Meharry summer undergraduate research experiences in cancer program

项目摘要/摘要 梅哈里医学院寻求资金设立暑期本科生 癌症项目，主要培养来自传统种族和民族群体的本科生 在与健康相关的科学中代表性不足。梅哈里医学院是历史上最大的黑人大学之一 美国的学术健康科学中心，致力于培养医生和生物医学 研究人员。它已被证明致力于培训代表不足的少数族裔，并是主要的 拥有生物医学博士学位的非裔美国人。Meharry已经收到了支持U54的联邦资金 癌症伙伴关系和其他项目，传统上支持学生的研究、培训和教育 在生物医学研究中的代表性不足。 拟议的为期10周的暑期计划将提供集中的、动手操作的癌症研究。 为本科生提供经验，并使学生参与者接触到癌症健康差异领域。 研究培训将由不同的教员提供，这些教员由来自 梅哈里医学院和范德比尔特大学医学中心。将在全国范围内进行搜索 确定并挑选每年12-16名有兴趣从事医学职业的本科生 和生物医学科学。学生的研究项目将集中在癌症上，这些癌症对 非裔美国人和其他种族和少数民族。此外，每年的学生研究项目将 包括临床前研究、临床研究、流行病学和社区研究以及 转化性癌症研究。其他计划丰富活动将包括癌症生物学迷你- 教授学生所有癌症共同的基本概念的课程。《癌症生物学/癌症健康》周刊 差异研究研讨会将允许学生与来自 传统上在生物医学科学中代表性较低的群体，并在 癌症研究、肿瘤学和癌症健康差异领域。关于负责任的行为的会议 研究将每两周举行一次。学生还将参加职业发展研讨会， 将允许学生探索职业选择，创建个人发展计划，并获取信息 需要申请并成功进入医学博士和博士培训项目。 在为期10周的课程结束时，学生们将有机会创作口头和海报演示文稿 描述他们的研究，并在梅哈里夏季癌症期间在内部展示他们的研究成果 研究研讨会和对外一次全国会议。项目主管和工作人员将跟踪 参与者通过他们的本科和研究生培训来评估计划的程度 达到了目标，并确定了需要改进的领域。来自研究导师和本科生的评价 还将使用计划主任/主席来评估和改进计划。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Meharry Medical College seeks funding to establish a Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences in Cancer Program that primarily trains undergraduate students from racial and ethnic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in health related sciences. Meharry Medical College is one of the largest historically black academic health science centers in the United States that is dedicated to educating physicians and biomedical researchers. It has a proven commitment to training underrepresented minorities, and is a leading producer of African Americans with PhDs in biomedical sciences. Meharry has received federal funding to support a U54 Cancer Partnership and other programs to support the research training and education of students traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research. The proposed 10-week summer program will provide an intensive, hands-on cancer focused research experience for undergraduate students and expose student participants to the area of cancer health disparities. Research training will be provided by a diverse faculty consisting of experienced cancer investigators from Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A nationwide search will be conducted to identify and select 12-16 undergraduate students per year who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine and biomedical science. Student research projects will focus on cancers which disproportionately affect African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities. In addition, each year student research projects will include preclinical studies, clinical research, epidemiological and community based studies as well as translational cancer research. Additional program enrichment activities will include a cancer biology mini- course to teach students fundamental concepts common to all cancers. A weekly cancer biology/cancer health disparities research seminar will allow students to interact with oncologists and cancer researchers from groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical science and to be exposed to career opportunities within the areas of cancer research, oncology and cancer health disparities. Sessions on the responsible conduct of research will be held on a biweekly basis. Students will also participate in career development workshops that will allow students to explore career options, create individual development plans, and obtain information needed to apply and successfully gain entrance into M.D. and Ph.D. training programs. At the end of the 10-week program, students will have an opportunity to create oral and poster presentations describing their research and present their research findings internally during the Meharry Summer Cancer Research Symposium and externally at one national conference. Program directors and staff will track participants through their undergraduate and post graduate training to evaluate the extent to which program goals were met, and identify areas for improvement. Evaluations from research mentors and undergraduate program directors/chairs will also be used to assess and improve the program.