Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART)

夏季多元文化高级研究培训（SMART）

• 批准号: 7473569
• 负责人: Thomas Yorio
• 金额: $ 15.31万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-10 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7473569
• 关键词: Affect; Alzheimer' s Disease; Animal Rights; Animals; Biomedical Research; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cardiovascular system; Chronic Disease; Class; Communities; Computers; Data Analyses; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Disadvantaged; Disease; Educational workshop; Electronic Mail; Environment; Faculty; Glaucoma; Goals; Health Sciences; Home environment; Hour; Hypertension; Institution; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Learning; Mails; Measures; Mentors; Minority; Numbers; Obesity; Oral; Outcome; Participant; Plagiarism; Population; Process; Questionnaires; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Methodology; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Retinal Diseases; Safety; Schools; Science; Scientific Misconduct; Sleep Disorders; Stroke; Students; Techniques; Testing; Time; Traineeship; Training; Training Programs; United States National Institutes of Health; Week; Writing; abstracting; career; design; experience; falls; health disparity; human subject; interdisciplinary approach; lectures; member; programs; role model; safety practice; skills; success; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competitive renewal of the Short-Term Research Training for Increasing Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25) that we entitled, }Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training (SMART)}. This proposal continues a highly successful effort to encourage and recruit underrepresented and disadvantaged undergraduate students to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences by providing a ten week summer traineeship in a research environment that focuses on health disparities and chronic diseases that affect minority populations (e.g. cardiovascular disease, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, stroke, Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma). This program involves a multidisciplinary approach incorporating faculty from among the biomedical science division of the health science center. Trainees attend workshops and lectures on: Responsible Conduct of Research including issues on scientific misconduct, plagiarism, laboratory safety and practice, Animal handling and Animal Rights. Students will take a class on }Introduction to Cardiovascular Science} and receive two hours of credit toward their degrees at their home institutions. Each student selects a research mentor from the participating faculty after reviewing their research programs and listening to faculty presentations. Students and faculty design and plan a research project that can be accomplished within the ten-week period. All students must complete an abstract suitable for submission and presentation at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) that is held each Fall. Students gain experience in: 1) generating a hypothesis; 2) testing their hypothesis through research experimentation; 3) using new research methodology; 4) evaluating and analyzing data using computer techniques, and 5) presenting their findings in a written abstract and oral presentation at the end of the training period. The overall effect of these activities is to create a sense of becoming a member of the scientific research community. This sense is furthered by student participation in their mentor's research group and departmental weekly seminar meetings. A Role Model Seminar is also presented as a part of this summer experience. Students and faculty mentors each evaluate the program and each other at the end of the program. An external evaluator is used to help assess the program process as well as program outcomes. Students will be tracked throughout their participation in the program and after by formal mailed questionnaires, email follow- ups and the use of a list serve. Students will be recruited to return to the McNair summer program, if still eligible, and for entry into graduate school. Program success will ultimately be measured by the numbers of students who enter biomedical science graduate programs and research as a career. RESEARCH & RELATED Other Project Information 7. Project Narrative This program entitled, "Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training" or SMART is part of an overall effort by our institution to increase the numbers of underrepresented and disadvantaged students into masters and doctoral programs in biomedical sciences. It is a ten week summer research training experience with specific emphasis on research career development in cardiovascular and related disorders. They will be in research laboratories most of their time, attend workshops on responsible conduct of research and attend a weekly course on cardiovascular science. (End of Abstract)

描述（由申请人提供）： 这是一个竞争性的短期研究培训的更新，以增加健康相关研究的多样性（R25），我们命名为，夏季多元文化高级研究培训（SMART）。这项建议继续非常成功地鼓励和招募代表性不足和处境不利的本科生从事生物医学科学的职业，提供为期十周的夏季实习，重点研究影响少数群体的健康差异和慢性疾病（如心血管疾病、高血压、肥胖症、糖尿病、中风、阿尔茨海默病和青光眼）。该计划涉及多学科的方法，包括从健康科学中心的生物医学科学部门的教师。学员参加研讨会和讲座：负责任的研究行为，包括科学不端行为，剽窃，实验室安全和实践，动物处理和动物权利的问题。学生将参加心血管科学入门课程，并在他们的家乡机构获得两个小时的学分。每个学生在审查他们的研究计划和听取教师的演讲后，从参与的教师中选择一名研究导师。学生和教师设计和计划可以在十周内完成的研究项目。所有学生必须完成一个抽象的适合提交和演示在每年秋季举行的少数民族学生（ABRCMS）的年度生物医学研究会议。学生在以下方面获得经验：1）提出假设; 2）通过研究实验验证假设; 3）使用新的研究方法; 4）使用计算机技术评估和分析数据; 5）在培训结束时以书面摘要和口头报告的形式展示他们的发现。这些活动的总体效果是创造一种成为科研界一员的感觉。学生参与导师的研究小组和部门每周的研讨会会议，进一步加强了这种意识。一个榜样研讨会也提出了作为今年夏天的经验的一部分。学生和教师导师各自评估该计划，并在该计划结束时互相。外部评估员用于帮助评估项目过程和项目结果。学生将在整个参与该计划的过程中被跟踪，之后通过正式的邮寄问卷，电子邮件跟进和使用列表服务。学生将被招募返回麦克奈尔夏季计划，如果仍然有资格，并进入研究生院。计划的成功最终将由进入生物医学科学研究生课程和研究作为职业的学生人数来衡量。研究及相关其他项目信息7.项目叙述这一计划题为“夏季多元文化高级研究培训”或SMART是我们机构整体努力的一部分，以增加代表性不足和弱势学生进入生物医学科学硕士和博士课程的人数。这是一个为期十周的夏季研究培训经验，特别强调心血管和相关疾病的研究职业发展。他们将大部分时间在研究实验室，参加负责任的研究行为讲习班，并参加每周一次的心血管科学课程。 (End摘要）