San Antonio Program for Undergraduate Research in Renal Science (SPURRS)

圣安东尼奥肾脏科学研究本科项目 (SPURRS)

基本信息

批准号：
10338070
负责人：
William Brian Reeves
金额：
$ 11.27万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-03-01 至 2023-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10338070
关键词：
Acute Address Affect Chronic Kidney Failure Cities Clinical Critical Thinking Detection Development Drops Expenditure Exposure to Future Goals Health Immersion Investigation Kidney Kidney Diseases Location Medicare Mentors Morbidity - disease rate National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Nephrology Physicians Population Positioning Attribute Prevention approach Research Research Personnel Science Scientist Societies Students Texas Time Training Training Programs Underrepresented Minority Universities career career development cohort curriculum development education research experience hands on research inquiry-based learning interest knowledge base medical schools mortality next generation novel therapeutics peer programs recruit research and development response retention rate skills stem summer research summer student symposium tool development trend undergraduate research undergraduate research experience undergraduate student underrepresented minority student

项目摘要

This proposal seeks to establish a summer research program, the San Antonio Program for Undergraduate Research in Renal Science (SPURRS) at the University of Texas Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine to attract promising undergraduate students and recent graduates from diverse backgrounds to pursue careers in kidney research. Kidney disease affects approximately 15-20% of the US population and accounts for ~16% of Medicare expenditures each year. New therapies to stem the suffering and expense associated with kidney disease have been slow to develop and will require a robust, diverse research workforce. At the same time, interest in nephrology careers has plummeted, with the number of applicants for nephrology training programs dropping substantially below the number of training positions available. Efforts are desperately needed to cultivate the next generation of kidney researchers and reverse this trend. The Aim of the proposed Program is to address this need by providing outstanding and motivated undergraduate students with an immersive 10 week mentored summer research experience supplemented by a kidney research and career development curriculum. At the end of their research experience, students will present the results of their projects to their peers from the other R25 centers and NIDDK officials at the annual Summer Student Research Symposium. Together, these activities will expose students to the exciting world of kidney research and provide them with a knowledge base, critical thinking skills, personal development tools and an enthusiasm for discovery. These attributes are critical for their development into biomedical researchers and contributing to the future of nephrology, which is the long term goal of SPURRS. The Aims of the proposal are to: 1. Recruit a cohort of highly qualified and enthusiastic students, 2. Provide a hands-on research experience through which students will learn how discovery, clinical and translational kidney research are conducted and the results are disseminated to others, and 3. Provide mentoring and career development activities to enhance entry and retention of the students into careers as kidney research scientists. We are uniquely positioned to achieve the goals of our Program. UT Health San Antonio has a robust portfolio of kidney research programs through which students will gain exposure to cutting edge research, a cadre of experienced mentors to guide and energize students about careers in biomedical investigation, a location in a large, growing city with a large population of URM students, and a PI with experience in leading a national R25 undergraduate research education program (NIDDK STEP-UP).

该建议旨在建立夏季研究计划，即圣安东尼奥本科计划德克萨斯大学健康圣安东尼奥长长医学院肾脏科学研究（SPURRS）吸引有前途的本科生和来自不同背景的近期毕业生来从事职业在肾脏研究中。肾脏疾病影响约15-20％的美国人口，占约16％每年的医疗保险支出。新疗法来阻止与肾脏相关的痛苦和费用疾病的发展缓慢，需要强大的，多样化的研究人员。同时，对肾脏病职业的兴趣暴跌了，肾脏学培训计划的申请人人数有很多大大低于可用培训职位的数量。迫切需要努力培养下一代肾脏研究人员并扭转这一趋势。拟议程序的目的是通过为杰出和有动力的本科生提供沉浸式10 一周指导的夏季研究经验，并补充了肾脏研究和职业发展课程。在研究经验结束时，学生将向他们的项目结果展示来自其他R25中心和NIDDK官员的同伴参加了年度夏季学生研究研讨会。这些活动一起将使学生了解肾脏研究的激动人心的世界，并为他们提供知识库，批判性思维技能，个人发展工具和发现的热情。这些属性对于将其发展成生物医学研究人员至关重要，并为未来做出贡献肾脏科，这是垃圾的长期目标。该提案的目的是：1。招募一组高素质和热情的学生，2。提供动手的研究经验将了解发现，临床和转化肾脏研究的方式，结果是向他人传播3。提供指导和职业发展活动，以增强进入和作为肾脏研究科学家，将学生留在职业中。我们有独特的位置来实现我们计划的目标。 UT Health San Antonio拥有强大的肾脏研究计划组合学生将获得尖端研究，这是一群经验丰富的导师的干部，以指导和充满活力学生从事生物医学调查的职业，一个人口众多的大型城市中 URM学生和具有领导国家R25本科研究教育计划经验的PI （NIDDK升级）。