Mississippi Diversity in Hypertension and Cardiorenal Researchers Program

密西西比州是心脏病、中风、高血压、糖尿病死亡率最高的州之一 肾脏疾病。密西西比州的医疗保健差距也是全国最大的， 招聘和留住能够解决这些问题的顶尖生物医学研究人员所需的校外研究支持 重要的问题。这些日益扩大的医疗保健差距影响到代表性不足的少数群体，包括非洲人。 美国人和西班牙裔美国人，他们受到心脏病、中风、糖尿病的影响不成比例， 肾炎/肾病、高血压及与高血压相关的肾脏疾病。因此，这是一个独特的机会 在密西西比州建立不同的研究基础设施，以研究机制和新的治疗方法 心血管和肾脏疾病的选择在美国最突出的地方 各州。该提案将在密西西比州实施一项夏季研究计划，该计划将成为 正在筹备增加弱势背景和任职人数不足的个人的参与 少数民族参与高血压、肾脏和心血管相关研究。密西西比大学医学院 该中心(UMMC)的心血管和肾脏研究中心(CRRC)在 心血管和肾脏研究。中国中车的使命是预防和减少死亡和残疾 从心脏和循环疾病到基础和临床研究、教育和 改善病人护理。中国中车的主要目标之一是提供指导和培训，以发展 下一代心血管和肾脏研究人员。目前的提案是一个关键组成部分 培训和指导心血管和肾脏研究人员的使命。它将利用一家 UMMC心血管和肾脏研究领域的基础科学和临床研究人员组成强大团队，以 实施一项促进高血压和心脏肾研究人员多样性的计划。这将是 通过在当地本科院校进行有针对性的招聘并通过利用 社区推广活动，以提高健康相关研究职业的知名度，使其成为一项令人兴奋的职业 在代表性不足的少数群体中进行选择。该培训计划的总体目标是提供职业生涯 和教育指导以及最先进的心血管和肾脏研究培训经验 在心血管疾病中处于不利地位和代表性不足的民族或种族背景的个人 肾脏科学。来自弱势和代表性不足背景的本科生将 参加这项计划的目的如下：(1)提供多学科的培训和指导 有心血管和肾脏研究方面的经验。(二)为学生提供职业技能培训 旨在促进与健康相关的研究专业的职业发展。(三)发展教育产业 外展计划，将加强和建设管道，以支持多样化的劳动力。

Mississippi is among the leaders in mortality due to heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease. Mississippi also has the greatest health care disparities in the country along with limited extramural research support necessary to recruit and retain top biomedical researchers that can address these important issues. These widening health care disparities affect underrepresented minorities, including African Americans and Hispanic Americans, who are disproportionately affected by heart disease, stroke, diabetes, nephritis/nephrosis, hypertension and hypertension related renal diseases. Therefore, a unique opportunity exists in Mississippi for building diverse research infrastructure to investigate mechanisms and new treatment options for cardiovascular and renal diseases at the very location where they are most prominent in the United States. This proposal will implement a summer research program in the state of Mississippi that will serve as a pipeline to increase the participation of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and underrepresented minorities in hypertension, renal and cardiovascular related research. The University of Mississippi Medical Center's (UMMC) Cardiovascular and Renal Research Center (CRRC) has a long history of excellence in cardiovascular and renal research. The mission of the CRRC is to prevent and reduce death and disability from diseases of the heart and circulation through excellence in basic and clinical research, education, and improved patient care. One of the major goals of the CRRC is to provide mentoring and training to develop the next generation of cardiovascular and renal researchers. The current proposal represents a critical component of the mission to train and mentor cardiovascular and renal researchers. It will capitalize on the expertise of a strong group of basic science and clinical investigators in cardiovascular and renal research at UMMC to implement a program to promote Diversity in Hypertension and Cardiorenal Researchers (DHCR). This will become a robust pipeline by using targeted recruitment at local undergraduate institutions and by utilizing community outreach to increase the visibility of health-related research professions as an exciting career choice among underrepresented minorities. The overall objective of this training program is to provide career and education mentoring along with state-of the art cardiovascular and renal research training experiences to individuals with disadvantaged and underrepresented ethnic or racial backgrounds in the cardiovascular and renal sciences. Undergraduate students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds will participate in this program that has the following aims: (1) To provide a multi-disciplinary training and mentoring experience in cardiovascular and renal research. (2) To provide students with professional skills training geared towards promoting careers in health-related research professions. (3) To develop an educational outreach program that will reinforce and build the pipeline to support a diverse workforce.