SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE

这项提议是针对弱势群体的暑期研究项目。 年，高中生和K-12教师在沃兹沃斯中心举行 纽约州奥尔巴尼负责监督这项研究的科学家们 该计划也是美国大学生物医学科学系的教员 纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼公共卫生学院。这个 沃兹沃斯中心是一个独特的实验室，拥有最先进的设施， 其中生物医学研究项目与任务一起发展- 面向公共卫生实验室。该中心的研究兴趣 参与的教员范围很广，重点是分子 遗传学、细胞生物学和结构生物学。八名高中生 四名K-12科学教师将从年内的学校招聘 奥尔巴尼地区，专注于城市学区(奥尔巴尼，特洛伊， Schenectady)，这些学校的弱势学生入学率最高 在科学界的代表性不足。实验室项目将被选择为 都是有趣的，可能会在 计划，并考虑到一定程度的学生/教师发展和 独立。学生/教师参与者将参加每周小组活动。 在一个平行的本科生暑期与大学生一起开会 沃兹沃斯中心的研究项目。这些会议习惯于 讨论科学、教育和职业相关问题，并监测 学生进步。学生们做简短的口头报告 在课程最后一周的研讨会上工作，并提交 在离开前提交书面报告，以强调 科学领域内的沟通技巧。

This proposal is for a summer research program for disadvantaged high school students and K-12 teachers held at the Wadsworth Center in Albany, NY. The research scientists who supervise the students in this program are also faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the State University of New York at Albany's School of Public Health. The Wadsworth Center is a unique laboratory with state-of-the-art facilities, in which biomedical research programs have developed alongside mission- oriented public health laboratories. The research interests of the participating faculty cover a broad range, with emphasis in molecular genetics, cell biology and structural biology. Eight high school students and four K-12 science teachers will be recruited from schools in the Albany area, focussing on city school districts (Albany, Troy, Schenectady) which have the highest enrollment of disadvantaged students underrepresented in the sciences. Laboratory projects will be chosen that are interesting, likely to yield results within the time-frame of the program, and allow for some degree of student/teacher development and independence. The student/teacher participants will attend weekly group meetings along with college students in a parallel undergraduate summer research program run at the Wadsworth Center. These meetings are used to discuss science, education, and career-related issues and to monitor student progress. The students make short oral presentations of their work in a symposium during the last week of the program, and also submit written reports before they leave, to stress the importance of communication skills within science.