The Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP)

波士顿大学肾脏与医学工程项目 (BU-KIDMEP)

• 批准号: 10373102
• 负责人: Vipul C Chitalia
• 金额: $ 12.8万
• 依托单位: BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-04-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10373102
• 关键词: Address; Advisory Committees; Affinity; American; Attention; Biomedical Engineering; Boston; Businesses; Chemistry; Clinical; Clinical Research; Committee Members; Development; Device or Instrument Development; Discipline; Education; Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Event; Evolution; Exposure to; Faculty; Fostering; Foundations; Funding; Funding Opportunities; Future; Goals; Government; Grant; Health Personnel; Hemodialysis; Immersion; Individual; Industry; Infrastructure; International; Kidney; Kidney Diseases; Life; Mechanics; Medical; Medicine; Mentors; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Nephrology; Pathology; Patient Care; Patients; Preparation; Process; Public Health; Radiology Specialty; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; Rivers; Schools; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Societies; Students; System; Talents; Techniques; Technology; Time; Training; Universities; Work; Writing; base; career; career development; college; commercialization; design; drug development; experience; graduate student; improved; innovation; innovative technologies; interest; invention; materials science; medical specialties; meetings; member; novel therapeutics; posters; programs; recruit; success; symposium; technology development; technology research and development; therapeutic development; trend; undergraduate student

Project Summary Major challenges facing nephrology today are declining interest in the field and lack of innovation and novel drug and device development. These factors may be related. Students who perceive nephrology as stagnant may be attracted to other specialties, thereby robbing the nephrology workforce of talented students who could innovate and advance the field. The R25 Funding Opportunity Announcement by NIDDK to spark interest in nephrology is therefore timely and an exciting opportunity to address a major need in the evolution of nephrology and the care of patients with kidney diseases. We propose the development of the Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP). Our ultimate goal is to inspire talented young scholars to improve the lives of individuals with kidney disease through innovative technology solutions. To accomplish this, we have designed a program that: 1) Identifies students interested in technology and engineering across Boston University, with an emphasis on undergraduates; 2) Pairs students with a mentoring team comprised of a research/technology expert and a nephrology expert; 3) Fosters a 6- to 24- month long education program that includes didactic training, clinical immersion, and technology development; 4) Showcases research at capstone symposia; and 5) Tracks metrics to improve the program's success in attracting students to technology and kidney disease.

项目摘要 当今肾病学面临的主要挑战是对该领域的兴趣下降，缺乏创新和新颖性 药物和设备开发。这些因素可能是相关的。认为肾脏病停滞不前的学生 可能会被其他专业所吸引，从而夺走了肾脏科工作人员中有才华的学生 创新进军该领域。NIDDK宣布R25融资机会以激发对 因此，肾病学是一个及时而令人兴奋的机会，可以满足人类疾病演变中的一个主要需求 肾脏病和肾脏疾病患者的护理。我们建议发展波士顿 大学肾脏与医学工程项目(BU-KIDMEP)。我们的最终目标是激励有才能的人 青年学者通过创新的技术解决方案改善肾病患者的生活。 为了做到这一点，我们设计了一个项目：1)识别对技术感兴趣的学生，并 波士顿大学的工程学，重点是本科生；2)将学生与 由一名研究/技术专家和一名肾病专家组成的指导团队；3)培养6-24- 为期一个月的教育计划，包括授课培训、临床沉浸和技术开发； 4)在Capstone研讨会上展示研究；5)跟踪指标，以提高计划在 吸引学生学习科技和肾脏疾病。