Student Mentoring Through Regional Scientific Symposia

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案的目标是：(1)通过提供一个专业研讨会，鼓励MARC项目学生以及其他代表性不足和/或少数族裔(URM)学生进行高质量的科学研究，在这个研讨会上，他们可以(A)了解影响健康差距的医学科学，(B)以口头和海报形式介绍他们自己的工作，以及(C)从拥有国家学术资质的教职员工和导师那里获得反馈；(2)非正式地接触科学方法，以补充和加强学生与当地导师目前的基础科学研究经验；以及(3)让参与的学生熟悉健康差距，作为科学研究和示范项目的重点，以及他们自己在职业成长和发展中将遇到的挑战的背景。具体目标是(1)在五年内实施20个学生辅导跟踪计划，作为地区研讨会的一部分，讨论少数族裔、医疗服务不足和癌症，以及与健康差距有关的其他科学主题。(2)每个项目年派出20-40名学生和两名导师参加在休斯顿德克萨斯大学安德森癌症中心举行的为期一周的年度美国健康差距会议。得克萨斯州；以及(3)在学生参加他们所在社区的地区研讨会的学生指导轨道后，提供持续的教育强化和指导。方法：在该项目的五年期间，每年将有50名学生参加4个地区研讨会，总计1000名学生。每个地区研讨会上的学生指导跟踪活动将包括(1)与一到两名专业人员和一小群学生举行的圆桌会议指导；(2)“思想市场”，学生与来自不同联邦机构和国家组织的广泛代表进行互动。(3)学生口头和海报陈述；(4)从定期区域研讨会日程中挑选会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goals of this proposal are to: (1) Stimulate quality scientific research among MARC program students as well as other underrepresented and/or minority (URM) students by providing a professional Symposium at which they can (a) learn about medical sciences as they impact health disparities, (b) present their own work in oral and poster presentations, and (c) receive feedback from faculty and mentors who have national academic credentials; (2) Provide informal exposure to scientific methods that will complement and reinforce the students' current basic science research experience with their local mentors; and (3) Familiarize the participating students with health disparities as a focus for scientific research and demonstration projects as well as a context for challenges that they themselves will encounter in their professional growth and development. Specific Aims are to (1) Conduct 20 Student Mentoring Track programs over five years as part of Regional Symposia addressing Minorities, the Medically Underserved, & Cancer, in addition to other scientific topics related to health disparities. (2) Send a cohort of 20 - 40 students plus two mentors per Project Year to participate in the annual week-long conference on Disparities in Health in America offered at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Texas; and (3) Provide ongoing educational reinforcement and mentoring after the students attend the Student Mentoring Track of the Regional Symposium in their community. Methods: Over the 5-year period of the project, 50 students will participate in each of 4 Regional Symposia annually, for a total of 1,000 students. Student Mentoring Track activities at each Regional Symposium will include (1) roundtable mentoring with one or two professionals and small groups of students; (2) A "Marketplace of Ideas" where students interacted with an wide array of representatives from different federal agencies and national organizations. (3) Student oral and poster presentations; and (4) Selected meetings from the regular Regional Symposium schedule.