Increasing Diversity in Experiential Research Education at Michigan State University

 描述(由申请人提供)：在疾病的存在、健康结果或获得医疗保健的机会方面，特定人群的差异被称为“健康差距”，这是我们社会的一个重大关切。在生物医学研究和医疗保健劳动力中，缺乏服务不足的群体--包括少数族裔、经济困难和残疾人--的代表性被认为是造成健康差距的一个关键因素。事实上，进入生物医学研究领域的个人在人口统计学上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方面拥有更广泛的视角，可以更有效地将不同的受试者招募到临床研究研究中，并更有效地工作以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卫生保健专业人员的有效途径。因此，这项提议旨在招募和全面沉浸在密歇根州立大学校园里的暑期研究体验中，来自代表人数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、呼吸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来自代表性不足群体的学生数量，他们追求与NHLBI任务区相关的与生物医学研究相关的教育目标和职业道路。为实现这一目标，我们提出的策略包括：1)为项目参与者提供身临其境的研究体验，以使他们接触到研究职业的各个方面；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；以及3)促进参与者的成功，以给予他们追求与研究相关的职业所需的信心。这些战略的实施将实现具体目标(SA)：(SA1)使大学生接触到心、肺和血液疾病领域的高质量研究；(SA2)通过有组织的活动方案全面接触生物医学研究的各个方面；(SA3)加强受训人员对关键概念的理解 (SA4)招募来自代表性不足背景的受训人员进入这些研究经验；(SA5)确定我们的方案在加强与健康相关的生物医学研究的多样性方面的有效性。(摘要结束)

 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)