Guiding Indigenous Students in Next-generation Genomic Studies with the Summer In

暑期指导土著学生进行下一代基因组研究

• 批准号: 8475245
• 负责人: RIPAN S MALHI
• 金额: $ 3.57万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-27 至 2016-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8475245
• 关键词: Address; Bioinformatics; Collaborations; Communities; Community Participation; Disease; Education; Educational Curriculum; Environment; Ethics; European; Faculty; Fostering; Future; Generations; Genomics; Goals; Health; Illinois; Indigenous; Individual; Institution; Internships; Lead; Leadership; Learning; Modeling; Molecular Biology; National Human Genome Research Institute; Native Americans; Public Health; Research; Research Personnel; Research Subjects; Resources; Role; Running; Scientist; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Walking; beneficiary; college; empowered; ethical legal social implication; frontier; genetic variant; innovation; instructor; interest; legal implication; next generation; programs; public health relevance; social implication; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to establish a six-day summer short course on genomics for Native American college and university students with a background and interest in genomics. The short term goals of the program, entitled the Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING), are to train Native American students in next-generation genomic and bioinformatics analyses and to build capacity for scientific research of Native American communities. The long term goal of SING is to produce the next generation of intellectual leaders who will define the expanding frontiers of genomic analysis with a specific focus on genomic research with indigenous communities. These goals will be accomplished via the SING program by creating an interdisciplinary learning environment with learners and instructors from diverse intellectual backgrounds and a curriculum that empowers Native American learners to take leadership roles in addressing current and future challenges of genomic research and sovereignty of Native American communities. The expertise of the SING faculty and resources available at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provide an ideal environment to educate Native American students to tackle important problems of genomics with indigenous communities. Our unique short course with significant "hands-on" training in molecular biology, bioinformatics and ELSI strategies will transform education for underrepresented minorities on our campus and in the scientific community generally. This program will be empirically evaluated to serve as a model for other institutions.

描述(由申请者提供)：我们建议为有基因组学背景和兴趣的美国原住民学院和大学生设立一个为期六天的基因组学暑期短期课程。该项目的短期目标是培训美国原住民学生进行下一代基因组和生物信息学分析，并建立美洲原住民社区的科学研究能力。SING的长期目标是培养下一代知识领袖，他们将定义不断扩大的基因组分析前沿，特别关注与土著社区的基因组研究。这些目标将通过SING计划实现，方法是创建一个有来自不同智力背景的学习者和教师的跨学科学习环境，以及一个赋予美洲原住民学习者在应对基因组研究和美洲原住民社区主权的当前和未来挑战中发挥领导作用的课程。SING教师的专业知识和伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校可用的资源为教育美洲原住民学生解决土著社区的重要基因组学问题提供了理想的环境。我们独特的短期课程包括分子生物学、生物信息学和ELSI战略方面的重要实践培训，将改变我们校园和整个科学界对代表不足的少数群体的教育。该计划将进行经验评估，以作为其他机构的典范。