Short Term Research Training of Medical Students

简介(申请人提供)：本申请书旨在续期一项于1980年首次获得拨款的短期医科学生训练津贴。这些受训人员将是维克森林大学医学院的医学生。请拨资金以支持16名受训人员，每人为期12周的研究培训。学员是在竞争的基础上从与选定的教职员工共同开发的研究应用程序中挑选出来的。通常会收到30到35份申请。教师委员会根据导师的实力进行遴选，为学生提供积极的研究榜样。导师是从以下10个研究领域中挑选出来的，这些领域包括该医学院最强大的研究项目。 代谢疾病、癌症生物学、公共卫生研究、分子和细胞生物学、肾脏和泌尿外科、神经生物学和成瘾、肥胖和营养、妇女健康和少数民族健康、免疫学/传染病/艾滋病/血液学和心血管疾病。主要的培训设施将是维克森林大学医学院学术部门的研究实验室。临床研究活动将主要在医学院的初级教学医院--北卡罗来纳州浸会医院进行。学生们在每年的秋季提交他们的研究报告。这一培训计划的目标是增加选择研究职业的医学生数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for the renewal of a Short Term Medical student Training Grant first funded in 1980. These trainees will be medical students at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Funds are requested for support of 16 trainees for a 12 weeks research training period each. Trainees are selected on a competitive basis from research applications developed in conjunction with selected faculty members. Thirty to 35 applications are typically received. Selection is made by a faculty committee on the basis of the strength of the mentor to provide the student with a positive role model for research. Mentors are selected from the following 10 research areas encompassing the strongest research programs at the medical school. Metabolic Diseases, Cancer Biology, Public Health Research, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kidney and Urology, Neurobiology and Addiction, Obesity and Nutrition, Women's Health and Minority Health, Immunology/Infectious Diseases/AIDS/Hematology, and Cardiovascular Disease. The primary training facility will be the research laboratories of the academic departments of the Wake Forest university school of Medicine. Clinical research activities will be carried out largely in the medical school's primary teaching hospital, the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Students present their research in the fall of each year. The goal of this training program is to increase the number of medical students choosing research careers.