Pacific Region Diabetes Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）： 拟议中的夏威夷大学马诺阿分校（UHM）太平洋地区糖尿病教育（骄傲）计划的目标是让高中生和本科生在学术训练的早期就接触到令人兴奋的科学探索发现，以增加他们选择追求生物医学职业道路的可能性。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经验和结构良好的教育充实组件来实现这一目标。为学生提出的项目包括夏威夷多民族人群中肥胖的遗传学、自主神经病变、代谢紊乱和替代医学、高脂血症和胰岛素抵抗。预计通过拟议的“动手”实验室经验和丰富的活动，学生的研究环境将得到改善。教育活动，以发展学生的研究能力和他们在追求生物医学事业的兴趣，包括定向周，科学沟通技巧，口头技能培训，研讨会系列在负责任的研究，时间管理，环境和健康安全培训行为。主要的学习环境将在实验室与经验丰富的研究导师。学生还将有机会与UHM的Haumana生物医学计划MBRS和MARC U'STAR计划的初级和高级少数民族本科生互动。这两个项目的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民族的数量。这两个完善的计划为骄傲计划的学生提供了参观校外实验室的机会，以及与来访的少数民族科学家进行的校内研讨会，研讨会和非正式讨论。夏威夷地理上与世隔绝的位置，为即将决定高中后和学士后职业的骄傲学生们提供了这种研究经验的价值

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