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

描述(由申请人提供)：这一短期研究教育计划的目标是增加来自不同背景的代表性不足的个人在心血管、肺、血液和其他相关健康疾病领域的研究参与。我们将通过为符合条件的本科生提供密集的暑期研究体验来实现这一点，这将有助于他们成功进入生物医学研究生、医学、牙科或公共卫生相关项目。这项续订建议旨在取代我们目前成功的R25少数民族夏季研究计划(R25HL088742)，该计划已进入最后一年，但显著加强，以强调差异问题。例如，暑期本科生将参加每周一次的研讨会，专门讨论差异问题，参观诊所(糖尿病、高血压等)。他们对微不足道的医疗保健非常感兴趣，与少数族裔范德比尔特大学的研究生配对，并与少数族裔医生一对一会面。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Short-Term Research Education Program is to increase the participation of underrepresented individuals from diverse backgrounds in research in the areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and other related health disorders. We will accomplish this by providing an intensive summer research experience for qualified undergraduate students which will aid their successful entry into biomedical graduate, medical, dental, or public health related programs. This renewal proposal is designed to replace our successful current R25 Minority Summer Research Program (R25HL088742) which is in its last year, but strengthened significantly to emphasize issues of disparity. For example, summer undergraduate students will attend weekly seminars devoted to issues of disparity, visit clinics (diabetes, hypertension, etc.) that are of high interest in minoity health care, be paired with a minority Vanderbilt graduate student, and meet one on one with minority physicians. (End of Abstract)