NHLBI Short-Term Training Program Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research

描述（由申请人提供）：提交此申请是为了请求继续支持14名本科生/年，他们是生物科学中代表性不足的少数群体成员，正在参加为期10周的夏季荣誉本科生研究计划（SHURP）医学科学部。迄今为止，该方案已有319名毕业生，包括1996年至2005年期间由该赠款资助的122名受训人员。其中97%的人正在继续或计划继续接受生物科学方面的培训。目标是：（1）增加学生对生物医学研究和职业选择的了解，（2）提高他们的研究相关技能和对这些技能的信心，（3）激发他们在生物医学研究中追求职业的兴趣，特别是在NHLBI感兴趣的领域，（4）提高学生选择合适课程和准备成功申请的能力，（5）提供项目内和项目后的指导，以及（6）协助项目校友建立专业网络。该计划的主要重点是在哈佛医学院教师的实验室研究，他们是该计划的成功研究导师，并在心脏/心肺功能，血液学以及与心脏和血管功能相关的细胞和分子生物学领域进行研究。实验室研究是由每周的学生教师研究讨论研讨会，在研究的负责任的行为，职业探索和发展研讨会，在领导联盟研讨会的参与，研究生的指导，以及其他机会，以满足教师和研究生和医学生的培训补充。申请人通过与本科项目主任和SHURP校友的个人联系，在少数民族科学学生研究或职业会议上推广该项目，向科学项目主任发送邮件，以及印刷和在线广告在全国范围内招募。学生是从400多名申请人/年的基础上，他们在研究，智力能力和教师评估的认知和个人技能的兴趣选择。该计划由学员，教师研究导师，学员的大学科学顾问和外部咨询委员会评估。后续活动包括定期联系，以提供建议和网络机会，一年两次的校友通讯，一个实时更新的校友目录，校园访问，以及非正式的电话，信件和电子邮件与计划校友联系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is submitted to request continued support for 14 undergraduate students/yr who are members of minority groups under-represented in the biological sciences and are participating in the 10-week Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP) of the Division of Medical Sciences. To date, this Program has 319 alumni, including 122 trainees funded by this grant between 1996 and 2005. 97% of them are continuing or planning to continue training in the biological sciences. The goals are: (1) to increase students' knowledge of biomedical research and career choices, (2) to improve their research-related skills and confidence in those skills, (3) to stimulate their interest in pursuing careers in biomedical research, especially in areas of interest to NHLBI, (4) to improve the students' ability to select an appropriate program and to prepare a successful application, (5) to provide intra-program and post-program mentoring, and (6) to assist the program alumni in building a professional network. The major focus of the Program is research in laboratories of Harvard Medical School faculty members who are successful research mentors in the Program and who conduct studies in the areas of cardiac/cardiopulmonary function, hematology, and cell and molecular biology related to cardiac and vascular functions. Laboratory research is supplemented by weekly student-faculty research discussion seminars, training in the Responsible Conduct of Research, career exploration and development workshops, participation in the Leadership Alliance Symposium, mentoring by graduate students, and other opportunities to meet faculty and graduate and medical students. Applicants are recruited nationwide through personal contacts with undergraduate program directors and SHURP alumni, promotion of the program at minority science student research or career conferences, mailings to science program directors, and print and on-line advertisements. Students are selected from over 400 applicants/yr on the basis of their interest in research, intellectual competence, and teacher assessment of cognitive and personal skills. The program is evaluated by the trainees, faculty research mentors, trainees' college science advisors and by an External Advisory Committee. Follow-up activities include regular contact to provide advice and networking opportunities, a twice-yearly alumni newsletter, a periodically-updated alumni directory, campus visits, and informal telephone, letter, and email contacts with program alumni.