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

摘要 据估计，有5000万美国人患有慢性肾病（CKD）， CKD和终末期肾病患者的收入每年超过1140亿美元。尽管有这些数字， 数据表明，肾脏病学和泌尿学领域的劳动力严重短缺， 提交给NIH的用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。这种二分法造成了扭转目前趋势和增加就业机会的重大需要。 有兴趣从事肾脏病学和泌尿学职业的受训人员人数，其中包括与NIDDK有关的 研究重点。为了开始解决这些重要问题，我们建议创建一个博士前学生 一个结合了俄亥俄州教育、临床和转化研究专业知识的研究项目 州立大学和全国儿童医院。该计划的长期目标是增加和 使向NIDDK提交资助申请的医生科学家和基础科学家的数量多样化， 儿科肾病学和泌尿学领域。为了实现这一目标，我们建议开发一种新的 研究生泌尿道教育和研究计划（SUPER）夏季培训计划 和医学生。该计划将扩大现有的研究计划，并与当地的合作伙伴， 资源，创造新的教育和研究经验，促进对肾脏和 泌尿系统疾病我们坚信，创造这种创新和结构良好的夏季研究， 专注于肾脏病学和泌尿学相关主题的计划将在早期捕获博士生的兴趣， 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 一代以NIDDK研究为重点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.