Training in Cardiovascular Sciences for Under Represented Students

项目摘要 此申请是为R25基金“培训心血管科学的学生代表不足 （CURS）”短期研究教育计划，以增加健康相关研究的多样性（R25 临床试验不允许）通过RFA-HL-19-024机制。CURS将以哥伦比亚为蓝本 大学非常成功的NINDS资助的SPURS计划提供了一个紧张的本科生 在哥伦比亚医学院的神经科学研究经验， 外科医生（P&S）为来自生物医学研究背景的优秀学生提供 在过去的17年里CURS将使用这种非常成功的模式，并在以下方面培训代表性不足的学生： 心血管科学过去，SPURS的参与者主要来自伦敦金融城 纽约大学（CUNY）高级学院，包括亨特学院、布鲁克林学院、皇后学院和城市学院， 虽然近年来我们扩大了我们的服务范围，并在全国范围内接受申请。示例 最近SPURS吸引了来自哥伦比亚大学， 巴纳德学院、纽约大学、哈佛大学、加州大学伯克利分校和阿默斯特 学院CURS将提供基础科学研究方面的广泛培训，并提高 学生将通过攻读高级学位（M.D.和/或博士）。扩大 为代表性不足的少数民族本科生参加高质量的机会，重点 和持续的研究经验，在心血管科学的PI，博士安德鲁马克斯，部门 生理学和细胞生物物理学主席、哥伦比亚大学SPURS项目创始人正在申请 为资源启动一个计划，将提供培训，将提高受训人员的多样性池 使用经过验证的成功模型在心血管科学领域进行研究。SPURS的申请者人数已经增长到 每年有100多名高素质的少数民族学生参加。学生选择支持 通过NIH的R25夏季研究经验计划征集（RFA-HL-19-024）将执行手- 在哥伦比亚大学心血管系的指导下， 科学家（目前有97名哥伦比亚大学教师接受NHLBI支持）。除了具体培训外， 心血管科学，学生将接受研究方法的深入培训，包括：（a） 实验设计和分析;（B）通过期刊俱乐部对科学文献进行批判性阅读;（c）伦理学 （d）在实验室会议上介绍科学成果;（e）介绍他们的研究 （f）向科学家听众口头介绍他们的研究;（g）职业生涯 辅导培训将提供一个独特的丰富的设置，包括每周会议，根据- 在生物医学研究中代表了少数群体的榜样。CURS计划将满足以下迫切需要： 增加心血管科学高素质少数民族受训人员的管道。

PROJECT SUMMARY This application is for an R25 to fund “Training in Cardiovascular Sciences for Under Represented Students (CURS)” a Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) through the RFA-HL-19-024 mechanism. CURS will be modeled after Columbia University's highly successful NINDS funded SPURS Program which has provided an intense undergraduate research experience focusing on neuroscience on the campus of Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons (P&S) for talented students from backgrounds that are under-represented in biomedical research for the past 17 years. CURS will use this highly successful model and to train underrepresented students in cardiovascular sciences. In the past SPURS participants have been accepted primarily from the City University of New York (CUNY) senior colleges, including Hunter, Brooklyn, Queens, and City Colleges, though in recent years we have extended our outreach and have accepted applications nationwide. Examples of recent institutions SPURS has drawn underrepresented students from include Columbia University, Barnard College, New York University, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, and Amherst College. CURS will provide extensive training in basic science research, and enhance the likelihood that the students will achieve a career in science by pursuing an advanced degree (M.D. and/or Ph.D.). To expand opportunities for under-represented minority undergraduate students to participate in high quality, focused and sustained research experiences in the cardiovascular sciences the PI, Dr. Andrew Marks, Department Chair of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and founder of Columbia University's SPURS program is applying for resources to start a program that will provide training that will enhance the diversity of the pool of trainees in cardiovascular sciences using a proven model of success. The applicant pool for SPURS has grown to well over 100 each year consisting of highly qualified minority student participants. Students selected for support through NIH's R25 Summer Research Experience Programs solicitation (RFA-HL-19-024) will perform hands- on research for nine summer weeks under the mentorship of Columbia University cardiovascular faculty scientists (currently 97 Columbia University faculty receive NHLBI support). In addition to specific training in cardiovascular sciences, the students will receive in-depth training in research methodology including: (a) the design and analysis of experiments; (b) critical reading of scientific literature through journal clubs; (c) ethics in science; (d) the presentation of scientific results at laboratory meetings; (e) presentation of their research at poster sessions; (f) an oral presentation of their research to an audience of scientists; and (g) career counseling. Training will provide a uniquely enriching setting that includes weekly meetings with under- represented minority role models in biomedical research. The CURS program will address the critical need to increase the pipeline of highly qualified minority trainees in cardiovascular sciences.