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

描述（由申请人提供）：“短期研究教育计划，以增加健康相关研究（R25）的多样性”的拟议项目将使早期曝光，并在生物医学研究中，特别是在促进国家心脏，肺和血液研究所的使命的领域，激发少数民族学生的兴趣。该提案将通过布里格姆妇女医院（BWH）学术研究和奖学金夏季培训（STARS）进行管理，该计划是机构致力于多样性的许多例子之一。该提案的优势包括在研究、培训和指导方面拥有丰富的卓越机构历史。在提高多样性的医院范围effor也体现了明星计划的启动，现在在其第四年，一个办公室的创建多元文化教师职业（OMC）和两个年度少数民族教师发展奖，帮助保留工作人员代表性不足的少数民族教师的可用性。我们提出了四个具体目标，作为这个研究教育计划的一部分：1）提供密集的，为期8周的指导接触研究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短期内计划的成功与否（在每个夏季课程结束时）和长期（计划完成后5至10年）。(End摘要）

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)