Summer Scholars Program in Genome Sciences and Medicine

该应用程序的总体目标是提供高质量的指导研究经验， 在快速发展的基因组科学和精准医学领域培养有前途的学生。学生 有兴趣从事基因组科学和医学研究的职业将需要一个坚实的基础， 核心基因组科学技术和跨学科培训。我们提出了一个为期10周的夏季计划， 将包括一个基因组科学和医学方面的指导研究项目，教学和互动培训， 以及与学术界和行业科学家的互动。该项目将向本科生开放， 在北卡罗来纳州中央大学和杜克大学， 大学学生将有一系列的研究机会，从34名导师的工作池中选择 应用基因组科学、数据科学、转化基因组医学、生物信息学和 计算生物学、工程学和统计学。暑期课程建立在我们丰富的经验， 前杜克基因组科学与政策研究所（IGSP）的本科生导师和培训， 目前由杜克基因组和计算生物学中心（GCB）管理， 与NCCU合作。通过这些项目，我们已经接受了150多名学生，其中22%的学生 来自代表性不足的少数民族，其中一半以上是妇女;有几个人成功地 继续他们的研究在他们的本科生涯，并被录取到领先的研究生 全国各地的医疗项目和医学院。研究经验将得到一系列补充， 来自核心GCB设施的培训讲座和互动学习活动（蛋白质组学/代谢组学， 测序，微阵列和生物统计学），访问NCCU和使用基因组科学的公司 他们在附近的三角研究园和科学相关社区进行研究的技术或数据 服务活动此外，学生将有机会考虑更广泛的问题，他们的影响 通过每周讨论研究伦理，法律的，社会和政策问题，并获得重要的技能 例如批判性阅读科学论文，领导讨论小组，进行文献综述， 做正式的介绍。所有学生将被要求在总结他们的研究， 程序.如果需要，以确保多样化的学生群体，每年夏天，我们将扩大我们的招聘，以其他 学校在该地区，包括几个历史上黑人大学和学院（HBUC），并建立 在颁奖过程中与其他当地机构建立伙伴关系，以扩大学生人数。在 总之，学生在这个程序将受益于丰富的和高度跨学科的资源，可在 杜克基因组科学和医学研究。

The overarching goal of this application is to provide a high quality mentored research experience for promising students in the rapidly growing area of genome sciences and precision medicine. Students interested in pursuing a career in genome sciences and medicine research will require a strong foundation of core genome sciences technology and inter-disciplinary training. We propose a 10-week summer program that will include a mentored research project in genome sciences and medicine, didactic and interactive training, and interaction with academic and industry scientists. The program will be open to undergraduate students, particularly under-represented minorities (URM), at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and Duke University. Students will have a range of research opportunities to select from the pool of 34 mentors working on projects in applied genome sciences, data sciences, translational genomic medicine, bioinformatics and computational biology, engineering, and statistics. The summer program builds upon our rich experience in undergraduate mentorship and training by the former Duke Institute of Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) and currently administered by the Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB) and past partnership with NCCU. Through these programs, we have accepted more than 150 students, 22% of whom are from under-represented minorities and more than half of whom are women; several have successfully continued their research throughout their undergraduate career and been accepted into leading graduate programs and medical schools around the country. The research experience will be complemented by a series of training lectures and interactive learning activities from the core GCB facilities (proteomics/ metabolomics, sequencing, microarrays, and biostatistics), visits to NCCU and companies using genome sciences technologies or data in their research in nearby Research Triangle Park, and science-related community service activities. In addition, students will have the opportunity to consider broader issues impacted by their research through a weekly discussion on the ethical, legal, social, and policy issues and gain important skills such as critical reading a scientific paper, leading a discussion group, conducting literature reviews, and making formal presentations. All students will be required to present their research at the conclusion of the program. If needed to ensure a diverse student group each summer, we will expand our recruitment to other schools in the region, including several Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBUCs) and establish partnerships with other local institutions during the course of the award to expand the student pool. In summary, students in this program will benefit from the rich and highly interdisciplinary resources available at Duke for genome sciences and medicine research.