Investing in the Future to Promote Diversity in GI Training

投资未来促进胃肠道培训的多样性

• 批准号: 8725146
• 负责人: Maria Teresa Abreu
• 金额: $ 14.84万
• 依托单位: AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSN/INST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-10 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8725146
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To reverse the projected shortfall of minority and female research physicians, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has developed a mentoring program in response to the NIH funding opportunity Professional Society Programs to Promote Diversity (RFA-DK-11-014) to engage underrepresented minorities and encourage them to pursue careers in medical and biomedical research. The proposed program, Investing in the Future to Promote Diversity in Gastrointestinal (GI) Training, leverages the experience and resources of the AGA to build upon successful initiatives that reach targeted underrepresented and minority groups over a five-year period. Critical strategic objectives are to recruit and retain underrepresented and minority (URM) students and to foster their academic and professional development. AGA committees working to achieve these goals include academic medicine and science, community physicians, trainees, URMs, women, and international colleagues. AGA proposes to build upon the Investing in the Future Program (IFP) by focusing on medical students and GI fellows at historically black educational institutions as well as expand recruitment of URM students into AGA's Student Research Fellowship Award Program. Both programs expose students to a range of basic, translational, clinical, and population research careers and opportunities as well as encourage them to pursue M.D. and M.D. /Ph.D. programs. Four highly respected academic gastroenterologists (i.e., Maria Abreu, Rick Boland, Bishr Omary, Vince Yang) with decades of experience as program leaders and mentors will serve as co-principal investigators (co-PIs) to provide administrative oversight of these efforts. In addition, 14 faculty members, together with the co-PIs, will serve as mentors to work with selected mentees over the 5-year period of the grant and beyond. Objectives include 1) nurture and strengthen interest of URM participants in pursuing gastroenterology as a specialization with special focus on research careers, 2) evaluate and track selected mentees over a 5-year period, and 3) write up and disseminate best practices to the medical community on this program. Specific aims of the proposal are: Aim 1: Expand Investing in the Future Program to target underrepresented minorities at historically black medical colleges; Aim 2: Expand current URM Student Research Fellowship Award Program and offer a wide menu of potential mentors and research opportunities; and Aim 3: Build a URM-focused education and research forum within AGA-sponsored national meetings, including the annual Digestive Disease Week and Academic Skills Workshop. AGA has a long tradition of supporting pro-diversity initiatives. The proposed program extends this tradition to maximize the pool of talented young people entering the field of GI and hepatology and to serve the increasingly diverse U.S. population.

描述（由申请人提供）：为了扭转少数族裔和女性研究医师预计短缺的情况，美国胃肠病学协会 (AGA) 制定了一项指导计划，以响应 NIH 资助机会专业协会促进多样性计划 (RFA-DK-11-014)，以吸引代表性不足的少数族裔，并鼓励他们从事医学和生物医学研究职业。拟议的计划“投资未来以促进胃肠道 (GI) 培训的多样性”利用 AGA 的经验和资源，以成功举措为基础，在五年内惠及目标弱势群体和少数群体。关键的战略目标是招募和留住代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 学生，并促进他们的学术和专业发展。致力于实现这些目标的 AGA 委员会包括学术医学和科学、社区医生、实习生、URM、女性和国际同事。 AGA 提议以投资未来计划 (IFP) 为基础，重点关注传统黑人教育机构的医学生和 GI 研究员，并扩大 AGA 学生研究奖学金计划招募 URM 学生。这两个项目都让学生接触到一系列基础、转化、临床和人口研究的职业和机会，并鼓励他们攻读医学博士和医学博士/博士学位。程序。四位备受尊敬的学术胃肠病学家（即 Maria Abreu、Rick Boland、Bishr Omary、Vince Yang）拥有数十年的项目领导和导师经验，将担任联合首席研究员 (co-PI)，对这些工作进行行政监督。此外，14 名教职员工将与联合 PI 一起担任导师，在 5 年及以后的资助期内与选定的受训者一起工作。目标包括 1) 培养和加强 URM 参与者对胃肠病学作为专业的兴趣，特别关注研究职业，2) 在 5 年时间内评估和跟踪选定的学员，以及 3) 撰写并向医学界传播该计划的最佳实践。该提案的具体目标是： 目标 1：扩大未来投资计划，以针对传统黑人医学院中代表性不足的少数群体；目标 2：扩大当前的 URM 学生研究奖学金奖励计划，并提供广泛的潜在导师和研究机会；目标 3：在 AGA 主办的全国会议中建立一个以 URM 为重点的教育和研究论坛，包括年度消化疾病周和学术技能研讨会。 AGA 有着支持多元化倡议的悠久传统。拟议的计划扩展了这一传统，以最大限度地增加进入胃肠道和肝病学领域的有才华的年轻人，并为日益多样化的美国人口提供服务。