Short-Term Research Training for Minority Students

描述(由申请人提供) 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分子和环境毒理学中心的短期少数族裔研究培训计划的拟议更新将在夏季为四(4)名少数族裔本科生提供8-10周的分子和环境毒理学实验室研究经验，通常在他们的三年级和四年级之间。暑期计划将继续是目前由NIEHS在该中心资助的博士前和博士后培训计划的组成部分，并与威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的其他暑期计划协调。暑期项目的目标如下： 1.为学员提供在重点研究型大学一流科学实验室工作的科学和社会经验。 2.提供富有挑战性的研究体验，给学生留下记录和成就感。 3.向学生展示毒理学是一个令人兴奋的研究领域，可以提供具有挑战性的职业。 4.将毒理学作为一门与经济上处于不利地位的社区特别相关的科学学科。 5.让学生了解研究生教育所涉及的内容，以及如何在余下的本科阶段作好准备。 6.推广威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校作为毒理学研究生培训的选择。 暑期学员将在21名培训员中的一人的实验室开展研究项目，其中20人还参加了分子和环境毒理学研究生项目。实验室体验(每周约40小时)将伴随着每周的毒理学辅导会议，其中将包括来自METC项目的各种演讲者(教职员工、学生和博士后研究员)，他们讨论毒理学研究中的各种当代问题。学生还将接受如何阅读和理解研究论文、如何准备研究方案、撰写科学报告和进行科学陈述的培训。该计划将与威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的其他针对少数族裔本科生的计划进行协调，包括在该计划结束时举行座谈会。该计划的申请表和宣传将与研究生院的宣传一起发送给1300多所学校(截止日期为3月1日)，并将在该中心的网站和少数族裔网络网站上张贴。将与正在发展长期联系的学校进行更多的联系。对威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校博士项目感兴趣并有潜力完成该项目的学生将被优先考虑。在暑期体验之后，调查人员将为实习生规划研究生教育和职业生涯提供支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The proposed renewal of the Short-Term Minority Research Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center will provide 8-10 weeks of laboratory research experience in molecular and environmental toxicology to four (4) minority undergraduates, in the summer generally between their junior and senior years. The summer program will continue to be an integral part of the pre-doctoral and postdoctoral training program currently funded by NIEHS in the Center, and is coordinated with other summer programs on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The summer program's goals are as follows: 1. To give trainees the scientific and social experience of working in a top-class science laboratory at a major research University. 2. To provide a challenging research experience which will leave students with a record and sense of achievement. 3. To demonstrate to students that toxicology is an exciting area for research and can provide challenging careers. 4. To present toxicology as a scientific discipline of particular relevance to economically disadvantaged communities. 5. To provide students with an idea of what graduate education involves and how best to prepare during the remainder of their undergraduate years. 6. To promote the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an option for graduate training in toxicology. Summer trainees will carry out a research project in the laboratory of one of 21 trainers, 20 of whom also participate in the graduate program in Molecular and Environmental Toxicology. The laboratory experience (about 40 hours per week) will be accompanied by weekly tutorial sessions in toxicology that will include a variety of speakers from the METC program (faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows) who discuss a variety of contemporary issues in toxicological research. The students also will receive training in how to read and understand a research paper, how to prepare a research proposal, write a scientific report, and give a scientific presentation. This program will coordinate with other University of Wisconsin-Madison programs for undergraduate minorities, including a symposium at the Program's conclusion. Application forms and publicity for the Program will be sent out along with graduate school publicity to more than 1,300 schools (March 1 deadline) and will be posted on the Center's Web site and minority-network Web sites. Additional contacts will be made with schools where long-term linkages are being developed. Priority will be given to students who express interest in, and have the potential to complete, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D. Program. Following the summer experience, the investigators will provide support as trainees plan for graduate education and careers.