PUERTO RICO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAM

描述（由申请人提供）：波多黎各大学医学科学校区（UPRMSC）提出的生物医学研究教育方案（PR-BREP）的主要目标是提高波多黎各K-12儿童对生物医学研究的认识，重点是对我们人口造成不成比例影响的疾病和失调。这应该会增加攻读生物医学研究生学位的学生人数。为实现这一目标，我们建议制定以下五项举措：学生充实计划、专业发展计划、暑期实习计划、小额助学金奖励计划、社区外展计划。

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.