Increasing Diversity in Experiential Research Education at Michigan State University

 描述（由申请人提供）：疾病、健康结果或获得医疗保健的人群特异性差异被称为“健康差异”，它们是我们社会的一个重大问题。缺乏代表性的服务不足的群体，其中包括少数民族，经济上处于不利地位，残疾人在生物医学研究和医疗保健劳动力已被确定为一个关键因素，潜在的健康差距。事实上，进入生物医学研究职业的个人人口统计数据的差异是有据可查的。生物医学知识和医疗保健无疑将受益于更广泛地纳入从事生物医学研究的代表性不足的个人，因为包容性研究团队在制定研究议程时具有更广阔的视角，可以更有效地招募不同的受试者参与临床研究，并更有效地提供医疗保健和减少健康差距。通过积极参与研究的体验式学习是培养下一代科学家和医疗保健专业人员的有效途径。因此，这项建议旨在招募和全面沉浸在夏季研究经验的密歇根州立大学校园的代表性不足的群体的大学生。这些研究经验将集中在三个主要领域：高血压，气道疾病和组织病理学中的血细胞和成分。拟议的教育研究计划的目标是增加学生人数从代表性不足的群体谁追求生物医学研究相关的教育目标和职业道路相关的NHLBI的使命领域。我们提出的实现这一目标的策略包括：1）为计划参与者提供沉浸式的研究体验，以使他们接触研究生涯的各个方面，2）促进导师和同行网络的发展，以创建一个支持参与者研究相关兴趣的社区，3）培养学员的成功，使他们有信心从事与研究有关的职业。实施这些战略将实现以下具体目标：（SA 1）使大学生接触心脏、肺和血液疾病领域的高质量研究;（SA 2）通过有组织的活动计划，提供对生物医学研究各个方面的全面接触;（SA 3）加强受训者对关键概念的理解 负责任的研究行为;（SA 4）招募来自代表性不足的背景的学员进入这些研究经验;和（SA 5）确定我们的计划在提高健康相关的生物医学研究的多样性的有效性。(End摘要）

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to health care are termed "health disparities" and they are a significant concern in our society. Lack of representation of the underserved groups-which includes minorities, financially disadvantaged, and disabled individuals-in the biomedical research and healthcare workforce has been identified as a critical factor underlying health disparities. Indeed, disparities in the demographics of individuals entering careers in biomedical research are well documented. Biomedical knowledge and healthcare will undoubtedly benefit from broader inclusion of underrepresented individuals engaged in biomedical research as inclusive research teams have broader perspectives in setting research agendas, can more effectively recruit diverse subjects into clinical research studies, and work more effectively to deliver health care and reduce health disparities. Experiential learning by active engagement in research is an effective way to nurture the next generation of scientists and health care professionals. Thus, this proposal is designed to recruit and comprehensively immerse college students from underrepresented groups in summer research experiences on the campus of Michigan State University. These research experiences will be focused on three major areas: hypertension, airway disease and blood cells and components in tissue pathology. The objective of the proposed education research program is to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups who pursue biomedical research-related educational goals and career paths relevant to the mission areas of the NHLBI. The strategy we propose to meet this objective involves 1) providing program participants an immersive research experience for the purpose of exposing them to the various aspects of a research career, 2) facilitating the development of networks of mentors and peers for the purpose of creating a community that is supportive of the participants' research-related interests, and 3) fostering the participants' successes so as to give them the confidence needed to pursue a research-related career. Implementation of these strategies will accomplish the specific aims (SA) to: (SA1) expose college students to high quality research in the areas of heart, lung and blood diseases; (SA2) provide comprehensive exposure to the various aspects of biomedical research through an organized program of activities; (SA3) bolster the trainees' understanding of the critical concepts of responsible conduct of research; (SA4) recruit trainees from underrepresented backgrounds into these research experiences; and (SA5) determine the effectiveness of our programming in enhancing diversity in health-related biomedical research. (End of Abstract)