Biomedical Research Programs at Southern University

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的RIMI计划在南方大学什里夫波特（SUSLA）的目的是通过建立生物医学研究计划，以改善其现有的生物医学研究基础设施。我们的RIMI计划提出了四个主要核心：教师发展研究，研究基础设施，课程增强和行政核心。这些核心旨在以协同方式开展工作，以加强一个以非洲裔美国人为主的两年制机构的生物医学研究、培训和教育。在我们的教师研究核心中，我们有三个子项目，它们将与怀俄明州大学、路易斯安那州州立大学和内华达州等研究密集型机构合作，在生物医学科学领域建立独立的研究。通过研究基础设施核心，我们将提高我们的研究能力，以促进少数民族教师和学生的研究和培训。我们还计划加强我们的研究为基础的教育，以帮助我们的学生进入四年制大学，然后进入研究生院。所有拟议的计划将有一个中央管理单位，以配合整体RIMI的目标和目的。我们的RIMI项目管理将由SUSLA Championor-Ray Belton博士担任PI，巴里赫斯特博士担任项目总监，一名项目助理，三个子项目PI（赫斯特博士，阿拉克博士和罗宾逊博士），一个外部咨询委员会和一个内部RIMI委员会。有有限的生物医学研究活动在SUSLA。因此，需要发展研究基础设施，以加强生物医学和/或行为研究的开展，增加少数民族学生在生物医学研究中的招聘和保留，扩大与研究密集型机构的合作研究，提高联邦和私人研究支持的竞争力，这一点怎么强调都不过分。拟议的SUSLA生物医学研究计划将提高生物医学研究能力，教师将在获得外部资金以及展示和出版科学工作方面变得更加富有成效。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed RIMI program at Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) aims to improve its existing biomedical research infrastructure through establishing Biomedical Research Programs. Our RIMI program proposes four major cores: faculty developmental research, research infrastructure, curriculum enhancement and administrative core. These cores are intended to work in a synergistic way to bolster biomedical research, training and education at a two-year predominantly African-American institution. In our faculty research core, we have three subprojects which will establish independent research in the area of biomedical sciences in collaboration with research intensive institutions such as Wyoming University, Louisiana State University and Nevada. Through the research infrastructure core, we will enhance our research capabilities to facilitate research and training of minority faculty and students. We also plan to enhance our research based education to help our students enter into four-year college and then into graduate school. All of the proposed program will have a central administration unit to collaborate overall RIMI goals and objectives. Our RIMI program administration will constitute SUSLA Chancellor-Dr. Ray Belton as PI, Dr. Barry Hester as program director, a program associate, three subproject PIs (Drs. Hester, Alak and Robinson), an external advisory board, and an internal RIMI committee. There are limited biomedical research activities at SUSLA. The need, therefore, to develop a research infrastructure to enhance the conduct of biomedical and/or behavioral research, augment the recruitment and retention of minority students in biomedical research, expand collaborative research with research- intensive institutions, increase competitiveness for Federal and private research support cannot be overemphasized. The proposed Biomedical Research Programs at SUSLA will enhance biomedical research capabilities and faculty will become more productive in securing external funding, and presenting and publishing scientific work.