UTSW Summer Undergraduate Research Institute for the Study of Kidney Diseases

描述（由申请人提供）：肾脏疾病对美国医疗保健系统构成了重大且日益增加的负担。尽管肾脏疾病相关的研究在我们对导致急性或慢性肾功能不全的各种情况的理解方面取得了重大进展，但在寻找治疗方法方面却进展甚微。研究人员需要集中一致的努力来推进现有知识的转化目标。在这一领域招募最优秀、最聪明的人才将有助于这些努力。新南威尔士大学肾脏疾病研究暑期本科生研究所（SURISKD）将努力向对生物医学研究感兴趣的本科生介绍肾脏研究这一激动人心的领域。参与者将花10周的时间学习肾脏和肾脏疾病，在世界上一些领先的肾脏疾病研究人员的实验室学习肾脏和肾脏疾病相关的课程和研究。该项目旨在培养、教育、培训和招募下一代肾脏疾病研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Kidney disease constitutes a significant, increasing burden on the United States healthcare system. Although kidney disease related research has made significant advances on our understanding of the various conditions that lead to acute or chronic renal insufficiency, little progress has been made towards finding cures. Focused, concerted efforts by researchers need to be implemented to advance current knowledge towards translational goals. Such efforts will be aided by recruiting the best and brightest minds into this field. The UTSW Summer Undergraduate Research Institute for the Study of Kidney Diseases (SURISKD) will strive towards introducing undergraduate students with an interest in biomedical research to the exciting field of kidney research. Participants will spend 10 weeks learning about the kidney and kidney disease by taking courses from and performing kidney disease related research in the labs of some of the leading kidney disease researchers in the world. This program seeks to expose, educate, train and recruit the future generation of kidney disease researchers.