LA’s Biostatistics Education Summer Training Program (LA’s BEST @USC)

摘要 我国的健康差距很大，需要采取多方面的方法来妥善解决这一日益严重的问题。 问题.增加生物医学研究科学家的多样性是解决这一危机的关键战略之一。与 目前大量与健康相关的数据，以及从2014年起统计学家就业市场预计将增长34 到2024年（劳工统计局），现在是时候多样化我们的生物统计工作人员。在此，我们计划 通过引入新的课程，扩大生物统计学中代表性不足群体的学生人数， 生物统计学的教学方法，洛杉矶大学的生物统计学教育暑期培训计划 南加州（洛杉矶的最佳@南加州大学），重点是目前的研究挑战，在心脏的研究 和肺部疾病。 南方大学预防医学系生物统计学系 加州（南加州大学）具有独特的优势，可以吸引来自代表性不足的有才华的潜在生物统计学家 由于自1976年以来在研究生水平培训方面取得的成功， 流域，不同人群的多学科研究，以及面向现实生活的生物统计方法 research.该学院拥有流行病学方法，空间统计和临床试验方面的专业知识，并拥有 NIH资助P01为整合基因组学开发新的统计方法。培训多样化的劳动力， 科学家需要多样化的师资。一个来自不同背景的教师团队，包括妇女、非洲人、拉丁美洲人， 日裔美国人，在他们的家庭中第一个获得大学教育，他们都有一个传统， 在生物统计学，流行病学， 临床试验，积累并提供给受训者。通过这个团队，我们提出了以下具体目标：1） 从代表性不足的大学中发现和招募高质量和高度积极性的大学本科生 组2)为学员提供生物统计学课程和实践培训。3)提供指导 和专业发展培训。4)为了跟踪洛杉矶的最佳学员，通过完成他们的 本科学历，研究生学历，并能第一次就业。

ABSTRACT Health disparities in our nation are acute and a multi-faceted approach is needed to properly tackle this growing problem. Increasing the diversity of biomedical research scientists is one key strategy to address this crisis. With the current deluge of health-related data and a projected 34% growth in the job market for statisticians from 2014 to 2024 (Bureau of Labor Statistics), now is the time to diversify our biostatistics workforce. Herein, we plan to expand the pool of students from underrepresented groups in biostatistics by introducing a new curriculum for teaching methodologies in biostatistics, LA’s Biostatistics Education Summer Training Program at the University of Southern California (LA’s BEST @USC), with a focus on current research challenges in the study of heart and lung disease. The Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Preventive Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) is uniquely positioned to attract talented prospective biostatisticians from underrepresented groups into the field due to its success in graduate level training since 1976, location in the ethnically diverse LA Basin, multi-disciplinary research in diverse populations, and real-life oriented approach to biostatistical research. The faculty has expertise in epidemiological methods, spatial statistics and clinical trials, and has an NIH-funded P01 to develop novel statistical methods for integrative genomics. Training a diverse workforce of scientists requires a diverse faculty. A team of faculty from backgrounds including women, African, Latino, Japanese-American, and first in their family to attain a college education, who all share a tradition of individual hands-on research mentorship and extensive portfolios of research grant support in biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical trials, is amassed and available to trainees. With this team, we propose following specific aims: 1) To identify and recruit high-quality and highly-motivated college undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. 2) To provide the trainees with courses and hands-on training in biostatistics. 3) To provide mentoring and professional development training. 4) To track LA’s BEST trainees through completion of their undergraduate degree, post-graduate education, and to their first employment.