The Case Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP)

项目摘要 这个T35应用程序请求资助的情况下医学生暑期研究计划（MSSRP）。的 该计划的总体目标是促进将选择 生物医学研究作为其长期专业发展的重要组成部分，特别是 专注于NIDDK的使命领域和NIDDK相关研究。这些包括消化和肝脏 疾病、糖尿病、代谢和营养、肾脏疾病以及消化、肝脏和肾脏成像 技术.该计划将教育医学生使用导师为基础的研究方法超过8- 在医学院第一年和第二年之间的一周培训期。建议的基础 该计划是基于战略规划，巩固的努力，以及CWRU的紧密学术整合 医学院（SOM），克利夫兰诊所基金会，大都会健康，和路易斯斯托克斯VA医疗中心， 为这个项目提供了极好的基础设施。从这些机构招募的教师导师 基于上级临床和基础研究，NIDDK的充足资金， 和NIDDK相关机构，并有一个超过100，000平方英尺的综合研究空间。T35 该计划通过正式的申请和评估过程选择高素质的医学生， 确定一个研究项目和导师从高度积极的调查工作在一个研究领域相关 NIDDK的使命。该计划的评估和学生的进步是由T35执行监督 委员会和内部咨询委员会。此外，学生须提交书面摘要 并在每年8月举行的LePow研究日期间展示他们的发现。的独特方面 项目是多PI/PD方法，它允许研究跨越部门界限， 具有高效合作传统的导师，他们培养了大量年轻人， 以有效的跨学科方式进行调查。来自14个部门的42名导师， 一系列研究专业知识将提供多种研究机会，这些机会将根据科学需求量身定制。 每个学员的兴趣。我们开发了一个创新的课程，包括每周小组会议， 教学讲座，和一个新颖的为期三天的实践课程，将在每年6月举行的8- 周研究期间。为了评估该计划的长期影响，我们开发了一个跟踪系统 医学教育和校友事务办公室将跟踪医学生长达20年 毕业后我们要求每年支持20名学生的研究。我们有强大 机构支持，通过提供空间和资源、费用分摊和CTSC的支持来记录 和NIDDK资助的克利夫兰DDRCC。因此，学术环境是理想的，以支持整体 这是NIDDK支持的T35医学生短期培训计划的目标。

PROJECT SUMMARY This T35 application requests funding for the Case Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP). The overall goal of the program is to promote the career development of physician-scientists who will choose biomedical investigation as an essential component of their long-term professional development, with a particular focus on the mission areas of the NIDDK and NIDDK-related research. These include digestive and liver diseases, diabetes, metabolism and nutrition, kidney diseases, and digestive, liver, and kidney imaging technologies. The program will educate medical students using a mentor-based research approach over an 8- week training period between the first and second years of medical school. The foundation of the proposed program is based on the strategic planning, consolidated efforts, and close academic integration of CWRU School of Medicine (SOM), Cleveland Clinic Foundation, MetroHealth, and the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, which provide a superb infrastructure for the program. The recruited faculty mentors from these institutions sustain a reputation of excellence based on superior clinical and basic research, ample funding from the NIDDK and NIDDK-related institutes, and have a combined research space in excess of 100,000 square feet. The T35 program selects highly-qualified medical students through a formal application and evaluation process that identifies a research project and mentor from highly-motivated investigators working in a research area related to the NIDDK mission. Evaluation of the program and student progress is overseen by the T35 Executive Committee and the Internal Advisory Committee. In addition, students are required to submit a written abstract and present their findings during the LePow Research Day held in August of each year. A unique aspect of the program is the multiple PI/PD approach, which allows research to span departmental boundaries and enlist preceptors with a tradition of highly-productive collaboration who have trained a large number of young investigators in an effective, interdisciplinary manner. 42 mentors from 14 departments, representing a wide range of research expertise will offer a multiplicity of research opportunities that will be tailored to the scientific interest of each trainee. We have developed an innovative curriculum that includes weekly group meetings, didactic lectures, and a novel three-day hands-on course that will be held in June each year at the start of the 8- wk research period. To assess the long-term impact of the program, we have developed a tracking system together with the Medical Education and Alumni Affairs offices that will track medical students up to twenty years after graduation. We are requesting support for the research of 20 students per year. We have strong institutional support, documented by provision of space and resources, cost-sharing, and support by the CTSC and NIDDK-funded Cleveland DDRCC. Therefore, the academic environment is ideal to support the overall objectives of this NIDDK-supported T35 medical student short-term training program.