Intramural Diversity in Medical Research Initiatives

2016-2017年，NIMHD继续与NIH临床中心、临床研究培训和医学教育办公室就国家卫生研究院(NIH)医学研究学者计划(MSRP)进行合作。MSRP是一个公私合作伙伴关系，由NIH和美国国立卫生研究院基金会、多丽丝·杜克慈善基金会、美国牙科研究协会、霍华德·休斯医学研究所和高露洁棕榄公司以及学生研究项目的校友和其他个人支持者共同支持。 NIMHD为MRSP提供了120,925美元的支持，以鼓励和促进2017-2018届新生扩大招聘和多样化。MRSP为NIH贝塞斯达校区的医学、护理、骨科和兽医专业学生提供为期一年的临床和转化医学研究指导经验。被选中参加该项目的学生将得到津贴和教育丰富资源的支持，包括住房和参加科学会议的旅费。 NIMHD校外和校内工作人员密切参与外联工作，以提高大学和医学专业学校对这一方案的认识，这些学校正在培训比例较低的少数族裔。这包括在线研讨会，讨论申请过程，以及院长办公室推荐潜在申请者时应采用的标准。

In 2016-2017, NIMHD continued its collaboration with the NIH Clinical Center, Office of Clinical Research Training and Medical Education on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MSRP). MSRP is a public-private partnership supported jointly by the NIH and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the American Association for Dental Research, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Colgate-Palmolive Company, as well as alumni of student research programs and other individual supporters. NIMHD provided $120,925 of support for the MRSP to encourage and promote the expansion of recruitment and diversity of the incoming class of 2017-2018. The MRSP offers a yearlong mentored research experience in clinical and translational medical research for medical, nursing, osteopathic and veterinary students on the NIH Bethesda campus. Students selected for the program are supported by a stipend and resources for educational enrichment, including housing and travel to scientific meetings. NIMHD extramural and intramural personnel are closely involved in outreach efforts to increase the awareness of this program to university and medical professional schools that are training a large percentage of under-represented minorities. This includes online seminars to discuss the application process and the criteria school deans' offices should use for recommending potential applicants.