Student Urinary Tract Program in Education and Research (SUPER) Summer Training Program

摘要 据估计，美国有5000万慢性肾脏疾病(CKD)患者，为 慢性肾脏病和终末期肾病患者每年超过1140亿美元。尽管有这些数字，但最近 数据显示，肾病和泌尿外科领域的劳动力严重短缺，总数 向美国国立卫生研究院提交的专注于肾脏和泌尿系统疾病和紊乱的赠款数量有所减少 在过去的十年里。这种二分法产生了扭转当前趋势并增加 有兴趣从事包括NIDDK相关的肾病和泌尿外科职业的受训者人数 研究重点。为了开始解决这些重要的问题，我们建议创建一名博士前学生 研究计划结合了俄亥俄州大学的教育、临床和翻译研究专业知识 州立大学和全国儿童医院。这项计划的长期目标是增加和 使向NIDDK提交拨款申请的医生科学家和基础科学家的数量多样化 儿科肾病和泌尿外科领域。为了实现这一目标，我们建议开发一种新的 学生尿路教学与科研计划(SUPER)研究生暑期培训计划 和医科学生。该计划将扩展现有的研究计划，并与当地 资源，以创造新的教育和研究经验，促进对肾脏和 尿路疾病。我们坚信，创建这项创新的、结构良好的夏季研究 专注于肾病学和泌尿学相关主题的课程将在早期吸引博士生的兴趣 他们的职业发展-从而增加潜在的劳动力人口并创造下一个 一代NIDDK-专注于研究的临床医生和科学家。

ABSTRACT There are an estimated 50 million Americans with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the care provided to people with CKD and end stage kidney disease exceeds $114 billion annually. Despite these numbers, recent data indicates that there is a significant workforce shortage in the field of nephrology and urology and the total number of grants submitted to the NIH focused on kidney and urologic diseases and disorders has decreased over the past decade. This dichotomy creates a significant need to reverse the current trends and increase the number of trainees interested in pursuing a career in nephrology and urology that includes an NIDDK-related research focus. To begin to address these important issues, we propose to create a predoctoral student research program that combines the educational, clinical, and translational research expertise at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The long-term goal of this program is to increase and diversify the number of physician-scientists and basic-scientists submitting grant applications to the NIDDK in the fields of pediatric nephrology and urology. To accomplish this goal, we propose the development of a new Student Urinary Tract Program in Education and Research (SUPER) Summer Training Program for graduate and medical students. This program will expand established research programs and partner with local resources to create new educational and research experiences promoting the understanding of kidney and urinary tract diseases. We strongly believe that creating this innovative and well-structured summer research program focused on nephrology and urology related topics will capture predoctoral student interest early in their career development - thereby increasing the potential workforce population and creating the next generation of NIDDK-research focused clinicians and scientists.