First Time Summer Research Experience in Environmental Health Sciences

环境健康科学的首次夏季研究经历

• 批准号: 10312813
• 负责人: Jamie J Bernard
• 金额: $ 10.78万
• 依托单位: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-12-01 至 2024-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10312813
• 关键词: Area; Career Choice; Chronic Disease; Communication; Communities; Coupled; Development; Disincentive; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational Activities; Enrollment; Environmental Health; Environmental Science; Ethics; Exposure to; Extramural Activities; Faculty; Foundations; Funding; Goals; Hispanic; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Individual; Institution; Instruction; Investigation; Laboratory Research; Medical; Mentors; Michigan; Minority Groups; Minority-Serving Institution; Mission; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Native Americans; North Carolina; Oral; Outcome; Participant; Positioning Attribute; Process; Puerto Rico; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Resources; Schools; Science; Series; Societies; Students; System; Time; Toxic Environmental Substances; Toxic effect; Toxicology; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Visit; Woman; Work; base; career; career development; cohesion; environmental agent; environmental toxicology; experience; gene environment interaction; graduate student; improved; innovation; interest; meetings; mentoring community; minority scientist; minority student; posters; programs; recruit; responsible research conduct; role model; skills; social; summer program; summer research; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student; wasting

An R25 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) for under-represented minority (URM) students will be developed at Michigan State University (MSU). It will provide a 12 wk beginning research experience in environmental toxicology and health, with emphasis on the mechanisms of action of environmental toxicants, for 7/yr undergraduate students science majors after their 1st or 2nd yr of class work; 4 positions will be set aside for these students. The remaining positions will be available to any student. A minimum of 5 positions/yr will be allocated for URM students. The focus is on 1st time research experience on hypothesis-directed projects related to environmental health. The ultimate goal is to encourage URM students to enroll in Ph.D. programs in environmental health or allied biomedical sciences. There are three objectives. The first and principal objective is to provide an intensive experience in hypothesis-directed research on projects relevant to the NIEHS mission, as this is often the critical first step to launching a student into a successful graduate career. A 2nd objective is to enhance students’ communication skills, especially with respect to scientific presentations. The third objective is to develop a sense of mentored community. Students will supplement the research experience with a series of social and professional development opportunities. A one-week long “bootcamp” entitled “Introduction to Laboratory Research” will precede the student beginning their project. It will serve as a foundation to provide a cohesive introduction to the fundamental aspects of working in a lab. The proposed SURE program leverages partnerships developed by the PI with two undergraduate institutions in the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) system - UPR-Cayey and UPR-Arecibo, as well as minority serving institutions (MSIs) in the Southwest. Each of these institutions lacks significant research opportunities. These partnerships have resulted in 17 Hispanic students entering Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences over the past 5 years. Recruiting will involve visits to the campuses by the PI, and will be coupled with a seminar exposing the students to concepts in environmental health sciences. Summer research projects will be in federally-funded labs of PIs with research interests in environmental toxicology and health. Enrichment activities will include the weekly informal presentations on students research, discussion of career opportunities and ethical aspects of research; a final oral and poster presentation will be required. These activities will improve students’ presentation skills and help them focus on the “bigger picture” of translational biomedical sciences. Students will be encouraged to attend national scientific meetings to present their research. Ideally, these meetings will also have career development/educational activities for undergrads such as those at the Society of Toxicology meeting. This will further students’ exposure to environmental toxicology and health, allow them to network, and develop a sense of community with other URM undergrads. A long- term outcome is increasing the number of URM scientists in the biomedical/environmental health sciences.

R25暑期本科生研究经验（SURE）为少数族裔（URM）学生