Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Res

描述（由申请人提供）：“增加健康相关研究多样性的短期研究教育计划（R25）”的拟议项目将使未被充分代表的少数民族学生能够早期接触并激发他们对生物医学研究的兴趣，特别是在促进国家心脏，肺和血液研究所使命的领域。该提案将通过布里格姆妇女医院（BWH）学术研究和奖学金暑期培训（STARS）项目进行管理，该项目是机构致力于多样性的众多例子之一。该提案的优势包括在研究、培训和指导方面拥有丰富的机构卓越历史。STARS项目的启动（目前已进入第四个年头）、多元文化教师职业办公室（OMC）的创建，以及为帮助保留代表性不足的少数族裔教师而设立的两项年度少数族裔教师发展奖，也体现了整个医院在改善多样性方面所做的努力。作为这项研究教育计划的一部分，我们提出了四个具体目标：1)提供为期8周的密集研究指导；2)提供严格的职业发展课程，使参与者接触到BWH的杰出专业知识；3)为学生参与者提供职业指导系统；4)使用客观指标来确定项目的短期（每个夏季课程结束时）和长期（项目完成后5至10年）的成功。（摘要结束）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project for "Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25)" will enable early exposure of and stimulate interest among underrepresented minority students in biomedical research specifically in areas that promote the mission of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The proposal will be administered through the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) Summer Training in Academic Research and scholarship (STARS) a program initiated as one of many examples of institutional commitment to diversity. The strengths of the proposal include a rich history of institutional excellence in research, training and mentoring. A hospital wide effor at improving diversity is also manifested by the initiation of the STARS program, now in its fourth year, the creation of an Office for Multicultural Faculty Career (OMC) and the availability of two annual minority faculty development awards that help retain underrepresented minority faculty on staff. We propose four specific goals as part of this research educational program: 1) Provide an intensive, 8 week long mentored exposure to research 2) provide a rigorous career developmental curriculum that exposes the participants to the outstanding expertise at BWH, 3) provide a career mentoring system for student participants and 4) use objective metrics to determine the success of the program both in the short term ( at the end of each summer session) and long term ( five to 10 years after program completion). (End of Abstract)