IGNITE KUH Network Core

网络核心摘要 弗吉尼亚联邦是主要研究机构的所在地，包括弗吉尼亚大学（UVA）， 弗吉尼亚联邦大学（VCU）和弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学（VT）， 有着资金充足和发达的研究项目。弗吉尼亚综合研究的主要目标之一 肾脏、泌尿和血液学培训中心（IGNITE KUH）旨在加强 这些机构，特别是在整合良性KUH领域的研究。该计划是一项新颖的努力， 一个研究中心，不仅培养博士前和博士后科学家，而且还展示了 KUH研究事业的下一代科学家。通过网络核心，我们将开发一个 全州范围内的计划，通过提供一个平台，为同行对同行的指导和执行外展活动， 吸引来自三个组成机构的学生，并作为礼宾，以促进互动， 来自弗吉尼亚州代表性不足和少数民族机构的学生，他们对KUH研究感兴趣。那里 是几个本科研究项目在弗吉尼亚大学，VCU，VT以及在历史上的黑人大学， 然而，没有中心联系，特别是在KUH-related疾病的研究方面 这对弗吉尼亚州的少数民族和农村人口构成了重大的疾病负担。的网络核心 IGNITE KUH将作为项目学员和导师与学生和教师之间的联络人， 弗吉尼亚联邦的本科研究项目IGNITE的网络核心 KUH有以下具体目标：（1）在多个培训层次上为KUH研究提供职业指导; (2)提供一个传播科学思想和KUH研究进展的平台;以及（3）增加 KUH研究在弗吉尼亚联邦的知名度。这些活动将包括直接对等 指导，与本科课程的网络，长期的近同行伙伴关系，以及与 国家方案。外联活动包括专题讨论会、网页/虚拟通讯和一份信息 门户网站匹配感兴趣的学生在UVA，VCU和VT在合作伙伴关系的适当方案， iTHRIV和弗吉尼亚联邦健康阿巴拉契亚研究所倡议。

NETWORKING CORE ABSTRACT The Commonwealth of Virginia is home to major research institutions including University of Virginia (UVA), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT) that have with well-funded and developed research programs. One of the major goals of the Integrated Virginia Research Training Centers in Kidney, Urology and Hematology (IGNITE KUH) is to strengthen the collaboration between these institutions, particularly in integrating research in benign KUH fields. The program is a novel effort to create a research hub to not only train predoctoral and postdoctoral scientists, but also showcase the significance of KUH research careers to the next generation of scientists. Through the networking core, we will develop a statewide program by providing a platform for peer-to-peer mentorship and performing outreach activities to attract students from the three constituent institutions, and also act as a concierge to foster interactions with students from under-represented and minority institutions in Virginia who are interested in KUH research. There are several undergraduate research programs at UVA, VCU, VT as well as at the historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), however there is no central nexus, in particular for research of the KUH-related diseases that pose a major disease burden for the minority and rural population of Virginia. The networking core of the IGNITE KUH will act as a liaison between the program trainees and mentors with the students and faculty of these undergraduate research programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The networking core of the IGNITE KUH has the following specific aims: (1) To provide career guidance for KUH research at multiple training levels; (2) To provide a platform for dissemination of scientific ideas and progress of KUH research; and (3) To increase the visibility of KUH research in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The activities will include direct peer-to-peer mentoring, networking with undergraduate programs, long-term near-peer partnerships, and integration with national programs. The outreach activities include symposiums, webpages/virtual newsletter, and an information portal for matching interested students with the appropriate programs in UVA, VCU and VT in partnership with iTHRIV and Healthy Appalachia Institute initiatives of the Commonwealth of Virginia.