Maryland Program in Dental Research Experience (D-REX)

项目总结 马里兰大学牙科学院的牙科研究体验(D-REX)是一个完整的- 时间，密集，动手的暑期研究计划，解决未得到满足的需求，建立强大和多样化的 牙科保健、牙科和颅面健康研究和教育方面的劳动力。这支队伍至关重要 改善口腔健康，缩小口腔健康差距。与巴尔的摩地区的高中合作， 马里兰历史上的黑人学院和大学，马里兰大学的机构，校园范围的URM 学术项目和学生组织，包括持续的研究经验伞(CURE) 学者计划和暑期生物科学实习计划(SHIP)，以及学生国家牙科 协会，D-REX将招聘高中生和本科生以及科学教师 在生物医学科学中体验为期9周的在UMSOD实验室进行的一对一指导研究。 UMSOD的26名教职员工将担任导师，带领参与者完成假设驱动的过程 与口腔、牙科和颅面健康的各个领域密切相关的研究项目，如生物材料 以及组织工程、疼痛、微生物发病机制、癌症和流行病学。其他小组活动将 提供丰富的内容，如科学讲座、职业研讨会、生存技能研讨会，以增强能力 学员要在牙科和医疗保健及科研事业上取得成功。D-REX的目标是 培养对未满足的需求领域的职业兴趣，并促进对牙科、口腔和颅面的认识 高中科学教师的研究将对高中科学教育产生广泛的影响。D-REX计划 将与正在进行的UMSOD牙科学生暑期研究培训计划相结合，以便D- REX学员可以与牙科学生一起体验研究，进一步激励他们追求口语 与健康相关的职业。D-REX计划将由两名计划主任领导。其中一家目前正在运营 UMSOD的培训计划(任博士)。另一位创建并指导了一项暑期高中研究 持续20年的科学计划，以及现在面向青少年的两个国际生物医学科学计划 成员有100多个国家(迈斯林斯基博士)。作为美国国立卫生研究院资助的十大牙科学校之一 在过去连续12年(最近，总计1520万美元的资金，其中包括来自NIDCR的480万美元)和#4 根据Blue Ridge Research 2020年的排名，UMSOD是一个多元化、包容和智力激发的地方 培养和激励学生在口腔保健和牙科、口腔和颅面研究方面追求职业生涯， 并通过高中教师的参与传播口腔健康科学。D-REX的目标 与国家牙科和颅面研究所的使命是一致的。

PROJECT SUMMARY The Dental Research Experience (D-REX) of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) is a full- time, intensive, hands-on summer research program addressing the unmet need of building a strong and diverse workforce in dental health care, dental and craniofacial health research and education. This workforce is critical for improving oral health and reducing oral health disparity. Collaborating with Baltimore area high schools, historically black colleges and universities in Maryland, University of Maryland Institutions, campus-wide URM scholastic programs and student organization, including Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) scholars program and Summer BioScience Internship Program (SHIP), and the Student National Dental Association, D-REX will recruit high school and undergraduate students and science teachers strongly interested in biomedical science to experience the 9-week one-on-one mentored research in the laboratories of UMSOD. Twenty-six faculty members in UMSOD will serve as mentors to lead the participants through hypothesis-driven research project intimately related to various areas of oral, dental, and craniofacial health, such as biomaterial and tissue engineering, pain, microbial pathogenesis, cancer, and epidemiology. Additional group activities will deliver enrichment contents, such as science lectures, career seminars, survival skills workshops, to empower the participants to succeed in dental and medical health care and research career. The goals of D-REX are to foster career interest in the field of unmet need and to promote awareness of dental, oral, and craniofacial research among high school science teachers to impact high school science education broadly. D-REX program will be integrated with the ongoing UMSOD Summer Research Training Program for dental students so that D- REX trainees can experience research along with dental students to further motivate them in pursuing oral health-related careers. D-REX program will be led by two program directors. One of them is currently operating the training program at UMSOD (Dr. Ren). The other created and directed a summer high school research science program lasting 20 years, and two international biomedical science programs for teenagers that now have more than 100 countries as members (Dr. Myslinski). As one of the top 10 dental schools in NIH funding for the past 12 consecutive years (most recently, $15.2M total funding, including $4.8M from NIDCR) and a #4 ranking by Blue Ridge research in 2020, the UMSOD is a diverse, inclusive and intellectually stimulating place to nurture and motivate students in pursuing career in oral health care and dental, oral, and craniofacial research, and to disseminate oral health science through the participation of high school teachers. The goals of D-REX are consistent with the mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.