Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：哈佛大学肾脏医学暑期研究项目旨在向有才华的本科生介绍丰富而令人兴奋的肾脏研究世界。该计划的核心特点是在哈佛医学院教师经验丰富和忠诚的研究人员的指导下进行密集的研究经验。研究活动可以是实验科学或临床研究。项目将以哈佛大学附属的四个主要研究机构之一为基础：布里格姆妇女医院、贝斯以色列女执事医疗中心、马萨诸塞州总医院和波士顿儿童医院。每个站点的参与将由“站点挖掘者”促进，他们是该机构的主要研究人员，将帮助学生找到研究机会。肾病科主任将确保机构的承诺和支持。每个网站承诺每年夏天至少招收4名学生。学生还将参加核心课程，该课程将包括两个核心部分：1)介绍肾脏生理学原理和疾病的基本机制以及疾病如何影响真实患者；2)接受慢性肾脏疾病个体评估方面的培训，并有机会参加由我们的肾脏疾病筛查和意识项目赞助的社区筛查工作。核心课程的另一个目标是促进学生追求科学事业的兴趣和信心。学生将接受实验设计和实施的基本方面的培训。社会活动将补充课程的正式方面，以增强学生对研究社区的理解和发现的乐趣。每个机构的个别导师将帮助学生为他们的研究在当地的展示做准备。学生们还将参加由NIDDK在马里兰州贝塞斯达计划的标志性科学研讨会，以完成这一密集的体验。项目领导将由一名主任和两名副主任组成，他们每个人都有丰富的经验，指导许多处于不同发展阶段的受训者的职业生涯，包括大学本科生。建立了内部和外部监督委员会，以优化项目的有效性，优化学生与研究导师的匹配，并为学生的职业选择提供建议和指导。此外，还设计了一个评估部分，以确定该计划对参与者职业生涯的直接和后续影响，并促进每年对该计划的改进。通过这一系列的活动，我们希望向学生们灌输一种

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine is designed to introduce talented undergraduate students to the rich and exciting world of kidney research. The core feature of the proposed program is an intensive research experience under the guidance of experienced and committed investigators from the Harvard Medical School faculty. The research activities may be bench science or clinical research. Projects will be based at one of four major Harvard affiliated research institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston's Children's Hospital. Participation of each site will be facilitated by "site miners", key research faculty at that institution who will help match students with research opportunities. The Nephrology Division chiefs will ensure institutional commitment and support. Each site has committed to taking at least 4 students per summer. Students will also participate in a core curriculum that will include two central components: 1) an introduction to the principles of renal physiology and basic mechanisms of disease and how disease affects real patients; 2) training in evaluation of individuals for chronic kidney disease and an opportunity to participate in a community screening effort, sponsored by our Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program. An additional goal of the core curriculum is to promote student interest and confidence to pursue a career in the sciences. Students will receive training in fundamental aspects of experimental design and implementation. Social activities will complement formal aspects of the Program to enhance students' understanding of the community of research and the joy of discovery. Individual preceptors at each institution will help students to prepare for local presentations of their research. Students will also participate in the signature science symposium that is planned by the NIDDK in Bethesda, MD, to culminate this intensive experience. The program leadership will consist of a Director and two Associate Directors, each of whom has had significant experience in guiding the careers of many trainees at various stages of development, including college undergraduate students. Both internal and external oversight committees have been constructed to optimize the effectiveness of the Program, optimize matching of students to research mentor and advise and mentor students on career choices. In addition, an assessment component has been devised to determine the Program's immediate and subsequent impact on the participants' careers and to facilitate improvement of the Program each year. With this range of activities in place, we hope to instill in the students a lifetime focus on scholarly activities and an interest in the kidney.