Summer Undergraduate Program to Educate Radiation Scientists (SUPERS)

辐射科学家教育暑期本科生计划（SUPERS）

• 批准号: 8740809
• 负责人: Sydney M. Evans
• 金额: $ 25.53万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-08 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8740809
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite the fact that radiation therapy is one of the three primary modalities used in the treatment of cancer, the active number of researchers in the fields of radiation biology or physics has declined over the past three decades. This critical unmet need for well-trained radiation scientists was underscored by a recent workshop entitled "National Crisis: Where are the Radiation Professionals?" sponsored by the NCRP and DOE (Bethesda Maryland, July 17, 2013). The Summer Undergraduate Program to Educate Radiation Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania (SUPERS@PENN) was proposed as a means to begin to reverse this recognized crisis. We hypothesize that by providing undergraduate students with a supportive environment that teaches them the underpinnings of cancer and radiation biology, physics and imaging, early in their college careers, that we will encourage a significant number of these students to ultimately pursue cancer and radiation research as a career path. Key part of our overall objective is to identify and recruit participats from various underrepresented populations, thereby promoting greater diversity among radiation scientists. Initially submitted in 2009, the program obtained strong support from study section (score 11, 1.0 percentile) and received NIH funding in 2010. We have successfully met the proposed aims from the initial submission, with a large percentage of our alumni (including minority, socioeconomically underprivileged and females) having now moved on to graduate programs, with a continued focus on an eventual career in cancer and radiation research. Our goal for this competitive renewal is to continue to build upon these early successes. Individualized research projects tailored to each student's interests and experience remain as the core component of the SUPERS program. In addition, didactic lectures from faculty experts in the fields of cancer biology, radiation biology, radiation physics and cancer imaging provide a foundation for students to build on. Four hours of bioethics training will be incorporated into th didactic lecture series, as per NIH requirements. One key to the early success of the program is the strong assessment and evaluative component. Working with colleagues in the Office of Evaluation and Assessment in the Academic Programs at the Perelman School of Medicine, SUPERS has developed methodologies to measure the immediate and long term impact of the program on student participants as they transition from undergraduate to post- baccalaureate studies and eventually into the early part of their research careers In summary, by completing the specific aims underlying this proposal, we anticipate that we will have a positive impact on quantity, quality and diversity of the next generation of scientists engaged in cancer and radiation-related research.

描述(申请人提供)：尽管放射治疗是癌症治疗的三种主要方法之一，但在过去三十年中，辐射生物学或物理学领域的活跃研究人员数量有所下降。这一点至关重要 最近一次题为“国家危机：辐射专业人员在哪里？”的研讨会强调了对训练有素的辐射科学家的未得到满足的需求。由NCRP和能源部主办(2013年7月17日，马里兰州贝塞斯达)。宾夕法尼亚大学的暑期本科项目旨在教育辐射科学家(Supers@Penn)，作为开始扭转这一公认危机的一种手段。我们假设，通过为本科生提供一个支持性的环境，在他们大学生涯的早期向他们传授癌症和辐射生物学、物理学和成像的基础知识，我们将鼓励这些学生中的相当一部分人最终将癌症和辐射研究作为职业道路。我们总体目标的关键部分是从不同代表性不足的人群中确定和招募参与者，从而促进辐射科学家之间的更大多样性。该计划最初于2009年提交，得到了研究部分(分数11，1.0%)的大力支持，并于2010年获得了NIH的资助。我们已经成功地实现了最初提交的建议目标，我们的校友(包括少数族裔、社会经济弱势群体和女性)现在已经进入研究生课程，并继续专注于最终在癌症和辐射研究领域的职业生涯。我们这次竞争性更新的目标是继续在这些早期成功的基础上继续发展。为每个学生的兴趣和经验量身定做的个性化研究项目仍然是Supers项目的核心组成部分。此外，来自癌症生物学、辐射生物学、辐射物理学和癌症成像领域的教师专家的说教讲座提供了一个 为学生打下坚实的基础。根据NIH的要求，四个小时的生物伦理学培训将被纳入到教学系列讲座中。该计划早期成功的一个关键是强有力的评估和评估部分。Supers与佩雷尔曼医学院学术项目评估与评估办公室的同事合作，开发了衡量该项目对学生参与者从本科生过渡到学士学位后研究并最终进入研究生涯早期阶段的即时和长期影响的方法。总而言之，通过完成这项建议的具体目标，我们预计我们将对从事癌症和辐射相关研究的下一代科学家的数量、质量和多样性产生积极影响。