Research Enrichment and Preparation (REAP) Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）： 这一关于实施研究充实和准备培训计划（REAP -TP）的建议旨在促进优秀医学生进入生物医学研究职业。这个创新的研究丰富计划代表了一种创造性的方法，提供了深入接触生物医学概念，现代生物医学研究领域，以及密集的，“动手”的，结构良好的12周研究经验。该REAP-TP将匹配有才华的医学生与全额资助的NIH研究教师导师，该计划夫妇的日常研究经验与正在进行的一系列课程，夏季研究研讨会，同行圆桌会议研究讨论，口头报告，并从优秀的UTMB教师指导。此外，医学生将有机会选择基础，临床，转化或行为研究项目。具体目标是：1）让医学生在职业发展的早期就接触到研究职业的兴奋和挑战，并鼓励他们的调查和分析技能2）鼓励医学生从事糖尿病，肥胖，内分泌和营养失调，代谢疾病，消化，肝脏和肾脏疾病，泌尿系统和血液系统疾病领域的基础或临床研究。3)为希望在未来寻求额外研究培训和资金的学生提供宝贵的经验和参考，4）增加在继续NIDDK使命所必需的领域从事生物医学或行为研究的医生科学家的人数，和5）通过增加在以下领域进行研究的医生科学家人数，解决健康和保健差距问题：少数群体特别容易受到感染，如糖尿病、终末期肾病和肥胖症。REAP-TP将丰富医学生的研究背景，并使他们能够在实验室中亲身体验研究，优秀的教师将科学探究的兴奋带到生活中。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal for the implementation of the Research Enrichment and Preparation Training Program (REAP -TP) is designed to promote the entry of outstanding medical students into biomedical research careers. This innovative research enrichment program represents a creative approach that provides an in-depth exposure to biomedical concepts, modern biomedical research areas, and an intensive, "hands-on," well-structured 12 week research experience. The REAP-TP will match talented medical students with fully funded NIH research faculty mentors, and the program couples the daily research experience with an ongoing series of courses, summer research seminars, peer round table research discussions, oral presentations, and mentoring from outstanding UTMB faculty. Additionally, medical students will have to opportunity to choose basic, clinical, translational or behavioral research projects. The specific objectives are: 1) To expose medical students early in their career development to the excitement and challenges of a research career and to encourage their investigative and analytical skills 2) To encourage medical students to pursue a career in basic or clinical research in the areas of diabetes, obesity, endocrine and nutritional disorders, metabolic diseases, digestive, liver and kidney diseases, urologic and hematological disorders. 3) To provide valuable experiences and references for students who hope to seek additional research training and funding in the future, 4) To increase the pool of physician scientists engaged in biomedical or behavioral research in those areas necessary to continue the mission of the NIDDK, and 5) To address the issues of health and health care disparities by increasing the pool of physician scientists performing research in those areas where minority populations are particularly vulnerable, such as diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and obesity. The REAP-TP will enrich the research background of medical students and will allow them to experience research first-hand in laboratories where outstanding faculty brings the excitement of scientific inquiry to life.