Short-term Research Training Program for Minority Students

项目摘要 西奈山医学院预防医学部建议开展短期 少数民族学生培训计划。该计划的目标是培养少数民族学生对 科学和医学，以支持多学科教育的方式提高研究能力 使用以社区为基础的战略来减少在当地高度流行的心肺疾病 少数族裔社区。 拟议的计划将建立在现有计划的基础上，该计划提供了环境健康方面的培训 为少数民族学生提供科学研究，提供职业指导，并指导许多参与其中的学生 该计划的完成有助于实现他们的职业目标。已收到的现有程序 被国家认可为培训少数族裔学生的典范，并得到NIEHS的持续支持15年 好几年了。在由于资金流结束而取消NIEHS方案时，首席调查员 寻求NHLBI的支持以继续该计划。这种过渡是无缝的，因为该计划已经有了 高度重视社区环境中的呼吸系统疾病，这是首席调查员的专长领域。 目前的提议建立在先前计划最有效的特点基础上，并具有强大的影响力 来自部门成员的机构支持，他们中的许多人对 社区和职业肺健康。此外，该计划还将通过与 西奈山的其他教育项目将使学生接触到丰富的机会和职业 选择。这将通过提供培训机会来实现，以弥合学术上的差距 纪律。具体目标是：1)选拔、培养和培养一支少数民族学生干部队伍 并鼓励和支持他们在健康领域追求事业；以及2)为以下学生提供 在他们整个职业生涯的过程中，通过长期的指导和指导参与该计划。 短期研究培训计划完全符合校长资助的赠款组合 调查员目前领导着预防医学部的工作，并是其不可或缺的一部分 西奈山。教职员的持续投入和参与证明了院校的支持。 和项目总监。创建其他可用的相关培训方案也证明了这一点 适用于不同教育程度的学生。该计划将对20名少数民族进行培训和指导 与社区和职业性肺部疾病相关的健康科学专业的学生。

Project Summary The Department of Preventive Medicine of Mount Sinai School of Medicine proposes to develop the Short-term Training Program for Minority Students. The goal of the Program is to nurture minority students' interests in science and medicine by enhancing their research capacity in a way that supports multidisciplinary education using community-based strategies to reduce cardiopulmonary diseases, which are highly prevalent in local minority communities. The proposed program will build on an existing program that has provided training in environmental health sciences research for minority students, offered career mentoring and guided many participating students after the completion of the Program towards achieving their professional goals. The existing program received national recognition as a model for training minority students and had continued support from the NIEHS for 15 years. Upon cancellation of the NIEHS program due to end of the funding stream, the Principal Investigator seeks support from NHLBI to continue the program. This transition is seamless as the program already had a strong focus on respiratory disease in community settings, an area of expertise of the principal investigator. The current proposal builds on the most effective features of the previous program and counts with strong institutional support from members of the department, many of whom have strong research interests in community and occupational pulmonary health. In addition, the program will be enhanced by collaboration with other educational programs at Mount Sinai that will expose students to a wealth of opportunities and career options. This will be achieved by offering training opportunities that bridge the gaps between academic disciplines. Specific aims are: 1) To select, train and nurture a cadre of underrepresented minority students and to motivate and support them in pursuing careers in the health fields; and 2) To provide students who participate in the program with long-term mentoring and guidance throughout the length of their careers. The Short-term Research Training Program fits perfectly within the portfolio of funded grants that the Principal Investigator currently directs and is an integral part of the life of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai. Institutional support is evidenced by the continued commitment and participation of the faculty and program director. It is also evidenced by the creation of other related training programs that are available for students at different educational levels. The program will lead to the training and mentoring of 20 minority students in the health sciences related to community and occupationally-based pulmonary disease.