SPURA - Summer Program for Undergraduate Research in Addiction

SPURA - 成瘾本科生研究暑期项目

• 批准号: 9910374
• 负责人: Brian Donald Burrell
• 金额: $ 9.24万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-15 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9910374
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Project Summary The opportunity for undergraduates to conduct research is a critical element for developing a rigorous program in biomedical education. Specifically, it provides an experiences not normally part of lecture- or laboratory-based course work and it prepares students for post-graduate training or careers in basic research or clinical disciplines. However, opportunities for undergraduate biomedical research experiences are not uniformly available across the United States with both underrepresented minorities and students from primarily rural areas being especially underserved. Many of these undergraduates are first generation college students and attend institutions that less extramural support for biomedical research compared to institutions in more populous states. The Summer Program for Undergraduate Research in Addiction or SPURA at the University of South Dakota (USD) was developed to address this deficit with support from the NIDA and is seeking renewal of this support to continue this work. The specific aims of this program are: (1) To expand undergraduate research opportunities for students in South Dakota, with an emphasis on quality training of first generation college students, students from rural backgrounds, and students who are from underrepresented minorities. (2) To encourage a greater number of South Dakotan students to participate in research and to ultimately pursue post-graduate research careers and/or training in areas related to substance abuse and related mental health issues. (3) To advance the field of substance abuse and related or underlying mental health issues by fostering cross-collaborative student training and research at the University of South Dakota. Each summer, this program will enroll eight students in a multi-disciplinary research experience aimed at providing students with an opportunity to conduct mentored, hypothesis-driven studies in the fields related to drug addiction and underlying mental health issues. The program will incorporate a wide range of experimental approaches including human and animal behavior studies, systems neuroscience, neuropharmacology, and electrophysiology. Faculty involved in this program will include members of the Departments of Biology and Psychology (both part of the School of Arts and Sciences) and Basic Biomedical Sciences (part of the USD Sanford School of Medicine). Over the last four years the SPURA program has been highly successful having supported 36 students, all of whom have either continued their undergraduate studies, enrolled in research- or professional health-based post-graduate education programs, or have become employed.

项目摘要 大学生进行研究的机会是发展一个 严格的生物医学教育计划。具体来说，它提供了一种通常不会 是以讲座或实验室为基础的课程工作的一部分，它为学生的研究生培训做好准备 或从事基础研究或临床学科。然而，本科生的机会 生物医学研究经验在美国各地并不统一， 代表性不足的少数民族和主要来自农村地区的学生尤其得不到充分的服务。 这些本科生中的许多人是第一代大学生， 与人口较多州的机构相比，对生物医学研究的校外支持。的 南方大学成瘾或SPURA本科生研究暑期课程 达科他州（美元）的开发是为了解决这一赤字的支持下，从NIDA，并正在寻求 继续支持这项工作。该计划的具体目标是： (1)为了扩大本科生的研究机会，学生在南达科他州，与 重视第一代大学生的素质培养， 背景，以及来自代表性不足的少数民族的学生。 (2)鼓励更多的南达科他州学生参与研究， 最终追求研究生的研究生涯和/或在与物质有关的领域的培训 虐待和相关的心理健康问题。 (3)推进药物滥用和相关或潜在的精神健康问题领域， 促进南达科他州大学的学生培训和研究的交叉合作。 每年夏天，该计划将招收八名学生参加多学科研究体验 旨在为学生提供一个机会，进行指导，假设驱动的研究， 与吸毒成瘾和潜在的心理健康问题有关的领域。该计划将 结合了广泛的实验方法，包括人类和动物行为 研究，系统神经科学，神经药理学和电生理学。学院参与 该计划将包括生物学和心理学系的成员（两者都是 艺术与科学学院）和基础生物医学科学（USD Sanford School of 医学）。在过去的四年里，SPURA计划取得了巨大成功， 支持36名学生，他们都继续他们的本科学业， 研究-或专业健康为基础的研究生教育计划，或已成为 就业。