CURIOUS: Cardiovascular Undergraduate Research Initiative fOr Underrerepresented Students

摘要 位于什里夫波特的路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心(S)的赠款资金在#年稳步增加 过去几年，特别是在心血管疾病领域。研究的重点领域包括 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。原理 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)。他们的努力现在占到了LSUHSC-S NIH总资金的50%以上。有相当多的 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 心血管疾病方面的年轻研究人员。我们已将本科生确定为人口 在我们校园的研究经验方面提供的服务最少。因此，我们建议发展 面向代表不足的学生的心血管本科生研究计划(CORIGN)。这 将是一个为期8周的密集暑期研究计划，目标是来自世界各地的代表人数不足的学生 美国，但特别重视路易斯安那州西北部地区的6所四年制大学，以及 周边有大量服务不足的人口和高心血管疾病发病率的州。 学生将在实验室进行为期8周的研究，重点是心血管相关，辅以教学 在负责任的研究中进行讲座，与研讨会的演讲者互动，专门为 在这个项目中，学生和午餐非正式地了解学生生活、多样性和财务状况 为研究生院做准备。此外，还将有两种每周体验：1)心血管 基础知识和最先进的技术，将向学生介绍基本的心血管解剖学 和病理学，然后教他们我们用来审问心血管疾病的先进技术，比如 作为Echo和Entopat；以及2)职业发展，其中将介绍医学和 研究生院，以及心肺科学，如何展示自己，写简历， 采访，并设计一张海报。最后，学生们将在我们指定的海报展示环节中展示一张海报 LSUHSC-S。我们将强调留学生两个暑期，并提供更多高级版本的 第二年的每周体验，最终以口头报告结束。对于表现最好的学生，我们将 提供参加全国会议并在会上发言的机会。因此，这个好奇的节目将 加强心血管疾病领域未被充分代表的本科生的研究培训，以及 让他们接触到多种职业道路，他们可以在其中继续从事研究。总的来说，这一努力是 旨在提高现有劳动力，以推动心血管疾病的研究在国家 水平。 好了！

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. !