CURIOUS: Cardiovascular Undergraduate Research Initiative fOr Underrerepresented Students

摘要 路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心在什里夫波特（LSUHSC-S）已经看到了稳步增长的赠款资金， 在过去几年中，特别是在心血管疾病领域。研究重点领域包括 动脉粥样硬化，心肌梗死，心肌病，外周动脉疾病，微血管功能障碍， 对心血管疾病危险因素、中风和血管/心脑轴的反应。原则 领导这项研究的研究人员是我们心血管疾病和科学中心的成员 （CCDS）。他们的努力现在占LSUHSC-S NIH总资金的50%以上。有相当大 CCDS成员之间的交叉协作和专业知识共享，使我们能够专注于培训 心血管疾病的年轻研究人员。我们把本科生作为 在我们的校园里，研究经验最少。因此，我们建议发展 心血管本科生代表性不足的学生研究计划（好奇）。这 将是一个密集的8周夏季研究计划，针对来自世界各地的代表性不足的学生 美国，但特别强调路易斯安那州西北部地区的6所四年制大学， 周边州有大量服务不足的人口和心血管疾病的高发病率。 学生将在实验室进行为期8周的研究，重点是心血管相关，并辅以教学 讲座在负责任的研究行为，与研讨会发言人邀请专门为 学生在这个程序，午餐，非正式地了解学生生活，多样性和财务 为研究生院做准备。此外，每周将有2种类型的体验：1）心血管 基础知识和最先进的技术，将为学生介绍基本的心血管解剖学 和病理学，然后教他们先进的技术，我们用来询问心血管疾病， 作为回声和endoPAT;和2）职业发展，其中将有介绍医疗和 研究生院，以及心肺科学，关于如何展示自己，写简历， 面试，设计海报。最后，学生将在指定的海报会议上展示海报， LSUHSC-S。我们将强调保留学生2个夏天，并提供更先进的版本， 第二年的每周经历，最终以口头报告结束。对于表现最好的学生，我们将 提供机会参加并出席全国会议。因此，好奇计划将 加强对心血管疾病领域代表性不足的本科生的研究培训， 让他们接触到多种职业道路，他们可以继续从事研究。总的来说，这一努力是 旨在提高劳动力，以推动心血管疾病的研究在一个国家 水平 !

ABSTRACT The LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport (LSUHSC-S) has seen a steady increase in grant funding in the past few years, in particular in the area of cardiovascular diseases. Areas of research focus include atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, peripheral artery disease, microvascular dysfunction in response to cardiovascular disease risk factors, stroke and the vascular/heart-brain axis. Principle Investigators leading this research are members of our Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences (CCDS). Their efforts now consistute more than 50% of total NIH funding at LSUHSC-S. There is considerable cross-collaboration and sharing of expertise between CCDS members, positioning us to focus on training young researchers in cardiovascular diseases. We have identified undergraduate students as the population least served in terms of research experience on our campus. Therefore we propose the development of the Cardiovascular Undergraduate Research Initiative fOr Underrepresented Students (CURIOUS) Program. This will be an intensive 8-week summer research program targeted at underrepresented students from all over the USA, but with particular emphasis on the 6 four-year universities in the northwest Louisiana region, and surrounding states where there are large underserved populations and high rates of cardiovascular disease. Students will have 8 weeks of research in a lab with a cardiovascular-related focus, complemented by didactic lectures in the responsible conduct of research, interaction with seminar speakers invited specifically for the students in this program, and lunches to informally learn about student life, diversity and financial preparedness for graduate school. In addition there will be 2 types of weekly experiences: 1) cardiovascular basics, and state-of-the-art techniques that will give students an introduction to basic cardiovascular anatomy and pathology before teaching them advanced techniques we use to interrogate cardiovscular disease, such as echo and endoPAT; and 2) career development in which there will be introduction to the medical and graduate school, as well as cardiopulmonary sciences, workshops on how to present yourself, write a CV, interview, and design a poster. Finally the students will present a poster in a designated poster session our LSUHSC-S. We will emphasize retention of students for 2 summers, and provide more advanced versions of the weekly experiences in year 2, culminating in an oral presentation. For the top-performing students, we will offer the opportunity to attend and present at a national conference. Therefore the CURIOUS program will enhance the research training of underrepresented undergraduates in the area of cardiovascular disease, and expose them to multiple career paths in which they can continue to pursue research. Overall, this effort is designed to improve the workforce available to move research on cardiovascular disease forward at a national level. !