Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research

描述(由申请者提供)：布朗大学短期培训计划支持每年培训15名代表不足(少数族裔和弱势群体)的本科生，以完成为期9周的教师指导的暑期研究实习。该计划从国家人才库中招募学生，并为他们提供心血管、肺、血液和睡眠障碍研究方面的早期研究培训经验。这个项目在过去的18年里一直存在于布朗大学。在该项目的整个过程中，每15名接受指导的学员中有1人成为教师，每15名接受指导的学员中有3人获得了医学博士/博士或博士学位等高级终端研究生学位。目前的提案寻求更新这一成功的计划。通过这样做，我们将继续补充和多样化生物医学领域，支持对代表性不足的少数族裔、残疾人和其他弱势群体的培训。这将通过以下方式实现：a)在布朗大学杰出的教师导师的指导下，为来自这些代表性不足群体的学生提供研究培训经验；b)丰富由来自相同背景的UR研究生领导的同行指导和自我肯定活动；以及c)参与以学者的职业生活方式和习惯为榜样的活动。后者包括参加研究论坛、出席和参加研讨会以及参加社会活动。我们计划的参与式学习活动将有助于激励学员追求生物医学科学的职业生涯。此外，通过继续这个项目，我们将为代表不足的学生扩大研究机会和培训经验，否则他们将无法获得这些机会。这将有助于在参与者中培养更强大和更以职业为导向的观点。不可避免地，这将有助于保持美国在科学、医药、医疗保健技术和教育领域的全球竞争力。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Brown University Short-Term Training Program supports the training of 15 under-represented (minority and disadvantaged) undergraduate students each year to complete 9-week, faculty mentored summer research internships. The program recruits students from a national pool and provides them with early research training experience in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic and sleep disorders research. This program has existed at Brown for the past 18 years. Over the life of the program 1 of every 15 trainees mentored has become a faculty member and ~3 of every 15 trainees mentored has earned advanced terminal graduate degrees such as the M.D. /PhD, or the PhD degree. The current proposal seeks renewal of this successful program. By doing so, we will continue to replenish and diversify the biomedical fields by supporting the training of under-represented racial & ethnic minorities, disabled and other disadvantaged individuals. This will be achieved by providing students from these under-represented groups with a) research training experiences with outstanding faculty mentors at Brown, b) enriching peer mentoring and self-affirming activities led by UR graduate students from the same backgrounds and c) engaging in activities that model the career lifestyle and habits of scholars. The latter includes participating in research forums, attending and participating seminars and engaging in social activities. The participatory learning activities of our program will help to motivate trainees to pursue careers i the biomedical sciences. Moreover, by continuing this program we will expand the research opportunities & training experiences for under-represented students that would otherwise not be available to them. This will help to foster a stronger and more career oriented outlook among participants. Inevitably, this will help to preserve the U.S. global competitiveness in the areas o science, medicine, healthcare technology and education. (End of Abstract)