OUTREACH: RURAL ALASKA HONORS INSTITUTE--INBRE

描述（由申请人提供）：阿拉斯加INBRE建议建立一个网络，以扩大和加强我们在生物医学研究方面的能力和绩效，重点是增加R01资金。我们还为全州的本科生提出有效的教学策略和研究机会，以发展教育管道。具体目标是：1)扩大和维持校际环境卫生研究网络，继续关注生存物种的分子毒理学，并逐渐关注包括人畜共患疾病在内的传染病；2)支持INBRE初级教师、博士后和研究生的研究项目；3)为阿拉斯加各地的本科生提供研究机会，从即将升入大学的新生到即将毕业的大四学生；4)接触阿拉斯加小型学院、卫生公司、医院和其他农村组织的学生和教师，目的是让他们参与INBRE的研究项目；5)通过培训项目和网络校园的大学转学课程，提高阿拉斯加劳动力的科学知识

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alaska INBRE proposes to build a Network that will broaden and strengthen our capacity and performance in biomedical research, with an emphasis on increased R01 funding. We also propose effective teaching strategies and research opportunities for undergraduate students throughout the state in order to grow an educational pipeline. The Specific Aims are: 1) To enlarge and sustain the inter-campus network for environmental health research with a continuing focus on molecular toxicology of subsistence species and an emerging focus on infectious agents, including zoonotic diseases; 2) To support research projects of INBRE junior faculty, postdocs, and graduate students; 3) To provide research opportunities for undergraduate students, from rising freshmen to graduating seniors, across Alaska; 4) To reach out to students and teachers at Alaska's smaller colleges, health corporations, hospitals, and other organizations at rural sites with the aim of engaging them in INBRE research projects; and 5) To enhance science knowledge of the Alaskan workforce through training programs and transition-to-college offerings at network campuses and Outreach sites. Seven recent UA faculty hires form the intellectual backbone of the research theme, with two new faculty positions proposed in the INBRE. Substantial funds are targeted to provide research project support (pilot project grants) for these young faculty, as well as mentoring, graduate student support, and other faculty training and development opportunities. Bioinformatics Core faculty provide expertise in research approaches and data management to the research core team of investigators. The INBRE Outreach Core program will develop and expand the undergraduate student pipeline into health careers and biomedical graduate education, and includes support for undergraduate research internships, new biomedical course work, and mentoring programs aimed specifically at Alaska Native students.