Mississippi Diversity in Hypertension and Cardiorenal Researchers Program

描述(申请人提供)：密西西比州是心脏病、中风、高血压、糖尿病和肾脏疾病死亡率最高的州之一。密西西比州的医疗保健差距也是全国最大的，而且招募和留住能够解决这些重要问题的顶尖生物医学研究人员所需的校外研究支持有限。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，包括非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人，他们受到心脏病、中风、糖尿病、肾炎/肾病、高血压和高血压相关肾脏疾病的影响不成比例。因此，密西西比州存在着一个独特的机会，可以建立多样化的研究基础设施，在美国最突出的地方研究心血管和肾脏疾病的机制和新的治疗方案。这项提案将在密西西比州实施一项夏季研究计划，该计划将作为管道，增加来自弱势背景和代表性不足的少数族裔的个人对高血压、肾脏和心血管相关研究的参与。密西西比大学医学中心(UMMC)心血管和肾脏研究中心(CRRC)在心血管和肾脏研究方面有着悠久的卓越历史。CRRC的使命是通过在基础和临床研究、教育和改善患者护理方面的卓越表现，预防和减少心脏和循环疾病造成的死亡和残疾。CRRC的主要目标之一是提供指导和培训，以培养下一代心血管和肾脏研究人员。目前的提议是培训和指导心血管和肾脏研究人员任务的关键组成部分。它将利用UMMC心血管和肾脏研究领域一批强大的基础科学和临床研究人员的专业知识，实施一项促进高血压和心脏肾研究人员(DHCR)多样性的计划。这将成为一个强有力的渠道，办法是在当地本科院校进行有针对性的招聘，并利用社区外联活动提高与保健有关的研究专业的知名度，使其成为代表人数不足的少数群体中一个令人兴奋的职业选择。这一培训计划的总体目标是为心血管和肾脏科学领域中处于不利地位和代表性较低的民族或种族背景的个人提供职业和教育指导以及最先进的心血管和肾脏研究培训经验。来自弱势背景和代表性不足的本科生将参加这个项目，该项目的目标如下：(1)提供心血管和肾脏研究的多学科培训和指导经验。(2)为学生提供专业技能培训，以促进与健康相关的研究专业的职业发展。(3)发展教育外展计划，加强和建立支援多元化劳动人口的渠道。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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. (End of Abstract)