PUERTO RICO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAM

描述(由申请人提供)：由波多黎各大学医学校园(UPRMSC)提出的生物医学研究教育计划(PR-BREP)的主要目标是提高K-12波多黎各儿童对生物医学研究的知识，重点关注对我们人口影响不成比例的疾病和障碍。这应该会增加攻读生物医学科学研究生学位的学生数量。为了实现这一目标，我们建议开展以下五项计划：学生充实计划、专业发展计划、暑期实习计划、小额助学金计划、社区外展计划。 将特别强调糖尿病、心脏病、癌症、高血压、肥胖症、艾滋病和脑血管疾病等与波多黎各和其他拉美裔/拉丁裔群体的主要死因密切相关的主题。我们相信，这种全面的方法将提高K-12学生对生物医学研究的兴趣和知识，以及考虑生物医学职业的重要性，这将有助于最大限度地减少与波多黎各人口主要死因有关的疾病。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The main goal of the Biomedical Research Education Program (PR-BREP) proposed by the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPRMSC), is to improve the knowledge of K-12 Puerto Rican children about biomedical research focusing on diseases and disorders that disproportionately impact our population. This should increase the number of students who pursue graduate degrees in the biomedical sciences. To achieve this goal we propose to develop following five initiatives: Student Enrichment Program, Professional Development Program,Summer Internship Program,Mini-Grants Awards Program, Community Outreach Program. Special emphasis will be given to topics such as: diabetes, diseases of the heart, cancer, hypertension, obesity, AIDS, and cerebrovascular diseases, which are closely related with the leading causes of death in Puerto Rico and other Hispanic/Latino groups. We are confident that this comprehensive approach will improve the interest and knowledge of K-12 students in biomedical research as well as the importance to consider a biomedical career that will help to minimize the diseases associated with the leading causes of death in the Puerto Rican population.