Meharry summer undergraduate research experiences in cancer program

梅哈里暑期本科生癌症项目研究经验

• 批准号: 10460109
• 负责人: LaMonica Vanette Stewart
• 金额: $ 18万
• 依托单位: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-20 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10460109
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Meharry Medical College seeks funding to establish a Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences in Cancer Program that primarily trains undergraduate students from racial and ethnic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in health related sciences. Meharry Medical College is one of the largest historically black academic health science centers in the United States that is dedicated to educating physicians and biomedical researchers. It has a proven commitment to training underrepresented minorities, and is a leading producer of African Americans with PhDs in biomedical sciences. Meharry has received federal funding to support a U54 Cancer Partnership and other programs to support the research training and education of students traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research. The proposed 10-week summer program will provide an intensive, hands-on cancer focused research experience for undergraduate students and expose student participants to the area of cancer health disparities. Research training will be provided by a diverse faculty consisting of experienced cancer investigators from Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A nationwide search will be conducted to identify and select 12-16 undergraduate students per year who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine and biomedical science. Student research projects will focus on cancers which disproportionately affect African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities. In addition, each year student research projects will include preclinical studies, clinical research, epidemiological and community based studies as well as translational cancer research. Additional program enrichment activities will include a cancer biology mini- course to teach students fundamental concepts common to all cancers. A weekly cancer biology/cancer health disparities research seminar will allow students to interact with oncologists and cancer researchers from groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical science and to be exposed to career opportunities within the areas of cancer research, oncology and cancer health disparities. Sessions on the responsible conduct of research will be held on a biweekly basis. Students will also participate in career development workshops that will allow students to explore career options, create individual development plans, and obtain information needed to apply and successfully gain entrance into M.D. and Ph.D. training programs. At the end of the 10-week program, students will have an opportunity to create oral and poster presentations describing their research and present their research findings internally during the Meharry Summer Cancer Research Symposium and externally at one national conference. Program directors and staff will track participants through their undergraduate and post graduate training to evaluate the extent to which program goals were met, and identify areas for improvement. Evaluations from research mentors and undergraduate program directors/chairs will also be used to assess and improve the program.

项目总结/摘要 Meharry医学院寻求资金，以建立一个夏季本科生研究经验， 癌症计划，主要培养传统上属于种族和民族的本科生。 在健康相关科学领域的代表性不足。梅哈里医学院是历史上最大的黑人之一， 美国的学术健康科学中心，致力于教育医生和生物医学 研究人员它已被证明致力于培训代表性不足的少数民族， 拥有生物医学博士学位的非裔美国人。梅哈里已经收到了联邦资金，以支持一个U 54 癌症伙伴关系和其他计划，以支持研究，培训和教育的学生传统上 在生物医学研究中的代表性不足。 拟议的10周夏季计划将提供一个密集的，动手癌症为重点的研究 为本科生提供经验，并使学生参与者了解癌症健康差异领域。 研究培训将由来自以下地区的经验丰富的癌症研究人员组成的多元化教师提供： 梅哈里医学院和范德比尔特大学医学中心。将进行全国范围的搜索， 每年确定并选择12-16名有兴趣从事医学职业的本科生 和生物医学科学。学生的研究项目将集中在癌症，不成比例地影响 非裔美国人和其他少数种族和民族。此外，每年学生的研究项目将 包括临床前研究、临床研究、流行病学和社区研究，以及 转化癌症研究。额外的计划丰富活动将包括癌症生物学迷你， 课程教授学生所有癌症共同的基本概念。每周癌症生物学/癌症健康 差异研究研讨会将允许学生与肿瘤学家和癌症研究人员互动， 传统上在生物医学科学中代表性不足的群体， 癌症研究、肿瘤学和癌症健康领域的差异。关于负责任行为的会议 研究会每两星期举行一次。学生还将参加职业发展研讨会， 将允许学生探索职业选择，创建个人发展计划，并获得信息 需要申请并成功进入医学博士和博士培训项目。 在为期10周的课程结束时，学生将有机会创建口头和海报演示 描述他们的研究，并在Meharry夏季癌症会议期间在内部展示他们的研究成果。 研究专题讨论会和一次国家会议。项目主管和工作人员将跟踪 参与者通过他们的本科和研究生培训，以评估在何种程度上， 目标已经实现，并确定需要改进的领域。研究导师和本科生的评价 还将利用方案主任/主席来评估和改进方案。