IGNITE KUH Network Core

网络核心摘要 弗吉尼亚联邦是包括弗吉尼亚大学(UVA)在内的主要研究机构的所在地， 弗吉尼亚联邦大学(VCU)、弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学(VT) 拥有充足的资金和开发的研究项目。弗吉尼亚综合研究中心的主要目标之一 肾脏、泌尿外科和血液学培训中心(IGNITE KUH)是为了加强 这些机构，特别是在整合良性KUH领域的研究方面。该计划是一项新颖的努力，旨在创造 一个研究中心，不仅培养博士后和博士后科学家，还展示 KUH的研究生涯传给了下一代科学家。通过网络核心，我们将开发一种 全州范围的计划，通过提供点对点辅导平台和执行外联活动来 吸引来自三所组成院校的学生，并担任礼宾，促进与 来自弗吉尼亚州代表性不足和少数族裔机构的学生，他们对KUH研究感兴趣。那里 在弗吉尼亚大学、弗吉尼亚大学、弗吉尼亚大学以及历史悠久的黑人大学和 大学(HBCU)，但没有中枢联系，特别是KUH相关疾病的研究 这给弗吉尼亚州的少数民族和农村人口带来了主要的疾病负担。网络的核心是 IGNITE KUH将作为项目实习生和导师与学生和教师之间的联络人 弗吉尼亚州的这些本科生研究项目。IGNITE的网络核心 KUH有以下具体目标：(1)为KUH研究提供多个培训层次的职业指导； (2)提供一个传播科学思想和KUH研究进展的平台；及(3)增加 库赫研究在弗吉尼亚州联邦的可见度。这些活动将包括直接的点对点 指导，与本科生课程建立联系，建立长期的近同行伙伴关系，并与 国家计划。外联活动包括专题讨论会、网页/虚拟通讯和信息。 将感兴趣的学生与UVA、VCU和VT的适当项目进行匹配的门户，与 弗吉尼亚州联邦的iTHRIV和健康阿巴拉契亚研究所倡议。

NETWORKING CORE ABSTRACT The Commonwealth of Virginia is home to major research institutions including University of Virginia (UVA), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT) that have with well-funded and developed research programs. One of the major goals of the Integrated Virginia Research Training Centers in Kidney, Urology and Hematology (IGNITE KUH) is to strengthen the collaboration between these institutions, particularly in integrating research in benign KUH fields. The program is a novel effort to create a research hub to not only train predoctoral and postdoctoral scientists, but also showcase the significance of KUH research careers to the next generation of scientists. Through the networking core, we will develop a statewide program by providing a platform for peer-to-peer mentorship and performing outreach activities to attract students from the three constituent institutions, and also act as a concierge to foster interactions with students from under-represented and minority institutions in Virginia who are interested in KUH research. There are several undergraduate research programs at UVA, VCU, VT as well as at the historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), however there is no central nexus, in particular for research of the KUH-related diseases that pose a major disease burden for the minority and rural population of Virginia. The networking core of the IGNITE KUH will act as a liaison between the program trainees and mentors with the students and faculty of these undergraduate research programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The networking core of the IGNITE KUH has the following specific aims: (1) To provide career guidance for KUH research at multiple training levels; (2) To provide a platform for dissemination of scientific ideas and progress of KUH research; and (3) To increase the visibility of KUH research in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The activities will include direct peer-to-peer mentoring, networking with undergraduate programs, long-term near-peer partnerships, and integration with national programs. The outreach activities include symposiums, webpages/virtual newsletter, and an information portal for matching interested students with the appropriate programs in UVA, VCU and VT in partnership with iTHRIV and Healthy Appalachia Institute initiatives of the Commonwealth of Virginia.