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

描述（由申请人提供）：这个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。我们将通过为合格的本科生提供密集的夏季研究经验来实现这一目标，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课程。这项更新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），这是在其最后一年，但大大加强，以强调差距的问题。例如，夏季本科生将参加每周一次的研讨会，专门讨论差距问题，参观诊所（糖尿病，高血压等）。对少数民族医疗保健有很高兴趣的人，与少数民族范德比尔特的研究生配对，与少数民族医生一对一会面。(End摘要）

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)