University of Pittsburgh: Short-Term Educational Experiences for Research (PITT-S

匹兹堡大学：短期研究教育经验（PITT-S

• 批准号: 8197878
• 负责人: Bruce Robert Pitt
• 金额: $ 5.59万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2013-05-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8197878
• 关键词: Address; Area; Award; Behavioral; Biology; Biomedical Research; Career Choice; Community Health; Disadvantaged; Educational workshop; Environmental Health; Ethics; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Health Sciences; Laboratories; Letters; Mentors; Metals; Monitor; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Occupational Health; Participant; Problem-Based Learning; Process; Public Health Schools; Recommendation; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Safety; Schools; Science; Series; Students; Supervision; System; Techniques; Toxicology; Training; Transcript; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; Youth; abstracting; base; career; college; design; experience; follow-up; frontier; graduate student; health disparity; high school; interdisciplinary approach; lectures; minority health; programs; prospective; respiratory; twelfth grade; undergraduate student

Abstract The overall goal of the University of Pittsburgh Short Term Educational Experience for Research (PITTSTEER) in the Environmental Health Sciences for High School and Undergraduate Students is to encourage entry of students into careers in biomedical research and environmental health sciences. PITT-STEER will exploit a mentored focus on respiratory biology, metal toxicology, health disparities and other contemporary aspects of environmental health science. During the 10-week program, students will conduct original research in these areas under the mentored supervision of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) and Behavioral Community Health Sciences (BCHS) faculty in our Graduate School Public Health (GSPH). Students will work on problems at the frontier of biomedical science using state-of-the art techniques. Students will also follow a dedicated series of lectures and participate in problem based learning to introduce basic fundamentals of environmental health science and toxicology. Additionally, they will participate in a seminar program designed to further their understanding of the scientific process and critical analysis, and workshop forums on career paths within biomedical research. The long-term goal is to promote scientific training of new investigators that exploits interdisciplinary approaches to address significant research problems in environmental health science. Prospective students will be selected from a large and outstanding pool of candidates of emerging junior and senior high school students in the Pittsburgh Public School system. Access to this group of students will be facilitated by ongoing efforts in a separate research project (Healthy Class of 2010) in which our Center Minority Health in the GSPH has established firm interactive ties with the 9 public high schools in Pittsburgh. Six students per summer will be selected by an administrative committee based on high school transcripts, personal statement and letters of recommendation. The Pittsburgh Public School system has significant underrepresented minority (70%) and disadvantaged youth representation facilitating goals of diversity recruitment. Opportunities will be provided to participate in a second summer experience for outstanding students during their own college undergraduate experience. A core of NIEHS and NIH-HLBI funded, experienced investigators has been chosen as mentors. Ancillary activities will include laboratory safety, and scientific ethics. At the end of the program, each student will present the results of his/her work at a colloquium of participating students and mentors. A certificate will be awarded to all students successfully completing the Program. Longitudinal follow-up will monitor graduate training and career choices elected by student participants in this program and will be compared with that of entering underrepresented minority biomedical graduate students who did not participate in PITT-STEER or similar programs. This tracking will provide an assessment of the ability of the program to achieve its goals.

摘要 匹兹堡大学为高中生和本科生开设的环境健康科学短期教育体验(PITTSTEER)的总体目标是鼓励学生进入生物医学研究和环境健康科学的职业生涯。皮特-斯蒂尔将利用在呼吸生物学、金属毒理学、健康差异和环境健康科学的其他当代方面的指导重点。在为期10周的项目中，学生将在我们研究生院公共卫生(GSPH)的环境与职业健康(EOH)和行为社区健康科学(BCHS)教员的指导下进行这些领域的原创性研究。学生将使用最先进的技术解决生物医学科学前沿的问题。学生还将参加专门的一系列讲座，并参与以问题为基础的学习，介绍环境健康科学和毒理学的基本原理。此外，他们还将参加旨在加深对科学过程和批判性分析的理解的研讨会计划，以及关于生物医学研究中职业道路的研讨会论坛。长期目标是促进对利用跨学科方法解决环境健康科学中重大研究问题的新研究人员的科学培训。未来的学生将从匹兹堡公立学校系统中一大批优秀的初中生和高中生中挑选出来。我们GSPH的少数民族健康中心与匹兹堡的9所公立高中建立了牢固的互动关系，通过正在进行的一个单独的研究项目(2010年健康班)，我们将促进这一群体的学生。一个管理委员会将根据高中成绩单、个人陈述和推荐信，每年夏天挑选六名学生。匹兹堡公立学校系统的少数族裔代表人数严重不足(70%)，弱势青年代表极大地促进了多样性招聘的目标。将为优秀学生提供在大学本科期间参加第二次暑期体验的机会。NIEHS和NIH-HLBI资助的一位经验丰富的核心调查人员已被选为导师。辅助活动将包括实验室安全和科学道德。在项目结束时，每个学生将在参与的学生和导师的座谈会上展示他/她的工作成果。所有成功完成课程的学生都将获得证书。纵向跟踪将监测参加该项目的学生选择的研究生培训和职业选择，并将与没有参加PIT-STEER或类似项目的代表不足的少数民族生物医学研究生的情况进行比较。这种跟踪将提供对该计划实现其目标的能力的评估。