The Meharry Cancer Summer Research Program (SuRP)

项目总结/摘要 Meharry医学院寻求资金，以支持Meharry癌症的继续和扩大 暑期研究计划（SuRP），一个研究经验计划，已经培养了几个学生从 传统上在卫生相关科学领域代表性不足的种族和族裔群体。此程序将 通过提高学生对这一问题的认识和实施，解决癌症健康差异的问题 旨在增加肿瘤学和癌症研究人员多样性的战略。梅哈里医疗 学院是美国历史上最大的黑人学术健康科学中心之一。它有一个 对培训少数族裔的承诺得到证实 医生，牙医和科学家，是非洲的主要生产商， 拥有生物医学博士学位的美国人。 拟议的夏季计划将提供一个密集的，动手癌症为重点的研究经验， 通过癌症健康差异的透镜来观察本科生和医学生。一个多样化的教师， 来自梅哈里医学院和范德比尔特英格拉姆癌症中心的经验丰富的癌症研究人员将为 作为项目的研究导师将在全国范围内进行搜索，以确定和选择10个 本科生和5个上升的第二年医学生每年谁感兴趣的职业生涯， 医学和生物医学科学。学生将完成短期9周（医疗）或10周 （本科）研究项目，重点是癌症不成比例地影响种族和民族 少数群体项目将包括多种类型的癌症研究，如基础科学研究，转化 研究、生物信息学、流行病学和社区研究。额外的程序充实 活动将包括一个癌症生物学迷你课程，向参与者传授所有人共同的基本概念 癌的学生将通过分子肿瘤板和模拟获得接触临床癌症研究- 基础教育。每周一次的癌症健康差异研究研讨会将允许学生与 肿瘤学家和癌症研究人员来自传统上在生物医学科学中代表性不足的群体， 关于癌症研究、肿瘤学和癌症健康差异领域的职业机会。届会议 将每周举行一次关于负责任地进行研究的研讨会。学生还将参与职业生涯 和专业发展研讨会，将1）让本科生探索职业选择 并获得申请并成功进入医学博士所需的信息。和博士培训项目 以及2）允许医学生成功完成医学培训并申请住院医师项目。 在夏季结束时，参与者将通过口头和海报展示分享他们的研究成果。 项目主任和工作人员将跟踪参与者，直到他们完成本科/医学培训的剩余部分。 和研究生的经验，以评估是否达到计划目标，并确定改进的领域。 参与者和研究导师的数据也将用于评估和加强该计划。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Meharry Medical College seeks funding to support the continuation and expansion of the Meharry Cancer Summer Research Program (SuRP), a research experiences program that has trained several students from racial and ethnic groups that are traditionally underrepresented in health related sciences. This program will address the issue of cancer health disparities by increasing student awareness of this issue and implementing strategies designed to increase the diversity of the oncology and cancer research workforce. Meharry Medical College is one of the largest historically black academic health science centers in the United States. It has a proven commitment to training minority physicians, dentists and scientists, and is a leading producer of African Americans with PhDs in biomedical sciences. The proposed summer program will provide an intensive, hands-on cancer focused research experience for undergraduate and medical students through the lens of cancer health disparities. A diverse faculty of experienced cancer investigators from Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center will serve as research mentors for the program. A nationwide search will be conducted to identify and select 10 undergraduate students and 5 rising second year medical students per year who are interested in careers in medicine and biomedical science. Students will complete short-term 9-week (medical) or 10-week (undergraduate) research projects that focus on cancers which disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities. Projects will include multiple types of cancer research, such as basic science research, translational research, bioinformatics, epidemiological and community based studies. Additional program enrichment activities will include a cancer biology mini-course to teach participants fundamental concepts common to all cancers. Students will gain exposure to clinical cancer research via molecular tumor boards and simulation- based education. A weekly cancer health disparities research seminar will allow students to interact with oncologists and cancer researchers from groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical science and learn about 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 weekly basis. Students will also participate in career and professional development workshops that will 1) allow undergraduate students to explore career options and obtain information needed to apply and successfully gain entrance into M.D. and Ph.D. training programs and 2) allow medical students to successfully complete medical training and apply for residency programs. At the end of the summer, participants will share their research findings through oral and poster presentations. Program directors and staff will track participants through the remainder of their undergraduate/medical training and post graduate experiences to evaluate whether program goals were met, and identify areas for improvement. Data from participant and research mentors will also be used to evaluate and enhance the program.