Pacific Region Diabetes Education Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 拟议的夏威夷大学马诺阿分校(UHM)太平洋地区糖尿病教育(Pride)计划的目标是让高中生和本科生在学术培训早期接触到令人兴奋的科学探究发现，以增加他们选择走上生物医学职业道路的可能性。这项提议的目的是为了填补美国生物医学研究职业中少数民族个人的短缺。我们计划通过为学生研究助理提供为期十周的指导实验室体验和结构良好的教育充实部分来实现这一目标。为该学生提出的项目包括夏威夷多种族人口的肥胖症遗传学、自主神经病变、代谢障碍和替代医学、高脂血症和胰岛素抵抗。预计通过拟议的“亲身实践”实验室体验和丰富活动，学生的研究环境将得到改善。培养学生研究能力和从事生物医学职业兴趣的教育活动包括迎新周、科学沟通技能、语言技能培训、负责任的研究行为系列研讨会、时间管理以及环境和健康安全培训。主要的学习环境是在实验室里，有一位经验丰富的研究导师。学生还将有机会与UHM的Haumana生物医学项目MBRS和Marc U‘Star项目的初级和高级少数民族本科生进行互动。这两个项目的一个共同目标是增加选择攻读博士学位的生物医学科学中代表性不足的少数群体的数量。这两个成熟的项目为Pride项目的学生提供了访问校外实验室的机会，以及校园内的研讨会、研讨会和与来访的少数族裔科学家的非正式讨论。夏威夷与世隔绝的地理位置增加了这种研究经验对Pride学生的价值，他们将在高中后和学士学位后的职业生涯中做出决定

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the proposed University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) Pacific Region Diabetes Education (Pride) Program is to expose high school and undergraduate students to the exciting discovery of scientific inquiry early in their academic training to increase the likelihood they choose to pursue a biomedical career path. The aim of this proposal is to fill the nation's shortage of minority individuals in biomedical research careers. We plan to achieve this objective by offering the student research assistants a ten-week mentored laboratory experience and a well-structured educational enrichment component. Proposed projects for the student includes the genetics of obesity in Hawaii's multi-ethnic populations, autonomic neuropathy, metabolic disorders and alternative medicine, hyperlipidemia and insulin resistance. It is anticipated through the proposed "hands on" laboratory experiences and enrichment activities the students research environment will be enhanced. Educational activities to develop both the students research capabilities and their interests in pursuing a biomedical career includes orientation week, scientific communication skills, verbal skills training, seminar series in responsible conduct of research, time management, and environmental and health safety training. The primary learning environment will be in the laboratory with a seasoned research mentor. Students will also have the opportunity to interact with junior and senior minority undergraduates at UHM's Haumana Biomedical Program MBRS and MARC U'STAR Program. A common objective of these two programs is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the biomedical sciences who choose to pursue the PhD degree. These two well established programs offer Pride program students the opportunity to visit off-campus laboratories, as well as on-campus seminars, workshops, and informal discussions with visiting minority scientists. Hawaii's geographically isolated location heightens the value of such research experiences for the Pride students who will be making decisions on post-high school and post-baccalaureate careers