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

这是一个短期研究教育计划的竞争性续期申请，最初作为T35资助。 在2000年和2010年作为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积极性很高的学生提供教育经验， 他们在肺和心血管疾病领域的生物医学研究。在当地称为GEMS （多元文化学生的研究生经历），在过去的10年里，>138本科（UG）和29 卫生专业学生（HPS）; >125人由R25资助，其余由其他方案资助。 这些学生总共发表了93篇手稿; >70%获得了终端学位，正在工作 在科学或健康相关领域，或仍在上学。超过70%的学生参与者 少数民族代表不足。该计划建立在我们已建立的基础设施和使用 这是该国顶级肺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个卫生专业学生名额来解决管道问题。在此，此外， 对于通常的教学和实践研究活动，我们将使用学术“教练”的模型，他们不是 意图取代导师，而是补充这种关系。教练将通过GEMS 参与者仍然在安舒茨医学院。教练将与学生保持联系 并将引导他们通过成功的职业道路。此外，为了确保学生 成功，我们建议使用社会科学的方法，并为学生提供一个工具包，将创建一个 环境，一个实践社区，在那里他们可以安全地谈论个人，学术和专业 问题，并通过共同的规范和价值观联系在一起。我们还将举办隐性偏见研讨会， 指导学生和导师的最佳实践。我们在申请中加入了一系列有针对性的问题 这将有助于选拔积极从事生物医学研究的学生。我们相信这些 这些方法将继续保持GEMS在培训代表性不足的学生方面的卓越传统， 背景，同时提高学生的学术成功超越夏季GEMS 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.