优势。我们延续了 通过申请10个本科生和4个卫生专业学生的名额来解决这一问题。在这里，另外 对于通常的说教式和实践性的研究活动，我们会使用学术的模式，而不是 意在取代导师，而不是补充这种关系。教练将成为过去的明珠 仍在安舒茨医学院的参与者。教练将与学生保持联系 并将指导他们走上一条成功的职业道路。此外，为了确保学生 成功，我们建议使用社会科学方法，并为学生提供一个工具包，将创建 环境，一个实践的社区，在那里他们感到安全地谈论个人、学术和职业 通过共同的规范和价值观建立联系。我们还将实施隐性偏见研讨会和 指导学生和导师的最佳实践。我们在应用程序中加入了一组有针对性的问题 这将有助于选择高度有动力从事生物医学研究的学生。我们相信这些都是 方法将延续GEM的优秀传统，从代表不足的学生中培养出来 背景，同时提高学生在暑假宝石以外的学业成功 实习。

This is a competing renewal application for a short-term research education program originally funded as a T35 in 2000 and as an R25 in 2010. Our major objective is to continue providing annual short-term research education experiences for highly motivated students from under-represented backgrounds in order to expose them to biomedical research in the area of pulmonary and cardiovascular disease. Locally known as GEMS (Graduate Experiences for Multicultural Students), over the past 10 years, >138 undergraduate (UG) and 29 health professional students (HPS); >125 supported by the R25 and the rest supported by other programs. Collectively, these students have published 93 manuscripts; >70% have earned terminal degrees, are working in science or health-related fields or are still enrolled in school. More than 70% of student participants were under-represented ethnic minorities. The program builds upon our established infrastructure and uses the significant strengths of one of the top pulmonary medicine programs in the country. We continue the tradition of addressing the pipeline by requesting 10 undergraduate and 4 health professional student slots. Here, in addition to the usual didactic and hands-on research activities, we will use the model of academic “coaches” who are not intended to supplant the mentor, but rather complement this relationship. Coaches will be past GEMS participants who are still at Anschutz Medical Campus. Coaches will maintain contact with the students throughout the year and will guide them through a successful career path. Furthermore, to ensure student success, we propose to use social science approaches and provide the students with a toolkit that will create an environment, a community of practice, where they feel safe to talk about personal, academic and professional issues and to bond through shared norms and values. We will also implement implicit bias workshops and mentoring best practices for students and mentors. We incorporate a set of targeted questions in the application that will aid in selection of students highly motivated to pursue biomedical research. We believe that these approaches will continue the GEMS tradition of excellence in training students from under-represented backgrounds while at the same time enhancing student’s academic success beyond the summer GEMS internship.