Enhancing Student Diversity in Drug Addiction Research

项目总结 个人滥用毒品对社会的深远有害影响是有目共睹的。为了满足 开发新的有效治疗方法以帮助那些屈服于 在毒品使用和滥用方面，我们需要激励下一代学生在这一领域从事研究事业。 这一需求在目前在以下领域任职人数不足的学生群体中尤为迫切 吸毒。已发表的分析表明，暴露本科生，特别是在他们职业生涯的早期， 实验室研究是培养他们将研究作为一种职业的兴趣的一种极其有效的方式。 自1989年以来，明尼苏达大学已经认识到并通过提供夏季课程来应对这一挑战 生物医学科学方面的住宅研究计划。这项建议是对一次竞争性更新的培训 专门提供药物成瘾领域研究经验的计划。我们的目标是训练 在大学读完一年级或二年级的本科生。我们将招募 全国学生，接受来自生物医学研究中代表性不足的群体的学生 职业。我们将为他们提供为期10周的密集研究体验，其中包括专业人员 辅导(学术生存技能和研究生院的准备)以及研究讲习班 伦理道德。我们的目标是激励新一代的药物滥用研究人员。反过来，我们希望这些人 成为致力于解决神经系统医学问题的研究基础设施的一部分 功能障碍

PROJECT SUMMARY The profound detrimental impact to society from individuals abusing drugs is well established. To meet the challenge of developing new and effective treatments to help those that have succumbed to the temptation of drug use and abuse, we need to inspire the next generation of students to pursue research careers in the field. The need is particularly acute among populations of students who are currently underrepresented in the field of drug abuse. Published analyses indicate that exposing undergraduate students, especially early in their career, to laboratory research is an extremely effective way for developing their interest in research as a profession. Since 1989, the University of Minnesota of has recognized and met this challenge by offering summer residential research programs in the biomedical sciences. This proposal is the competitive renewal of a training program that specifically provides research experience in the field of drug addiction. Our goal is to train undergraduate students who have completed their freshman or sophomore years in college. We will recruit students nationally, accepting students from groups that are underrepresented within the biomedical research profession. We will provide them with a 10-week intensive research experience that will include professional mentoring (academic survival skills and preparation for graduate school) as well as workshops on research ethics. Our goal is to inspire a new generation of drug abuse researchers. In turn, we expect these individuals to become part of the research infrastructure dedicated to solving medical problems of nervous system dysfunction