Enhancing Student Diversity in Drug Addiction Research

项目摘要 滥用药物的个人对社会的深远有害影响是众所周知的。满足 开发新的有效治疗方法的挑战，以帮助那些屈服于诱惑的人， 在毒品使用和滥用方面，我们需要激励下一代学生从事该领域的研究事业。 目前在教育领域代表性不足的学生群体的需求尤为迫切。 吸毒已发表的分析表明，暴露本科生，特别是在他们的职业生涯早期， 实验室研究是一个非常有效的方式来发展他们的兴趣研究作为一种职业。 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。 在生物医学科学的住宅研究计划。本提案是一项培训的竞争性更新 该计划专门提供吸毒成瘾领域的研究经验。我们的目标是培养 完成大学一年级或二年级学业的本科生。我们将招募 学生在全国范围内，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周的密集研究经验，其中包括专业的 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