Medical Student Summer Research Program in Infection and Immunity

 描述（由申请人提供）：明尼苏达大学医学院致力于招聘，招生，研究指导和指导一群高质量的医学生，他们渴望从事学术医学。尽管如此，我们理解，我们的医学生的医生科学家培训计划目前不足以实现我们的目标。根据对医学生的调查，以及由教师驱动的医学生研究工作队的分析，我们已经确定了研究培训在今年1和2之间的夏季捕捉学术头脑的医学生的兴趣和才华的关键机会。因此，这个T35申请“医学生夏季感染和免疫研究计划”代表了我们提高医学生研究指导和指导的可用性和质量的计划。此外，我们建议利用这个夏季研究计划作为一种工具，以提高我们的医生科学家管道的多样性。我们的长期目标是显着增加在医学研究中获得有偿就业的医学生的数量和多样性，在医学院期间发表，并最终进入医生-科学家培训途径住院医师计划。医学博士丹尼尔穆勒将领导这个T35项目。他在学术医学方面拥有广泛的经验，包括a）基于实验室的研究计划，包括对自身免疫性疾病发病机制的基础和以人为本的研究，B）作为部门主任的医学领导，c）广泛的本科和博士前培训记录，以及d）在风湿病学的直接患者护理。穆勒在夏季研究项目的开发和实施方面也有成功的记录。穆勒将得到许多在研究和指导方面取得成功的医学院领导人的帮助，并将获得医学院院长的额外财政支持。共有20名优秀的免疫学中心的教师将担任导师5暑期学生在第1年，并增加到9名学生在第5年的补助金。学生将接受为期2个月的科学调查直接指导。培训经验将包括编写正式的“具体目标页”建议书，以及“进度报告”，最后总结他们的研究。学生还将接受每周的指导，将免疫系统的功能与人体健康联系起来。此外，研究员将准备并提交他们的研究结果的海报，无论是对中心的免疫学教师以及美国临床研究学会的年会。最后，学员将在整个医学院的经历中获得关于医生-科学家职业道路的纵向指导。该计划的成功将通过对学生和培训教师的纵向调查以及内部和外部咨询委员会的监督进行监测。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Minnesota Medical School is committed to the recruitment, enrollment, research instruction, and mentoring of a diverse group of high quality medical students with aspirations of a career in academic medicine. Nevertheless, we understand that our physician-scientist training programs for medical students are currently insufficient to meet our goals. Based on surveys of medical students, as well as on an analysis by a faculty-driven Medical Student Research Task Force, we have identified research training in the summer between years 1 and 2 as the critical opportunity to capture the interests and talents of academically minded medical students. Thus, this T35 application for a "Medical Student Summer Research Program in Infection and Immunity" represents our plan to increase the availability and quality of medical student research instruction and mentorship. In addition, we propose to use this summer research program as a vehicle to enhance the diversity of our physician-scientist pipeline. Our long-term objective is to significantly increase the number and diversity of medical students that obtain paid employment in medical research, that publish during medical school, and that eventually enter into physician-scientist training pathway residency programs. Daniel Mueller, MD, will lead this T35 program. He has a breadth of experience in academic medicine including a) a laboratory-based research program that includes both fundamental and human-oriented research into autoimmune disease pathogenesis, b) medical leadership as a division director, c) an extensive undergraduate and pre-doctoral training record, and d) direct patient care in Rheumatology. Mueller also has a track record of success in the development and implementation of summer research programs. Mueller will be assisted by numerous Medical School leaders with records of success in research and mentorship, and will receive additional financial support from the Dean of the Medical School. A total of 20 outstanding Center for Immunology faculty members will serve as preceptors for 5 summer students in year 1, and increasing to 9 students in year 5 of the grant. Students will receive direct instruction in scientific investigation for a period of 2 months. Training experiences will include the writing of a formal "Specific Aims Page" proposal, as well as a "Progress Report" final summary of their research. Students will also receive weekly instruction that relates the function of the immune system to human health. In addition, fellows will prepare and present a poster of their research results, both to the Center for Immunology faculty as well as to the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Finally, trainees will receive longitudinal mentorship regarding the physician-scientist career path throughout their medical school experience. Success in this program will be monitored both through longitudinal surveys of students and training faculty and through oversight by Internal and External Advisory committees.