Short-Term Training to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议继续弗吉尼亚大学医学院现有的非常成功的暑期研究实习计划（SRIP）。该计划的目标是让不同的本科生和医科学生接触到最先进的心血管、血液和肺部疾病的研究，向他们灌输信心和将研究作为职业选择的愿望，并使他们熟悉生物医学研究领域存在的职业机会。这个项目每年夏天持续十周，内容多样。第一个也是最重要的方面是学生在教师的指导下接触和参与当代研究项目。第二个方面是让学生参加一系列每周的研讨会，在这些研讨会中，学生们接触到各种他们在单个实验室中不太可能看到的先进研究技术，包括共聚焦和电子显微镜的使用、生物信息学、基因组学和蛋白质组学、基因制图技术、杂交瘤/单克隆抗体制备等。第三个方面包括一系列的讲座和讨论，其中学生接触到广泛的研究课题和国际公认的科学家。这些科学家包括女性和未被充分代表的少数族裔科学家，他们可以为这些学生树立榜样。最后，我们的第四个方面

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to continue an existing and highly successful Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The goals of this program will be to expose a diverse group of undergraduate students and medical students to state of the art Cardiovascular, Hematologic and Pulmonary Diseases research, to instill in them confidence and a desire to consider research as a career option, and to familiarize them with the opportunities that exist for a career in biomedical research. The program runs for ten weeks each summer and is multi-faceted. The first and most important facet involves student exposure to and participation in a contemporary research project under the guidance of a faculty member. A second facet has the students participating in a series of weekly workshops in which students are exposed to a variety of advanced research techniques that they are unlikely to see in individual laboratories, including the use of confocal and electron microscopy, bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics, genetic mapping techniques, hybridoma/monoclonal antibody preparation, etc. The third facet includes a series of lectures and discussions wherein the students are exposed to a wide array of research topics and internationally recognized scientists. These scientists include women and underrepresented minority scientists who can serve as role models for these students. Finally, a fourth facet of our program is a weekly research lunch co-hosted by the principal investigators Drs. Owens and Hockensmith, during which the students give oral statements of their working hypotheses, summaries of the past week's research progress, discuss career options and opportunities, and consider approaches for choosing and applying to a graduate program. Nearly 70 faculty members, whose principal research interests are in Cardiovascular, Hematologic or Pulmonary Diseases, will serve as mentors. All components of this program are currently in place. In summary, we feel that our program provides an outstanding environment to stimulate and foster interest in research careers in biomedical research. Reviews of the program by past participants have been outstanding and have contributed significantly to the continued interest in our program. (End of Abstract)