Short-term Research Training Program for Minority Students

项目摘要 西奈山医学院预防医学系建议制定短期 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的兴趣， 通过以支持多学科教育的方式提高其研究能力， 使用以社区为基础的战略，以减少心肺疾病，这是非常普遍的地方 少数民族社区。 拟议中的计划将建立在现有的计划，提供培训，在环境卫生 为少数民族学生进行科学研究，提供职业指导，并在 完成该计划，以实现其职业目标。现有方案收到 作为培训少数民族学生的典范得到国家承认，并继续得到国家教育和卫生研究所15年的支持。 年由于资金流结束而取消NIEHS计划后，主要研究者 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一个 重点关注社区环境中的呼吸道疾病，这是主要研究者的专业领域。 目前的建议建立在前一个计划的最有效的功能，并与强大的计数 部门成员的机构支持，其中许多人对以下方面有浓厚的研究兴趣： 社区和职业肺健康。此外，该计划将通过与 西奈山的其他教育项目将使学生获得丰富的机会和职业 选项.这将通过提供培训机会来实现， 学科具体目标是：（1）选拔、培训和培养一批代表性不足的少数民族学生 并鼓励和支持他们从事健康领域的职业;以及2）为学生提供 在整个职业生涯中参与该计划并获得长期的指导和指导。 短期研究培训计划完全符合校长资助的赠款组合， 研究者目前指导，是预防医学系生活的一个组成部分， 西奈山。学院的持续承诺和参与证明了机构的支持 和节目总监这也证明了其他相关的培训计划， 为不同教育水平的学生提供。该计划将导致20个少数民族的培训和指导 与社区和职业性肺病有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.